James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1891

P A R T I. C H A P T E R I. T H EK E N TE L E V E NO F 1 8 9 0. K H Esuccess which attended the efforts of the Kent CountyEleven during the last summermust have been intensely gratifying to its supporters . The results of 1889, though fairly satisfactory , were by no means phenomenal , and in addition , the departure of Lord Harris for India cast a gloom over manywho had watched with admiration the keen interest he took in the propagation of good cricket in Kent. Still , with a trio of first -class bowlers like Martin , Wright, and Alec Hearne, and an increasingly strong batting side , few people doubted that the County would come prominently to the front in 1890 , and so the event proved . Out of fourteen matches played , six were w o n, and three lost , the five drawngamesbeing generally in favour of Kent. A feature of the season wasthe markedsuccess against the famed Surrey Eleven, which resulted , the one in a draw, considerably in the County's favour, the other in an eight wickets ' victory . It was in this latter match that Walter Wright met with the accident which it was at first feared might deprive Kent of his services . In inter -county matches alone , he and Martin captured no fewer than a hundred and sixty -two wickets between them, and to their efforts was due a great deal of their County's success . Messrs . Leslie Wilson , Patterson (when he could play), Marchant , Fox, and the brothers Hearne, all rendered yeomanservice ; whilst the acquisition oftwo such promising amateurs as Mr. Daffen and Mr. Hamiltonfavours the belief that Kent will do even better in 1891 , and will makea bold bid to regain her old position in the forefront of the Counties . 2