James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1893

T H ECOUNTIES IN 1892. 1 0 1 wickets. There, though, the gameended, as continuous rain on the third day prevented a finish , leaving Yorkshire with 229 to avoid an innings defeat and six wickets to fall . Notts , 369. Yorkshire , 107 and33 (four wickets ) ; total , 140 . Attewell(1st inningsYorkshire) O v e r s. M a i d e n s. 44.3 2 7 (7) Notts v. Surrey. Oval, August, 1, 2, and3. R u n s. W i c k e t s. 3 6 5 Atruly remarkable match, and for more reasons than one. Atthe time the two counties were equal in points for the county championship , and it was generally thought that the result of this gamewould settle the question of the premiership . A sa consequence , public interest was abnormal, and the attendance on the three days established a record for English cricket going , an aggregate of 63,775 persons as having paid in the three days. Unfortunately for Surrey , Wood, as in the previous match, was not able to keep wicket , and the wantof his assist- ance was severely felt , particularly at the finish . What little luck there was, too, was rather in favour of Notts , who, though they lost the toss , had the best of the wicket . The heavy rainfall of the first morning madethe pitch anything buteasy for Surrey at the outset , and Shacklock again bowled with such success thatthe last wicket fell with the total at 129. T h ewicket was still rather queer whenNotts went in to bat, and Lockwood, in his turn , peformed with great effect , so that at the end of an innings Notts were five behind . Abad run out of Abel in Surrey's second innings hada prejudicial effect on the rest of the side , and though the wicket was muchfaster , and seven of the eleven got double figures , the total only reached 159. Notts, whenthey went in a second time, wanted 165 to win, and with J. A. Dixon and Shrewsbury out for twelve the result was very open . Barnes (40) and Gunn (58), however , played with great judgment andconfidence at the crisis , and their partnership , which produced 94 runs , was the result of splendid cricket . O n the third morning Notts only wanted 56 to winwith seven wickets to fall , and the game was apparently over . With Gunn, Flowers, and Attewell out, the interest was intensified , and had the Surrey wicket-keeping only been up to the mark, Surrey might have w o n. A sit was, Daft, whoplayed with great confidence at a critical time, got the runs still re- quired , andNotts wona great match with four wickets to spare . Notts, 124 and 165 (six wickets ) ; total , 289. Surrey , 129 and 159 ; total , 288 . Shacklock(1st innings Surrey) Lockwood( , Notts) O v e r s. 3 3 . 4 M a i d e n s. R u n s. W i c k e t s, 2 0 26.1 6 5 9 6 7 8 8 (8) Notts v. Somersetshire. Taunton, August 18 and 19 . Notts,w h ohad been hitherto unbeaten , suffered their first defeat of the year at the hands of Somersetshire . Going in first on a wet wicket , the Somer- setshire eleven were seen to great advantage , as manyas eight of the side getting into double figures . H. T. Hewett made61 of the first 80 in characteristic style , but his hitting was quite equalled , subsequently , by the resolute cricket of the Oxonian, V. T. Hill (93), whoat one time helped G. Fowler to add 96 runs in anhour and twenty minutes . As the wicket was, Notts had no easy task in going in against a total of 309. Still , no one could have been prepared for the disappointing exhibition of batting which was to follow . Excepting xcep Flowers (31), Gunn(25), Shrewsbury (18 ), and Attewell (15), no one got double figures , and Tyler , helped greatly by the wicket , bowled with such success that the first innings was over in two hours for 118. In the follow on they were even more unsuccessful , and this time the side were all out in an hour and three -quarters for 69, of which Daft (25) and J. A. Dixon (10) were accountable for 35. Tyler again bowled with remarkable effect . H etook nine of the ten wickets , and his