James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1892

8 6 L I L L Y W H I T E ' SCRICKETERS' A N N U A L. rain fell on the third day, and the gamewas left drawnin aninteresting con- dition . Hall's Eleven , 393 and 97 (three wickets ) ; total , 490. Sherwin's Eleven, 345. Thefollowing will show the results of the season for the nine principal counties during last summer. It will be seen that fewer runs were scored against Middlesex than any other county -a substantial proof of the great improvement in their bowling :- Surrey Lancashire M i d d l e s e x N o t t s (Somersetshire { K e n t S u s s e x Yorkshire W o n . D r a w n. L o s t. Total. Points. 1 2 2 2 1 6 1.0 8 3 4 *1 5 4 8 3 5 1 6 3 5 5 4 1 4 1 5 1 6 1 2 - 1 4 6 5 *1 5 - 1 4 3 7 1 4 - 3 5 0 1 1 0 1 6 - 5 2 4 1 0 1 6 - 8 owingtocontinuousrain. Gloucestershire *Inthe first fixture between Lancashire and Kent there was no play during the three days B A T T I N GA N DB O W L I N G T A B L E S . Total o fr u n s Total wickets Average p e rwicket T o t a l Total Average o fr u n s wickets perwicket for. thatfell. f o r. against. t a k e n. against. Surrey 4 6 5 1 2 1 7 21.94 3 7 8 5 2 9 2 12.281 Lancashire 3 8 6 9 2 0 4 18.197 3 7 7 6 2 6 0 14.136 M i d d l e s e x 3 5 2 3 2 3 3 15.28 3 4 7 6 2 6 2 15.70 N o t t s 4 1 8 7 1 9 5 2 1 . 9 2 3 8 2 6 2 0 0 19.26 Somersetshire 3 2 2 6 1 9 8 16.58 3 6 0 1 1 8 7 19.48 K e n t 3 1 6 2 2 0 7 15.57 4 1 1 1 2 2 7 18.25 Sussex 3 7 3 5 2 3 9 15.150 3 8 6 7 1 9 0 20.67 Yorkshire 4 4 3 3 2 8 1 15.218 2 1 6 0 2 2 6 18.101 Gloucestershire 3 4 1 4 2 5 8 13.60 3 5 8 9 1 8 8 19.17 3 4 2 0 0 2 0 3 2 16.1688 3 4 2 0 0 2 0 3 2 16.1688 Highest L o w e s t Highest L o w e s t I n n s. I n n s. I n n s. I n n s. f o r. f o r. against. against. N o t t s K e n t Surrey Lancashire Middlesex Somersetshire S u s s e x 4 4 9 6 2 3 3 1 3 7 3 8 7 6 3 3 7 2 4 5 3 7 2 4 4 2 3 3 6 2 4 1 8 4 4 3 8 2 3 8 3 8 2 4 5 4 1 8 4 4 3 3 1 3 7 4 4 9 2 5 4 3 1 3 8 3 8 7 3 7 Yorkshire.... 3 5 1 6 1 3 3 6 4 8 Gloucestershire 2 9 4 2 5 3 0 3 5 8 O T H E RG E A TM A T C H E S I N 1 8 9 1. (In each case the winning side is placed first .) ContendingSides. W h e r e played. W h e n played. 1 s t2 n d1 s t2 n d inn. inn. i n n. i n n. W o nb y (1) Northv. South (2) Southv. North BirminghamJu. 29,30,Jy.1 292 *3 220 drawn; *no w d ScarboroughA u. 31, Sep.1,2 (3) GentlemenofEnglandv. ScarboroughSept. 3, 4, 5 96 81 125 116+233 107 46 6 runs. 127 115 runs. Sherwin'sX I. (4)Northv. South (5) Players v. Gentlemen Hastings " 10, 11,12 301 210 260 d r a w n Hastings " 14,15, 16 390 68 194 inns & 128 runs + Innings declared.