James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1893

1 0 8 LILLYWHITE'SCRICKETERS' A N N U A L. (1) Surreyv. Yorkshire. Leeds, June 20, 21, and 22. Incessant rain prevented a commencementuntil the second morning, and thenthe wicket helped the bowlers so m u c hthat the runs camewith great difficulty . Surrey , winning the toss , made the best of their chances while the groundwasfairly easy, and by luncheon had obtained 121 for seven wickets , of whichMaurice Read(45) and K. J. Key(30) claimed the greater part . As the pitch dried the scoring decreased , and thirteen wickets only realised 117 runs . Of 86madein Yorkshire's first innings , Moorhouse contributed 26, and seven of the side were only jointly responsible for eleven runs. The pitch was still difficult w h e nSurreywentin a secondtime64 to thegood, andthree of the best batsmen wereout on the second night for only twenty runs . Rain prevented any play till after lunch on the third day, and then Surrey were greatly indebted to mistakes in the field . Soon after four o'clock the Surrey captain closed his innings , with 81 up for seven wickets , in the hope of getting Yorkshire out in the twohours and five minutes that remained . U pto a certain point it seemed that Surrey would win with plenty of time in hand, and in spite of some plucky hitting by Wainwrightand Moorhouse forty -five minutes remained with only four wickets to go. Hayley and Tunnicliffe , though , played with great pluck at the crisis , and within six minutes of time there were still three wickets to fall . Lohmann, however, bowled with remarkable judgment at the pinch , and ultimately Surrey won with three minutes and 17 runs to spare . Surrey , 151 and 81 (seven wickets , innings closed ) ; total , 232. Yorkshire , 87 and 128 , total , 215. Lohmann(Surrey ) Peel (1st innings ,, ) Overs. 4 5 33.3 9 1 4 M a i d e n s. R u n s. 1 0 7 4 3 W i c k e t s. 1 4 7 (2) Surreyv. Sussex. Brighton , July 18, 19, and 20. In going in first Surrey had all the best of a wicket which, towards the finish , owing to more than one interruption from rain , was all in favour of the bowlers . Thoughthe ground was at the outset a little slow, Surrey began their innings in a very promising style , thanks to Mr. W. W. Read(112 ) and Abel (61 ), w h oput on 156 for the first wicket . Subsequently , though, the batting showed a great falling off , and with the exception of Lockwood , who hit vigorously for his 50, no great stand was made. Theearly part of the first innings of Sussex was fairly hopeful , and in spite of Surrey's total of 279 it looked as if the follow on would be saved. Mr. Newhamplayed exceptionally good cricket under the circumstances , and his 69, which occupied him two hours and a half , was entirely without a fault . The pitch , though , was getting more difficult every minute , and the tail had to perform under such difficulties that the last four wickets only added35. Sussex hadquite a hopeless task before themw h e nthey followedo n in a minority of 108. The wicket , drying under a warmsun, helped Lohmann's bowling considerably , and, in spite of a good score of 39 by Marlow, the total only reached 82. Surrey wonbyaninnings and 26 runs . Surrey, 279. Sussex, 171 and 82; total , 253. Lohmann(2nd innings Sussex) O v e r s. 2 2 M a i d e n s. R u n s. 7 4 2 Wickets. 8 (3) Surreyv. Yorkshire. Oval, July 21, 22, and 23. Owingto a strain Lohmannwas unable to bowl in the early part of the match. This weakened Surrey's out -cricket greatly , though only for a time, as