James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1892

T H ECOUNTIESIN 1891. 7 5 contributing 133 out of 171 from the bat. Onthe side of Surrey, Abel (43) and Mr. Shuter (51), the latter of w h o mcame in late in the innings andhit resolutely if luckily , were the chief run-getters . The second innings of each side produced only moderate scoring , the bowling of Mr. S. M. J. Woodsand Lohmannbeing specially fine . Mr. A. J. L. Hill stayed in an hour for Cambridge for eleven runs . The University finally won, amid considerable excitement , by19 runs , a victory duemainly to Mr. Woods' bowling . Cambridge University , 179 and 133 ; total , 312. Surrey , 190 and 103 ; total , 293. Mr. S. M. J. W o o d s(Cambridge) Maidens. R u n s. Wickets, 1 4 O v e r s. 5 7 . 4 1 0 1 5 4 (9) Surreyv. Warwickshire. Birmingham, June 18 and 19. H o m eandhomefixtures had been arranged with Warwickshire to fill the void caused by the abandonment of the proposed AmericanTeam. Surrey took the field without W o o dand Henderson. Mr. Shuter (66) and Abel (69) hit so resolutely that 131 had been got for the first partnership before the latter had to go; while later on Brockwell (52) and Lockwood (36) made runs at a great pace . Lockwoodfollowed up his batting by some magnificent bowling, achieving the " hat trick " bygetting Shilton , Pallett , and Cresswell with successive balls . Surrey wonby an innings and 126 runs . Surrey , 347. Warwickshire , 120 and 101; total , 221 . Overs. Maidens. 3 1 . 4 " ) .... 2 6 1 6 1 2 R u n s. Wickets, 5 4 3 7 8 8 Sharpe (1st innings Warwickshire ) Lockwood(2nd ,, (10) Surreyv. Leicestershire. Leicester , June 25, 26, and 27. A tone time it looked very muchas if the result would be different ,especially as Lohmann, owing to an injury in the field , was not available in the second half of the game. Somefine bowling by Sharpe and Lockwood, helped by the ground, and backed by a free -hitting innings of 52 (not out) from Maurice Read, however, enabled Surrey to win in the end by eight wickets . Surrey , 82 and 88 (two wickets ) ; total , 170. Leicestershire , 132 and37; total , 169. O v e r s. M a i d e n s. 5 7 Sharpe (2nd innings Leicestershire ) 12.2 Lockwood( ” ).... 12 (11) Surrey v. Hampshire. Southampton , July 6, 7, and 8. Runs. 2 3 9 Wickets. 5 4 Astrangely unfamiliar eleven did duty for Surrey , the match being on the samedayas the " Gentlemen v. Players " at Lord's . Yet Surrey were able to winwith plenty to spare . Their principal scorers were Henderson (13 and 31), Lockwood (7 and not out 52), Ayres (0 and 59), Street (13 and 56), and Mr. Jephson (32 not out and 12). Mr. Forster , with 20 and 36, was the chief run- getter for Hants. Surrey w o nby 208 runs . Surrey, 117 and 285 (innings declared , eight wickets ). Hampshire, 109 and85 ; total , 194. O v e r s. Lockwood (2nd innings Hampshire ) .... 19.1 M a i d e n s. 9 R u n s. 2 9 Wickets. 8