James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1893

9 6 LILLYWHITE'SCRICKETERS' A N N U A L. Yorkshiremen did not profit by the first use of a slow wicket ; and Middlesex utilised a bowler's pitch to so much better advantage that in its second stage the gamewent all in their favour. Middlesex , after dismissing Yorkshire for 100, madean auspicious commencement, Stoddart and Webbescoring 63, of which the former's share was 46. Later on Peel and Wainwright derived considerable assistance fromthe wicket , and, indeed , hadthe fielding of the Yorkshiremen been u pto the mark, they would hardly have been in a minority on the first “ hands." A sit was, the lead of 22 runs obtained by Middlesex proved of great use to them. J. T. Hearne and Rawlin, indeed , bowled with great success when Yorkshire went in a second time , and the whole side were out for 46. Of these F. S. Jackson and Peel contributed no less than 33, and the former had the benefit of two lives in making his 23. Middlesex won with nine wickets to spare . Middlesex , 122 and 26 (one wicket) ; total , 148. Yorkshire , 100 and 46 ; total , 146. Rawlin (Middlesex ) Overs. 4 9 . 4 M a i d e n s. R u n s. 2 4 6 5 W i c k e t s. 1 2 (3) M i d d l e s e xv. N o t t s. Nottingham, August 8, 9, and 10 . In winning the toss Notts gained an advantage which had no small influ- enceon the result . T h ewicketw a swetandeasy fromrain at the commence- mentof the game, and the earlier batsmen were able to makesuch good use of it, that the score was 137 when the fourth was dismissed . Later on, though, the Middlesexbowlers wereable to m a k ethe ball do more, andthe innings after all only reached a total of 191 , an addition of 54 for the last six wickets . The pitch was still helping the ball whenMiddlesex went in to bat, and the best feature of an innings extending over two hours was the steady cricket of M. R. Jardine . In second wicket down, he carried out his bat, having scored 32 of the last 72 runs . Norwas the early part of the follow on suggestive of a big score . Jardine , Stoddart , and Scott were all out with the total only 34, and the credit of a good performance rested entirely with the tail . Thelast four wickets , indeed , added as many as 116 runs , and Phillips ' 46 was, under the circum- stances , specially worthy of praise . P. J. T. Henery's 34 included 14 from one over of Shacklock . For the fourth innings Notts had the advantage of a much faster pitch , and ultimately , after some slow cricket , Notts wonwith the loss of two batsmen. Daft not out 43, and Shrewsbury not out 41. Notts w o nb y eight wickets . Notts , 191 and 111 (two wickets ) ; total , 302. Middlesex , 97 and 202; total , 299. Flowers(Notts). Overs. Maidens. R u n s. Wickets. 2 4 , 2 7 4 5 9 (4) Middlesexv. Somersetshire. Taunton , August 22 and 23. A benefit match for A. J. Fothergill , a bowler who did good service for Somersetshire for some years . Theresult was some good all -round cricket ,with a slight advantage to Somersetshire throughout . Withtwo strong batting sides , someheavy scoring might have been expected . Such anticipations were, how- ever , not realised , at all events in the earlier stages , as the highest individual score at the end of aninnings to each side was W. C. Hedley's 58 for Somerset- shire . The latter part of the gameshowed some improvement in the run-getting , but even then it did not reach a high pitch . Somersetshire's second innings of 217 was chiefly notable for the excellent batting of J. B. Challen , who made72 in a nh o u ra n da halfwithouta s h a d o wof a mistake. Middlesexin thee n dh a d 255 to win, and while T. C. O'Brien was in there was just a chance . Hescored 70 out of 108 while at the wicket , but the later batsmenonly lent little assistance . Somersetshire had always a good deal in hand. W .R. Collins madehis first