James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1892

7 4 LILLYWHITE'SCRICKETERS' A N N U A L. (4) Surrey v. Sussex. Oval, July 27, 28, and 29 . Owing to rain only one full day's play was permissible . Having injured his armin a matchat Glasgow, Maurice Readdid not appear, and his place was filled by Mr. R. N. Douglas . In the Sussex eleven , the veteran HenryPhillips and Parris (whobats left and bowls right hand) played vice Butt and Mr. C. A. Smith. Anoteworthy performance was accomplished for Sussex by Marlow, w h ocarried his bat through the innings for 43, on a wicket that favoured the bowlers from start to finish . Lockwoodand Lohmann, with 49 and 40 respec- tively , were the highest scorers in Surrey's total . The match was drawn. Surrey, 205. Sussex, 123 and 11 (one wicket) ; total , 134. (5) Surrey v. Leicestershire , Oval, M a y4 and 5. Thanks to the free hitting of Mr. De Trafford (78) and Pougher (57) , Leicestershire actually claimed a lead of 63 runs on the first innings . In the second , however, Abel , who had scored 43 the first time, hit up another good innings of 62, and Maurice Read made68 by free hitting . At one time, when theywentin again, Leicestershire had got 50 for one wicket , but afterwards such a breakdownoccurred that Surrey wonby73 runs. Surrey , 158 and 265 ; total , 423. Leicestershire , 221 and 129 ; total , 350 . (6) Surreyv. H a m p s h i r e. Oval, M a y7 and 8. O nwinning the toss , the Surrey batsmen scored at a tremendous rate , Lockwood( 100 ), Henderson (105), and Mr. W. W.Read(80) being the principal scorers in a huge total of 494. This was Henderson's first three-figure innings for Surrey, and both he and Lockwoodplayed splendid cricket . Being without Mr. H. W. Forster , Captain Wynyard, and Roberts , Hampshire could only expect this result . Mr. Shuter for once stood out of the Surrey team. Surrey w o nbyaninnings and 342 runs. Surrey, 494. Hampshire, 86 and 66 ; total , 1 5 2. O v e r s. M a i d e n s. 1 1 7 2 4 . 1 (2 n d " " ) .... 19 Lohmann(1st innings Hampshire) Sharpe (7) Surrey v. Essex. Oval, M a y14, and 15. R u n s. 2 8 3 7 W i c k e t s. 8 8 The Surrey batsmen scored very consistently , four of the eleven making over 40, though nobody got fifty . But if Messrs . A. P. Lucas and Rowewere absentees from Essex, Surreyh a dto find substitutes for W o o dandL o c k w o o d. Messrs . H. G. Owen(24 and 37) and R. P. Sewell (33 and 11) alone got double figures twice for the losers , and both of them played exceedingly well . Lohmann'sbowling was a great factor in the result . Surrey wonby an innings and 69 runs. Surrey , 294. Essex, 128 and 97 ; total , 225. L o h m a n n(Surrey) O v e r s. 6 7 M a i d e n s. 2 5 R u n s. Wickets. 9 3 1 0 (8) Surrey v. CambridgeUniversity . Oval, June 11 and 12. Asplendid struggle from start to finish . The batting of the Light Blues was very uneven , Messrs . F, S. Jackson (62), Streatfeild , Douglas , and Cooper