James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1893

T H ECOUNTIESIN 1892. 9 5 Resultsof M a t c h e s . Matches Played , 16 ; Won, 7 ; Drawn, 3 ; Lost , 6. W h e n Club. Opnts. Where played . played . 1st 2nd 1st 2nd Opponents. Matches Won(7). Lord's *Sussex *K e n t *Somersetshire. *Gloucestershire (2) Yorkshire . *Lancashire (5) Sussex *Lancashire *K e n t.... Blackheath Lord's Lord's L e e d s Lord's Brighton inn. inn. inn. inn. W o nb y May30, 31 235 *77 145 164 9 wkts ; *1 wd June 2,3, 4 181 253 164 " 6,7 142 195 154 ,, 9,10,11 523 244 Jy.18,19,20 122 *26 100 Ag.18,19,20 214 *40 156 2 9, 3 0 228 Manchester Jy.14,15,16 109 *112 Ag.15,16,17 287 +116 MatchesD r a w n(3). Lord's Clifton Oval Lord's *Gloucestershire MatchesLost(6). (1) Surrey *Yorkshire.. *N o t t s (3)Notts *Surrey 4) Somersetshire... Lord's Nottingham Lord's T a u n t o n " 2 5, 2 6*113 92 178 runs 71 112 runs 177 inns. & 102 runs 46 9 wkts; *1 w d 9 7 9wkts ; *1 w d 87 inns. & 43runs R e m a r k s. 98 92 243 *9 w d 265 *51 3 5 3 June13,14 75 306 210 *172 ,, 16,17,18 292 184 228 *250 .,, 20,21,22 195 257 466 Ag. 8,9,10 97 202 191 *111 " " 11,1 2 112 180 294 2 2, 23 123 184 160 217 * See reviews of M. C.C. , Gloucestershire , Kent, and Lancashire . (1) Middlesexv. Surrey. Oval, June 13 and 14. +5 w d; *2 w d *3 wd Lostb y 8 wkts; *2 w d 4 wkts ; *6 w d inns. & 14 runs 8 wkts ; *2 w d inns. & 2 runs 70runs + Inningsclosed. Middlesex had been scoring so heavily just before that there appeared to be every probability of an exciting match . Surrey , too , had only shown to poor advantage against Notts and Lancashire in the previous week, so that they were not in the best of spirits . Neither county had quite its full strength , as E. A. Nepeanwas absent from Middlesex , while A. F. Clarke kept wicket for Surrey in place of Wood. Middlesex , as it happened , gained little by the choice of innings . Recent rain caused the wicket to be a little awkward at the start , and in anhour and three -quarters a strong batting side had been dismissed for a small total of 61 from the bat , of which A. E. Stoddart and T. C. O'Brien , each ofwhomscored 16, were responsible for more than half . Surrey's batting was of a very different kind , and their innings , which extended over three hours and a quarter , realised 210, in which Abel's 41 was the highest figure . In a minority of135 , Middlesex made a much better show when they went in again . Stoddart wasnever at a loss with the bowling , and his 91 was the result of most attrac- tive batting . Later on Hon. F. J. N. Thesiger played in free style , and he ultimately carried out his bat for 60, having helped J.T. Hearne to add 75 for the last wicket . Wanting 170 to win, the issue was anything but certain for Surrey . W. W.Read (75) and Abel (40), however , laid the foundation of a victory byscoring 117 for the first wicket , and ultimately the runs were got in two hours at a cost of these two batsmen . Surrey won by eight wickets . Surrey , 210 and 172 (two wickets ) ; total , 382. Middlesex , 75 and 306 ; total , 381 . Lockwood(1st innings Middlesex ) O v e r s. M a i d e n s. R u n s. 1 0 3 2 1 8 (2) Middlesexv. Yorkshire. Leeds , July 18, 19, and 20. W i c k e t s. 6 Thebrilliant performance of Yorkshire in the first fixture at Lord's found no parallel in the return . On the contrary , though they won the toss , the