James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1892

5 0 LILLYWHITE'SCRICKETERS' ANNUAL. for a stand by Messrs . Pullen (30) and the old Oxonian , H. V. Page (37), nobody madea lengthy stay the first time in. Thesecond innings , 100 hadbeen got for four menwhenDr. W. G. Grace wasdismissed for a faultless 54, and after his departure the batting broke down. There were nine double figures in Surrey's innings , Brockwell's 57 and Abel's 30 being the highest contributions . Surrey w o nb ytenwickets . Lohmann's bowling was again one of the principal factors in the result . Surrey , 226 and 4 (no wicket ); total , 230. Gloucestershire , 103 and125 ; total , 228. Lohmann(Surrey ) O v e r s. M a i d e n s, R u n s. W i c k e t s. 1 2 5 1 T H EC H E L T E N H A M W E E K . 9 9 (13) Gloucestershirev. Somersetshire. Cheltenham , August 17, 18, and 19. 1 1 Five of the Gloucester batsmen failed to score , and the result was the smallest total of the year in first -class county cricket -25. The splendid hitting of the elder Palairet (100) and Mr. Challen (79) added 138 for the second wicket of Somersetshire , andthe total ultimately reached 255. Mr. Palairet had never before got a three -figure innings in first -class matches, and his success was very popular . Tyler bowled unchanged throughout both innings , and Somersetshire w o nbyaninnings and 130 runs. Somersetshire , 255. Gloucestershire , 25 and 100; total , 125. Tyler (Somerset ) Overs. Maidens. R u n s. Wickets. 2 7 5 7 0 1 0 (14) Gloucestershirev . Middlesex. Cheltenham , August 20, 21 , and 22. Thematchwas practically a blank owing to persistent rain, and thus the Cheltenhamw e e kof 1891 closed in gloom. Onlyfour hours and ahalf of actual play took place , none at all being permissible on the Saturday. After along spell of ill -luck Dr. W. G. Grace at last came off , andhis 72 (not out), for which he was batting the whole time that play lasted , was deserving of the highest praise con- sidering the unfavourable conditions . Messrs . Webbe, Nepean, and Scott were absent from Middlesex . The game was drawn. Gloucestershire , 145 (six wickets).. (15) Gloucestershirev Notts. Clifton , August 24, 25, and 26. Noteworthy for a good performance by Arthur Shrewsbury (94) , whơ surprised the spectators by the rapidity of his hitting . R u n-getting was foundpretty difficult owing to the soft ground, but the great batsman made nothing like a mistake during the two hours and a half he was in, and owing to his efforts Notts reached a good total of 205. Gloucestershire had responded with 73 for five (Dr. E. M. Grace not out 43), when stumps and matchwere drawnowing to rain . Notts, 205. Gloucestershire , 73 (five wickets ) . B A T T I N GA V E R A G E S . T i m e s M o s ti n Inns. n o tout. R u n s. a nI n n s. A v e r a g e . O. G. Radcliffe 2 8 0 6 1 8 1 1 6 2 2 . 2 W .G. Grace 2 2 1 4 4 0 *7 2 20.20 E .M .G r a c e 2 8 1 4 2 5 5 8 15.20 W .W .F. Pullen 2 3 0 3 5 5 8 6 1 5 . 1 0 Painter 2 8 0 4 1 4 1 0 1 14.22