James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1892

T H ECOUNTIESIN 1891. 5 3 F E (3) K e n tv. Somersetshire. Maidstone , July 13 and 14. A rather unexpected result attended this match , especially as Kent were strongly represented . For their good total of 218 , Somerset were largely in- debted to Messrs . L. C. Palairet (79) and Challen , whoput on 95 while together . OnlyMr. Leslie Wilson, of the Kentish batsmen, played in his true form the first time ; the second , Messrs . Marchant (39), Fox (36), and Braybrooke (40) all hit well . TheWesterners had too long a lead , though , andwonby five wickets . Somersetshire , 218 and 50 (five wickets ) ; total , 268. Kent, 106 and 160 ; total , 2 6 6. (4) K e n tv. N o t t s. Tonbridge , July 23 , 24, and 25. Anotherproof washere afforded of the excellence of the Tonbridge ground, andthree days of interesting cricket produced 913 runs for 27 wickets . Kent h a dfirst knock, andtowardstheir fine total of 382 Mr. F o xcontributed 1 0 3 - his first hundred for the county and a fine display of batting -Alec Hearne (59), and Mr. Marchant (89) again came very near three figures . Mr. Marchant at onetime made50 in thirty minutes . Notts rejoined with 346 , Flowers (116 not out) andShrewsbury (82) doing most of the heavy run-getting . The former especially hit vigorously , and gave no chance till he had made70. M r, Fox alto- gether scored 147 for once out. Thegamewas drawn. Kent, 382 and 120 (five wickets , innings declared ) ; total , 502. Notts, 346 and 65 (three wickets ) ; total, 411. (5) K e n tv. S o m e r s e t s h i r e . Taunton, July 30 and August 1. Thoughbeaten in the end, Somersetshire confirmed their previous good all- round form. Mr. Patterson was absent from Kent. As the ground was, scoring proved difficult , and it was not till the second " hands " of Somerset that the bowlers were muchtroubled , as they were by Mr. C. J. Robinson (55), Mr. S. M. J. Woods(47), and Nichols (37). Kenthad nearly 200 to get, and thanks to three batsmen, Messrs . Rashleigh , Braybrooke , and Alec Hearne, who between themmade153 out of 188 , found themselves with four wickets in hand at the finish . Kent96 and 198 (six wickets ) ; total , 294. Somersetshire , 101 and 189 ; total , 290. Mr.W o o d s(1st inningsKent) Nichols ( " " )... 1 9 1 6 5 1 0 Overs. Maidens. R u n s. 2 9 1 5 Wickets, 5 4 (6) K e n tv . Surrey. Canterbury , August 6, 7, and 8 . Thesecond fixture of the week, and one to a great extent ruined by rain . Though at one time , thanks to Abel's 51 and Lockwood's 48, a hundred had been gotfor onem a n, the Surrey total only realized 169. This wasmore than enough for Kent, though, for w h o monly Messrs . Marchant andWilson showed really good form either time . Lohmannand Sharpe had phenomenal figures , especially onthe first day. Surrey, whohad all the best of the ground in going in first , wonby ten wickets . Surrey , 169 and 7 (no wicket ) ; total , 176. Kent, 69 and 104; total , 173 . ११ )....... O v e r s. 1 8 . 1 1 1 M a i d e n s. R u n s. 1 2 4 1 4 2 0 W i c k e t s. 6 1 4 Lohmann(1st innings Kent) Sharpe ( وو