James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1894

9 0 LILLYWHITE'SC R I C K E T E R S' A N N U A L. anda wicket all against batting , were quite out of it on the third day. Rawlin and G. T. Hearne bowled unchanged, and in just over an hour and a half the innings was over for 52. Rawlin's all -round cricket was the best feature of the match. Besides scoring 74 he took twelve wickets at a cost of 79 runs . Mr. C. L. Townsend , of the Clifton College eleven , made a very promising first appearance for Gloucestershire . H e bowls slow round, with a lot of break both ways. Middlesex won by an innings and 98 runs . Middlesex , 385. Gloucestershire , 2 3 5and52 ; total , 287. (13) Gloucestershirev. Somersetshire. Cheltenham, Aug. 14, 15, and 16. W. G. was awaycaptaining the English eleven against Australians at the Oval, and in his absence Gloucestershire , as was to be expected , fared badly . Still there wasnot m u c hto choose betweenthe two sides on the first h a n dand the difference was only 31 in favour of Somerset . So far , one batsman on each side haddone the bulk of the scoring , W. N. Roe 75 for Somerset , with G. S. de Winton with 80 for the opposition . In Somerset's second innings Gloucestershire had mainly themselves to thank for the successes of the batsmen among w h o mL. Palairet was most prominent . The innings was closed in a sensational way as young Townsend got the three last batsmen -Newton , Nichols , and Tyler -all stumped by W.H. Brain off successive balls . Gloucestershire made a bad start to get the 302 wanted to win, and in spite of some good cricket fell short of the number by 127. Somerset 197 and 270. total 467 ; Gloucestershire 166 and 1 7 4, total 340. O v e r s. Tyler (Somersetshire ...... 69.2 C.L. Townsend(2ndinnings Somersetshire) ...... 8 M a i d e n s . 2 2 1 R u n s . 1 1 0 W i c k e t s . 1 0 1 6 (14) Gloucestershirev. Surrey. Clifton , Aug. 21, 22, and 23. Acomplete surprise beyond a doubt. Both sides lost one of their best m e n. Surrey , Lockwood, and Gloucestershire its captain (W. G. ). Owing to recent rain- fall the scoring at the outset was low all round, and the first day saw the com- pletionof an innings by each county with an advantage of 26 to Surrey . On the second day more than one mistake in the field cost Surrey dearly , and with the ultimate result of a second total of 216 to Gloucestershire . O f this s u mno less than 142 were made by Page, E. M. Grace, and Painter , and the 53 of the first namedwas, as events proved , the best score of the match. Even with 91 to win, Surrey's chance of a victory seemed to be of the best . As it was, the batting was very disappointing , and Gloucestershire gained a very creditable victory by 33 runs. Gloucestershire 105 and 216 , total 321. Surrey 131 and 157, total 288 . It is worthy of note that Gloucestershire had not beaten Surrey since 1885. (15) Gloucestershirev. Somersetshire.c Taunton, Aug. 28 and 29. The Gloucestershire eleven finished as they had begun their season , with a reverse . In this case they were unfortunate in having Somersetshire in perhaps quite their best form of the year . Atall events they made the fullest use of their -opportunities in getting first innings , and Gloucestershire were out in the field all the first day for a total of 412. Messrs . Hewett, Dunlop, and the two brothers Palairet , all got over 50 runs ; and V. T. Hill within three of the number. T h e foundation of this big score was laid by L. C. H. Palairet and Hewett, who put on 158 at luncheon time with no one out. Hewett's 122 was made in less than two hours , and was a splendid display of free and taking cricket without a fault . Norwere Gloucestershire in any better form with the bat ; on the contrary , Messrs . Rice and Ferris were the only hatsmen able to get double figures , and totals , both of them under 130 represented a very moderate performance as the wicketwas. Somersetshire w o nby aninnings and170runs. Somersetshire 412. Gloucestershire , 127 and 115; total , 242.