James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1892

T H EM A R Y L E B O N EC L U BIN 1891. 4 1 (2) Middlesexv. Somersetshire. M a y19 and 20 .. This matchshould have been commenced on WhitMondaythe 18th , but a drenching downpour prevented the delivery of a ball on that day. As it was, thebowlers derived so muchadvantage from the state of the ground that only Messrs . Roe and Fowler , who scored 29 each , and H. T. Hewett (31 ) for Somer- setshire , and Webbe and Stanley Scott , who hit up 45 in twenty minutes for the first wicket of Middlesex , made any lengthy stay . In the absence of Mr. Stoddart and Phillips , Middlesex gave a trial to J. Saunders , a left -handed player from Ealing . The match was evenly drawn . Somersetshire , 137 . Middlesex , 132 (nine wickets ). Rawlin(Middlesex). O v e r s. 2 8 . 2 Maidens. 1 2 R u n s. Wickets. 3 5 7 (3) K e n tv. M i d d l e s e x. M a y22 and 23. Anothergameout of which muchof the interest was washed byheavy and persistent rain . Nevertheless , the batting , for so strong a team as Middlesex , w a sof the most disappointing character each time. Mr. Nepeanwas at the wickets an hour for his 19. Messrs . Stoddart andVernonbeing both away, Mr. E. C. Mordaunt , an old Wellingtonian , made his first appearance for Middlesex . Walter Wright (33 not out) was the highest scorer in the match , and he, with Mr. W. H. Patterson and Alec Hearne , contributed 85 out of 117 from the bat by Kent. Martin , who bowled very finely throughout , and Wright were unchanged in the match . Kent wonby an innings and 8 runs . Kent, 120 . Middlesex , 68 and44; total , 112. Martin (Kent). Overs. Maidens. Runs. Wickets. 4 8 3 3 . 2 1 1 (4) Yorkshirev. Middlesex. J u n e5 a n d6 . 1 3 O nwinning the toss , Mr. Webbeput Yorkshire in, though , as events proved , the wicket never recovered sufficiently to approve this policy . Though at one time Yorkshire had got 67 for three men, J. T. Hearne quickly finished off the rest . This, indeed , was the only one of the four innings to reach three figures . Mr. Stanley Scott's second score of 20 was the highest for Middlesex , and Messrs . Webbeand Nepeaneach earned the unenviable " pair." In the whole match forty wickets realised but 303 runs . Yorkshire w o nby 69 runs . York- shire 109 and 77 ; total 186. Middlesex , 63 and 54 ; total , 117 . Peel(Yorkshire ) Wainwright (2nd inns . Middlesex ). J. T. Hearne (Middlesex ) Overs. 3 4 . 2 1 1 M a i d e n s. R u n s. W i c k e t s. 1 4 6 0 9 4 8 . 1 7 2 2 9 4 6 5 1 4 (5) M i d d l e s e xv. N o t t s. J u n e8 a n d9. Amostbrilliant victory for Middlesex , and one gained bythoroughly good all-round cricket . At the conclusion of an innings each, Notts led by no fewer than 100 runs , but going in again Middlesex ran up the creditable total of 233. Mr. T. C. O'Brien , whowas playing under the pseudonym of " J. E. Johnston ,"