James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1894

9 4 L I L L YWHITE'SC R I C K E T E R S' A N N U A L. home, andin a good sportsmanlike spirit Mr. Marchant allowed the Rev. G. R. W o o dto take his place . As it happened , Mr. Wood, next to Mr. Dunlop, was the highest scorer on the side , so that Mr. Hewettwas fairly well represented . These two amateurs were, indeed , seen to particular advantage in the second innings , scoring 113 while they were together . Kent won by eight wickets . Kent, 294 and 73 (two wickets ); total 367. Somerset , 165 and 201; total , 366. Marţin Overs. Maidens. R u n s. Wickets. 59.1 2 0 1 0 (5) K e n tv. S o m e r s e t s h i r e . Taunton, July, 10, 11 and12. 1 1 1 Continuous rain on the second day madethe chance of a definite result very doubtful . As it was, another downpour on the following afternoon made a draw an actual certainty . A shower caused one interval on the first day, and this kept the wicket so easy that w h e nthe stumps were drawnKenthad got 224for the loss of only four batsmen. , one of whomwas Alec Hearne (89). Here Kent's batting ended, as Mr. Marchant closed his innings first thing on the third morning in the hope of getting Somersetshire out twice . Somersetshire though , madea fairly good show in their first innings and this saved them. Of their 122 Mr. L. C. H . Palairet contributed 51 without a chance, and he sawthe wholeside out. In thefollow-onhewasbowledfor seven, butrain cameon before anotherwicket could be secured andleft the game unfinished . Revd. H. C. L. Tindall , Messrs . T.N. Perkins and C. W.Little all made their first appearance for Kent in this matchbut neither ofthemhada chance of batting . Kent224 (four wickets , innings closed ) Somer- setshire 122 and18(one wicket) total 140. A. Hearne(Kent) O v e r s. 3 9 M a i d e n s. 2 1 (6) K e n tv. S u r r e y. CatfordBridge, July21 and22. R u n s. 3 8 W i c k e t s . 5 Awicket altogether in favour of the bowler, and with the inevitable result ofuncertaincricket notto m e n t i o nsmall scores. Mr. C. M . W e l l so n the o n e side , and Martin and Walter Hearne on the other had remarkable figures on the first day, though the amateur had rather the best of it , taking as he did, seven Kent wickets for 31 runs . Surrey were only two runs to the bad at the end of an innings , but they allowed Walter Hearne to hit out at the close of Kent's second and the twenty added by the last wicket had a good deal to do in determining the result . As the wicket was, Surrey's chance of getting the 143 wanted to win was by no means hopeful . Walter Hearne, too , again bowled so well that Kent always had a little in hand, and in spite of a very steady play by Abel, whowas in three hours for 44, Surrey lost by 22 runs . Kent, 101 and140, total , 241. Surrey99 and120, total 219. W .Hearne(Kent) O v e r s. 5 7 Maidens. 2 8 (7) K e n tv. N o t t s. Nottingham, July 24, 25, and 26. R u n s. 9 9 W i c k e t s . 1 0 Kent's very creditable show was all the more deserving , because they had to go in against a very heavy total of 415. The Nottingham batsmen took full advantage of an excellent wicket , although the bulk of the scoring was doneby Mr. Dixon, the captain (139) and Gunn(129 ). Dixon was batting four hours and fifty minutes with three difficult chances; G u n nfive hours and a half without one, and 175 were added while they were together . The commencementof Kent's innings wasfar from suggestive of their subsequent success . Fourof the best bats out for 46, and the whole credit of a fine performance rested with Messrs Perkins (109), LeFleming (74), and Meyrick Jones (62). Perkins was only in two hours , and except for a chance to point whenhe had got 89 it was faultless .