James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1891

T H EM A R Y L E B O N EC L U BIN 1890. 6 7 namedultimately carrying out his bat for an extremely good 54. WhenMiddlesex wentin with 134 to win, Wright bowled magnificently , and after the fall of the second wicket the result was never in doubt. Kentwonby 39 runs. Kent, 98 and 183 ; total , 281. Middlesex , 148 and 94 ; total , 242 . W r i g h t(Kent) Burton(Middlesex) O v e r s. M a i d e n s. 6 4 . 2 8 8 . 4 2 1 3 1 R u n s. 1 0 6 1 0 8 W i c k e t s. 1 3 1 2 (2) Southv. North. M a y19 and 20. Amatchbetween North and South hadbeen arranged to take place in 1889 , for the benefit of John West, whowas engaged for manyyears at Lord's ; but owing to continuous rain it could not then be played . In the meantime West died, and the present matchw a sarrangedfor the benefit of his w i d o wand family . Fortunately , representative sides were available , and some excellent cricket resulted . The South, whobatted first , found Attewell and Briggs too muchfor them, and Mr. W. W. Read(22) wastop scorer . TheNorth were even morepuzzled byLohmannand Martin ; and Shrewsbury, who performed the uncommonfeat of carrying his bat through the innings for 54, scored the only double-figure contribution . Messrs . Grace and Stoddart opened the second innings of the South, andw h e nthe formerwas bowledthe score was 111 , of which, however, he had only made29. At one time Mr. Stoddart made50 while Mr. Grace was making 3, and in his brilliant innings of 115 there was nothing that could be called a chance . Shrewsbury again played fine cricket whenthe Northwent in with 245 to win; but nobody else played Lohmannwith con- fidence , and the South wonby 135 runs . Lohmann'sbowling wasa great factor in theresult. (3) S o m e r s e t s h i r ev. M i d d l e s e x. M a y26 and 27. Amostcreditable win for Somersetshire , the moreso as they were without their best bowler, Mr. S. M. J. Woods. Middlesex were only one run behind on the first hands," but in the second , thanks to Messrs Hewett(31 and 65) and W .C. Hedley (36 and41), the visitors put their opponents in to make210. This task proved beyond their powers , though Messrs . O'Brien (44) and Stanley Scott (23) tried hard to save the game. Somersetshire wonby 78 runs. Somersetshire , 133 and 208; total 341. Middlesex , 132 and 131 ; total 263. (4) M i d d l e s e xv. N o t t s. M a y29, 30, and 31. TheMiddlesex team played their very best , anxious to retrieve their defeat at thehands of Somersetshire earlier in the week. Mr. Webbe, having wonthe toss , m a d egood use of his advantage, he (67) and Mr. Stoddart (57) scoring 96 before awicket fell . Afterwards Mr. Stanley Scott (42) and West (46) both hit freely . It should be stated that Attewell was given a rest in this match , a new bowler namedNeedhambeing tried in his stead ; Mr. Nepeanwasabsent from Middlesex . O nNotts going in, Shrewsbury played fine cricket for his 54, andFlowers (50) andShacklock (21) strove hard to save the follow on. This they just failed to do, though , and in their second innings only Mr. Dixon (73) and Shacklock made anystand . Mr. Dixon's was a particularly fine exhibition , and came at a time w h e nruns were badly needed. Onthe third day Middlesex had to get 124 to w i n, and lost Mr. Stoddart for 8. The captain , however, was again equal to the occasion , andhe, with Mr. Scott (54 not out) soon placed the matter beyond