James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1894

8 4 LILLYWHITE'SC R I C K E T E R S' A N N U A L. (14) Middlesexv. Lancashire. Aug. 21, 22, and 23. The rain previous to, as well as during the match caused the ground during thelatter part of the game at all events , to favour the bowlers . Winning the toss gave Middlesex by no meansan inconsiderable advantage , and indeed the Lancashire batsmen found J. T. Hearne's bowling very difficult to play on the second day. Middlesex themselves began badly, losing Messrs . Stoddart , Scott , andWebbefor only 33 runs . Fortunately the rest of the side all played up well, so well that 271 were added before the innings closed . Thebest batting was that ofF. G. J. Fordw h om a d e81 out of 147whilehewasin without a chance. Lancashire, in spite of a good score of 51 by A. Ward, only halved the Middlesex total a n dm a d ea verypromising start in the follow-on. Thanksto the brilliant cricket of Mr. A. C. McLaren, 120 was up with only one batsman out. There, though, their success ended, for the nine last wickets only added60, andin theendMiddle- sexw o nwith seven wickets to spare. Mr. T. C. O'Brienwasabsent fromMiddle- sex and F. H. Sugg from Lancashire . Middlesex 304 and 29 (three wickets ), total 333; Lancashire 152 and 180, total 332. O v e r s. 6 3 . 2 J. T. Hearne (Middlesex) A T M a i d e n s. 2 5 (15) K e n tv. M i d d l e s e x . Aug. 24, 25, and 26. W i c k e t s . d R u n s. 107 1 1 1 2 16. Neither side had quite its full strength , with Mr. W. H. Patterson and Walter Hearneunable to play for Kent, and Messrs . Stoddart and McGregor, of Middlesex away, representing England against Australia at Manchester . The wicket at the outset was just drying after a heavy rainfall , and Mr. A. J. Webbe's decision to putKentin proved so far successful that Middlesex were able to get a lead of 71 runs on the first innings . Still this advantage was entirely due to the later batsmen, and Messrs . Henery (50), Westhorpe (27), and H. Menzies (15, not out), helped to increase the total by 104 for the last three wickets . In their second innings , too , Kent began badly , and with half the side out they were only 25 on. As in the first innings though , the tail were seen to great advantage , and thanks to Messrs . L. Wilson (91), H. C. Stewart (55), and Marchant (36), the last five wickets addedno less than197. In the matchMr. Wilsonscored 121 in each case by fine cricket . Middlesex with 223 began well , Messrs . Ford and Webbeputting on 47 in the same number of minutes . The bowling of Mr. J. R. Mason, the Winchester captain , however, turned the scale , and though Messrs . R. S. Lucas andMenzies , the last batsman, by plucky cricket put on 44, Middlesex lost after a very exciting finish by twelve runs . Kent, 95 and 293 ; total 388. Middlesex , 166and210; total, 376. J. T. Hearne (1st innings Kent) R a w l i n (1 s t Mr. J. R..Mason (2nd'inns . Middle O v e r s. M a i d e n s. R u n s. 3 1 . 3 1 9 4 3 3 2 1 5 inns sex ) 32.2 W i c k e t s. 5 al del46 8 7 6 T H EF O L L O W I N GP R O F E S S I O N A LB O W L E R SW E R E N G A G E DA T L O R D ' SI N 1893:-ThomasHearne, Farrands , Clayton, Rylott , William Mycroft, G. G. Hearne, Wheeler, Sherwin , T. Mycroft , W. Hearn, Flowers , Price , Barnes, G u n n, Scotton , Hay, W. Attewell , Burton , Pickett , Davenport, Pentecost , Titchmarsh , Chatterton , J. E. West, Martin , Pougher , Rawlin , A. Hearne , Carlin , Davidson , Phillips , Shacklock , Richardson , Whitehead, Whiteside , Burns, Bean, Moorhouse, Needham, J. T. Hearne, Board, Mead, Geeson, Storer, Mee, Carpenter , Moss, and T. Attewell .