James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1893

T H ECOUNTIESIN 1892. 103 S O M E R S E T S H I R E . OFFICERS FOR 1892. -President , Hon. Sir Spencer Ponsonby-Fane, Bart. Com- mittee , The President , the Vice -Presidents , the Captain , W. H. Fowler , J. HowardFox, Rev. M. C. Goodford, F. J. Parsons , C. J. Robinson , G. H. Rogers , S. E. Butler , R. Bere , jun ., W. Trask , T. E. W. Wakefield , Rev. A. P. Wickham, and one representative from each affiliated club . Match Com- mittee , H. T. Hewett, Captain ; T. Spencer , Naish, Portishead , and H. Murray-Anderdon, Henlade, Taunton, Hon. Secs . THEperformances of the Somersetshire eleven furnished , perhaps , the great sensation of the year in county cricket . That the success of the teamwas in a great measure the work of three menmaybe accepted as true on the main. Theconsistently brilliant scoring of H. T. Hewett and L. C. H. Palairet , and the bowling of S. M. J. Woodswere very important factors in the success of the side . Still , these were not the only elements of greatness . In J. B. Challen , V. T. Hill , of inter - university fame, and W. C. Hedley, were three batsmen each and all likely to be very dangerous . Of bowling, too , with Hedley, Tyler , and Nichols, as well as Palairet , there was a fair amountof change, all likely to be of use with a particularly good fielding side . Thescoring of Hewett and Palairet was remarkable for its consistency . It culminated in an extraordinary record against Yorkshire at Tauntonin August. O nthat occasion Somersetshire scored 592, and the two amateurs just named established a newrecord in putting on 346 before a wicket fell . O n public form Somersetshire had few superiors in 1 8 9 2. *K e n t R e s u l t so f M a t c h e s . Matches Played , 16 ; Won, 8 ; Drawn, 3 ; Lost, 5. Opponents. MatchesW o n(8). * Gloucestershire *Lancashire (3) Yorkshire *N o t t s. (5) Yorkshire *Gloucestershire (6) Sussex B r i s t o l T a u n t o n T a u n t o n T a u n t o n Sheffield T a u n t o n 138*168 189 108 4 wkts; *6 w d 313 *113 202 222 7 wkts; *3 w d 7 2*130 48 153 4 wkts; *6 w d 118*234 125 224 6 wkts; *4 w d 180*143 124 198 8 wkts; *2 w d 1 1 8 6 9 inns. & 122runs W h e n Where played . played . Club. Opnts. 1st 2 n d1st 2 n d W o nb y i n n. i n n. i n n. i n n. Catford June20, 21 Jy14,15,16 " 18,19,20 (2) Sussex *K e n t 2 1, 22 ود دو 2 5, 26 Aug.11,12 74 248 110 125 87 runs " 1 8,1 9 3 0 9 *Middlesex . T a u n t o n وو 22, 23 160 217 123 184 70 runs MatchesD r a w n(3). R e m a r k s. T a u n t o n Aug.25, 26 592 2 9 9 T a u n t o n 3 0 *9 6 rain; *9 w d " Brighton Sep. 1, 3 *6 2 rain; *1 wd MatchesLost(5) . Lostby (1) Surrey Oval *M i d d l e s e x Lord's *N o t t s..... Nottingham *Lancashire Manchester (4) Surrey T a u n t o n 79 157 1 1 5 300 179 runs 154 71 142 195 112 runs ,,23,24,25 77 159 92*145 6 wkts ; *4 w d Aug.9 8 8 58 116 *32 8 wkts; *2 w d ,, 15,16,17 174 49 253 156 186runs * Seeprevious reviews . (1) Somersetshirev. Surrey. Oval, June 2 and 3. Somersetshire was without L. C. H. Palairet , V. T. Hill , and J. B. Challen , Surrey without Maurice Readand W o o d. The wicket at the outset was suffer- J u n e2, 3 6,7 د و