James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1893

THE COUNTIES IN 1892. 77 quently . Lockwood's bowling proved altogether too muchfor the later batsmen, so much so that the last six wickets only added twelve runs . Surrey's batting , though uneven , presented a striking contrast . Baldwin , a new-comer in the eleven , wasbatting two hours and a half for his 60, and his batting , with that of W .W . Read, were the features of the innings . W. W. was in his very best form. H emade 107 out of 169 while he was in, and an idea of the rate at whichhe scored will be gathered from the fact that he was only in an hour and fifty minutes . Gloucestershire's second innings was remarkable for the stand by W .G. Grace (64) and Rice (42) on the fall of the second wicket . Their partner- ship produced 93 runs, and without anything like a chance . At one time there wassomelittle ground for hope that Gloucestershire might be able to make something of a show. As it was the later batsmen failed , and the last seven wickets only added 64 runs . This left Surrey with 27 to win, which J. Shuter and Maurice Read got without much trouble . Surrey won by ten wickets . Surrey , 264 and 27 (no wicket ) ; total , 291. Gloucestershire , 93 and 197 ; total , 290. Lockwood(Surrey ). . . O v e r s. M a i d e n s. 57.4 2 8 R u n s. 1 1 5 (13) Gloucestershirev. Yorkshire. Bristol , August 22, 23, and 24 . W i c k e t s. 1 2 Thoughrain caused more than one interruption on the second day, there was some interesting all -round cricket , with, on the whole, scoring above the average . Gloucestershire were unfortunate in losing the toss , but none the less madean excellent show, being only eighteen runs behind at the end of an innings . This wasthe morecreditable as the wicket , drying after the rain on the third day, wasin favour of the bowlers , and the later batsmen of Gloucestershire had to playuphard for their runs. Allthe first seven onthe Gloucestershire side got double figures , and the last six added 81 runs . The brothers Grace between them were responsible for 101 , and during the latter part Capt . Luard hit in fine style . F. S. Jackson , the Cambridge captain , who had made 76 in the first innings for Yorkshire, fared badly in the second , and on a drying wicket half the side were out for less than fifty . Somevigorous hitting by Tunnicliffe (53) , Ulyett (32), andBrown(21), however, gave a muchbetter appearance to the game, and at the finish Yorkshirewere192 on with a wicketto fall . Yorkshire, 258 and 174 (nine wickets ) ; total , 432. Gloucestershire , 240. Wainwright (Yorkshire ). Overs. 3 3 . 3 M a i d e n s. 1 8 R u n s. W i c k e t s. 4 4 5 (14) Gloucestershirev . Middlesex. Clifton , August 25 and 26 . Heavyrain prevented any play on the third day, and the gamewasleft in a very incomplete state . Infact , only thirteen wickets had fallen whenplay ceased on the second night , so that the result could hardly be foreshadowed . The wicket at the outset was a trifle slow from the rain , and the scoring of the Gloucestershire eleven on the first daywas in proportion . Five hours' play , at least , only realised 237 runs , and of these the last 136 were added by W.G. Grace and Rice , who were not out with 72 and 64 respectively . Even on the faster wicket of the second daythe run-getting never reached a high pitch , and when the innings closed after seven hours and a half , the total wasonly 353. W. G. w a sin three hours andthree-quarters for his 89, whichwasquite free fromfault. A. J. WebbeandA. E. Stoddart put on 76 for the first wicket of Middlesex , and with anaddition of 37 , at a cost of two morebatsmen, the gameended as it was left on the second night , with 113 up for the loss of three wickets . Gloucester- shire , 353. Middlesex , 113 for three wickets .