James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1892

T H EC O U N T I E SI N 1891. 7 1 first 84 runs for Somerset , and the younger Palairet and Mr. Roe scored 33 and 29 respectively . Whenstumps were drawn on the first night , Surrey had lost six of their best menfor 71 runs, and it was only a timely stand byW o o dand Sharpe for the last wicket that enabled them to save the follow . Messrs . Challen (89), L. C. Palairet (60), and Hewett (42) made runs apace on the home teamtaking the bat again , so that on the third morning the captain was encouraged to close his innings , and put Surrey in to make 373. Maurice Read and Lohmann, who put on 96 in as manyminutes for the fifth wicket , made a plucky effort to save the game-the former getting within six runs of his hundred, while Lohmann made 58. Then another change occurred , however , andSharpe, the eleventh man, wasbowled by Mr. Woodsin the last over of the day. Somersetshire wona memorable match by 130 runs. Surrey, 154 and 241; total , 395. Somersetshire , 194 and 331 (nine wickets , innings declared ) ; total, 525. B A T T I N GA V E R A G E S . T i m e s M o s tin I n n s. n o tout. R u n s. a nI n n s. Average. L. C. H .Palairet 1 9 1 5 6 0 1 0 0 31.2 J. B. Challen 1 6 2 3 5 4 8 9 25,4 R. C. N. Palairet. 1 7 3 2 6 6 7 4 1 9 H .T. H e w e t t 2 2 1 3 8 8 6 5 18.10 S. M . J. W o o d s 1 9 1 3 3 0 5 0 18.6 W .N .R o e 1 2 1 1 6 8 3 6 15.3 C. J. R o b i n s o n 1 7 3 1 9 6 5 5 1 4 V .T. Hill 1 5 0 1 8 4 3 1 12.4 A .E. N e w t o n 9 1 8 6 2 6 1 0 . 6 Rev. A. P. W i c k h a m 1 0 7 3 2 *1 6 1 0 . 2 G .F o w l e r 9 0 9 4 2 9 1 0 . 4 Nichols 2 1 0 2 1 6 3 7 10.6 Tyler 2 0 3 1 6 3 6 2 9 . 1 5 The following played three and under innings :-Clapp, 0, 2,5; F. J. Poynton , *2, 7, *1; H. Ross , 0, 0; J. A. Gibbs , 6, 6; E. J. Lock , 0, 10 ; T. Spencer , 14, 0; E. D. Evans , 0 ; H. F, Fox, 4; W. A. R. Young, 13. S. M .J. W o o d s Nichols. L. C. H. Palairet Tyler W .N .R o e B O W L I N G A V E R A G E S . Overs. M a i d e n s. R u n s. W i c k e t s. Average. 468.4 1 3 2 1 2 3 0 7 2 1 7 . 6 522.4 2 2 8 8 9 0 4 9 1 8 . 8 56,2 2 1 1 5 1 7 2 1 , 4 436.2 1 0 8 1 0 7 1 4 8 22.15 2 0 5 6 0 1 6 0 G. Fowler bowled in two innings , 21-4-59-0. The following bowled in one innings :- V. T. Hill , 9-0-42-1; F. J. Poynton, 2 - 1 - 6 - 1, S U R R E Y OFFICERS FOR 1891. -President , Viscount Oxenbridge . Vice - President , Earl of Bessborough . Treasurer , W. Cattley . Committee , J. B. Oakley , F. Burbidge , W.Burrup , Dr. Blades , G. Everett , J. Colman, jun ., M. W. Marshall , W. E. Roller , J. W.Hobbs,R. Roberts , K. J. Key, T. Winterflood , Sir R. Hanson, C. A. Stein , D. R. Onslow, Major-General Marshall , L. A. Shuter , J. Shuter , W. S. Trollope , Sir Richard Webster , Q. C. , M.P. , J. S. Balfour , M.P. , Colonel Bircham, J. Burrup, and W. W. Thomson. Secretary , Charles W. Alcock, Surrey Ground, Kennington Oval, London, S.E. Assistant Secretary , W . W .R e a d. IF, perhaps , not quite so brilliantly successful as they bade fair to be up to the middle of August, there can be no question that the Surrey eleven fully proved their right to be considered the champions of 1891. With several prominent members of the team in better form than ever , and Mr. Shuter's predilection for winning the toss more pronounced than before , the season progressed with high hopes-hopes , too , which were destined to be fully realized . Until late in the season , it was quite on the cards that the county would not sustain a single defeat at the hands of one of her ownrank. The two reverses which she