James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1894

9 6 LILLYWHITE'SC R I C K E T E R S' A N N U A L. ance was excelled by Hayward. The latter , who went in first , stayed till the total was 272, of which his share was 112. Heplayed the game thoroughly from first to last . Still , it must be noticed that he was missed at short -slip whenhe had only got four. Heavyrain stopped Kent's second innings , with the total 144 for two batsmen, and though play was resumed after a long interval the ground wasnot in anything like a fit state . The game was drawn. Kent, 276 and 76 (eight wickets ) ; total , 352. Surrey , 288. (11 ) K e n tv. Notts. Canterbury, 10 and11. Thoughthey had all the worst of the early part of the game the Kenteleven played up so well as to have little or none the worst of the draw. Flowers was too ill to assist Notts, and with Shacklock also unable to bowl in Kent's second innings , the batsmen had an unusually favourable opportunity of scoring . The out cricket of Notts was altogether on this occasion by no means up to their best standard , and of course Kent profited by their short-comings . The Revd. W . Rashleigh and Mr. J. R. Mason in particular were seen to advantage . The former scored 143 in the match for once out, the latter 99. Mr. Rashleigh though, hadmostto do with the creditable show of Kent at the finish , and his 101 not out was an exceptionally good display . Kent's second innings was the more merit- orious , as, owing to rain, the wicket did not play well on the third day. Shrewsbury (124) andGunn(90) fairly divided the honours of the long score made by Notts. Shrewsbury might have been caught whenhe had m a d e -butGunn's innings was without a fault . Mr. J. A. Dixon the Notts captain , was not able to play . Atthe finish Notts wanted 125 to win with nine wickets to fall . Kent 202 and 259, (eight wickets , innings closed ) total 461 ; Notts 336 and1, total 337. (12) K e n tv Yorkshire. Sheffield , August 21, 22, and23. Kent were severely handicapped in having to meet the best county of the year, without Walter Hearne, as well as Mr. W. H. Patterson . As it was, though they wonthe toss , Yorkshire's bowling was too good for the majority of the K e n tbatsmen, and Mr. J. Le FlemingandMartinhad the best figures in some generally small scoring . Martin 41, not out, at the close of the first innings was of great use, as his free hitting was several times during the season . Mr. Sellers (50) was the most successful run-getter on the side of Yorkshire , as he wasindeed in the match, and his scores of 50 and42 were both excellent innings . Like Martin , too , Hirst , the Yorkshire bowler , was very muchin evidence among the later batsmen, making 43in fifty minutes . Yorkshire won by eight wickets . Yorkshire , 211 and 80 (two wickets ) ; total , 291. Kent, 161 and127 ; total , 289. Peel (1st innings , Kent)... O v e r s. 4 4 . 3 M a i d e n s. R u n s. W i c k e t. 2 0 6 0 7 (13) K e n tv. S u s s e x. Brighton, Aug. 28, 29, and30. Longscoring is the rule rather than the exception at Brighton , and the rule was certainly upheld on this occasion . With a wicket in favour of run getting , the batting , of which there was no lack on both sides , was seen to the best advantage , and the outcome of the three days cricket was an aggregate of 1,057 . Still it was noteworthy though two of the three completed innings exceeded 850 runs , there was no individual score higher than 97, which was made by Mr. Newhamin the second innings of Sussex. Thedistinction ofthehighestaggregate fell to Bean(89and 12), with Mr. J. R. Mason(48 and 52), andMr. L. Wilson (63and 36), close up. The gamewas ultimately drawn, Sussex having made74 of 240 wanted to win, at a cost ofsix batsmen. H. Killick , of Horsham, a right handed fast bowler andleft batsman, madehis first appearance for Sussex in this match. Kent 353 and 362 (eight wickets , innings closed ) 615. Sussex 368 and 74 (six wickets ) total 462.