James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1894

THE COUNTIES IN 1893/7.1173 1 0 7 (1) M i d d l e s e xv. S u r r e y. Oval, M a y25 and2 6 . प ी - O nthe formof their recent victory over Notts it wasthoughtthat Surreyhad agood chance on this occasion . As it was, although they got first innings , their batting was very disappointing , and, indeed , they had to thank the laxity of the Middlesex fielding for even a moderate score of 122. Nor was Surrey's out cricket , too, at all up to the mark. On the contrary , Mr. Scott (91), whohelped Mr. Walker(77), to put on 154 runs in an hour and three -quarters , was missed several times, as was Mr. Nepeanlater on. In a minority of 195, Surrey , in spite of a well-played 55 by Mr. W. W .Read, hardly looked like saving the innings . This , however, they did, with 31 runs to spare , mainly through the vigorous cricket of Mr. Shuter and Brockwell, w h oadded 76runs in fifty minutes. Middlesex w o nby seven wickets . Surrey were without Abel. Middlesex , 317 and 32 (three wickets) ; total , 349. Surrey , 122 and 226 ; total , 348. い い Overs. Maidens. J. T. Hearne (first innings Surrey ) ... ? 23.3 1 3 (2) M i d d l e s e x". S u s s e x. Brighton, June15 and16. R u n s, 3 3 W i c k e t s. 5 Thoughthe wicket was in excellent condition , the Sussex batting , the strong point of their cricket , was for once disappointing . Mr. Stoddart went in first withMr. Webbefor Middlesex , and of the 142 scored whenthey were parted the latter's share was only 32. After Mr. Stoddart's dismissal for 95, however, Humphreys' bowling proved very effective . Mr. W. S. Hale, whowas playing for Middlesexfor the first time, indeed, was the only one of the latter batsmen, excepting Rawlin, who played the lobs with any confidence , and Humphreys took all the last eight wickets for 83 runs . J. T. Hearne bowled with such success whenSussex went in that the best of the four double figures was 15, and in less thananhour and a half the whole side were out for 76. Following on in arrears of188, Messrs . Brann, Murdoch, and Newhamplayed up so well for Sussex that thescore was150 with only three batsmenout. This time it wasRawlinw h o dismissed the Sussex tail , and as the total only reached 215, Middlesex in the end w o neasily with all their wickets in hand. Middlesex, 264 and28(no wicket) ; total , 292. Surrey , 76 and115 ; total , 291. J. T. Hearne (first innings Sussex) O v e r s. 1 7 . 2 M a i d e n s. 4 (3) M i d d l e s e xv. S o m e r s e t. Taunton, August7, 8, a n d9. R u n s. 3 2 W i c k e t s. 6 Withthe full batting strength of both sides in the field , high scoring , given a wicketin good condition , was the natural consequence . The general expectation , too, was quite realised , for 1,122 runs were scored in the three days, for 35 wickets . Still there was no individual contribution over a hundred, and only one (Mr. L. C. Palairet's 91) in Somersetshire's first innings over 90. The fluctuations ofthe gamemaintained the interest up to the very finish . Somersetshire was able to claim a very useful lead of 114 runs on the first innings . Still they lost all the advantage before the finish , and as they wanted,whentime was finally up,145 runs to winwith only three wickets in hand, the draw was rather against than for them. Middlesex , 266 and 367 (for eight wickets , innings closed ) ; total , 633. Somersetshire , 380 and 109 (seven wickets ) ; total , 489. O v e r s. M a i d e n s. 1 0 J. T. Hearne(second innings Somerset) .. 25 (4) M i d d l e s e xv. Y o r k s h i r e. Bradford, Aug.14, 15, and16. R u n s, W i c k e t s. 4 7 5 T h ematchbetweenEnglandandAustralia at the Ovalweakenedboth teams, depriving Middlesex of Messrs . McGregor and Stoddart , and Yorkshire of Mr. F. S. Jackson . Yorkshire , whowonthe toss , made a very bad start , losing four of their best batsmen for 42. This early failure was more than atoned for by the tail . Tunnicliffe and Peel, who added 84 in seventy five minutes , offered the first real stand , and later on Peel and Hirst hit so freely that a total of 234, was eached, the last six wickets having added 192 runs . Middlesex, by way of con