James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1894

1 1 0 LILLYWHITE'SC R I C K E T E R S ' A N N U A L . r u n s . (1) N o t t sv. S u r r e y . I Nottingham, M a y11 and12. The first appearance of Mr. W. L. Murdoch , the Australian cricketer , for Sussex , under the residential qualification . A fortunate circumstance it was too for the side , as his second score of 84 was with the one exception of Humphreys ' lobs , the only redeeming feature of their cricket . Two of the Nottingham batsmen were run out, and of the other eight , Humphreys ' accounted for six at a cost of 22 On the other hand, though , Shrewsbury was out for six , Gunn (109), Flowers (92), Barnes and Mr. Dixon all scored so freely , that at one time 326 was up, with only four wickets down. The tail , however , collapsed before Humphreys ' lobs , so completely indeed , that in 64 balls he dismissed six batsmen for an addition of only 60 runs . In the first innings of Sussex , Mee got nine of the ten wickets for 54 runs. Notts wonby an innings and 67 runs. Notts, 386. Sussex , 121 and 198; total , 319 . (2) Nottsv. Surrey. Nottingham, M a y22, 23, and24. Surrey , who were without Maurice Read and Wood, made such a bad start , that half the side were out for only 68 runs . Fortunately for them, neither Lockwoodnor Mr. Key were disheartened by these early failures , and the for- mer's finely made 63, had much to do with raising the total to the respectable figure of 238. Richardson's bowling , too , by its extreme pace , beat the majority ofthe Notts ' batsmen , with the one exception of Flowers , who carried out his bat after making 50 of the last 78 runs . Inthe follow -on, Richardson was again suc- cessful , though at a rather increased expense . Still , he again dismissed seven batsmen , these , too , conspicuous with 53. wickets ); total , 311. Richardson (Surrey). the chief scorers , of whom Mr. J. A. Dixon was the most Surrey won by seven wickets . Surrey , 238 and 73 (three Notts 114 and 196 ; total , 310. Overs. Maidens. R u n s. Wickets. 5 4 1 4 1 4 (3) Nottsv. Somersetshire . Nottingham, June 1, 2, and 3. 1 4 5 In the absence of the three Oxonians , the two brothers Palairet , and V. T. Hill , as well as of Mr. J. B. Challen , Somersetshire had only a moderate side ; still up to a certain point , they made a fairly good show, and it was only in the later stages that they were out -played . Though the early batting of Notts gave promise of a big score , Mr. Woods and Nichols bowled towards the close with A tt h ee n do f a n such success , that the last six wickets only added 45 runs . innings , Somersetshire were only 42 to the bad, and as in the second hands Notts lost Wharmby, Shrewsbury , Flowers , and Barnes for only 28, there was an out- side chance then of a good finish . The game subsequently , through the steady play ofGunn(71), and the vigorous hitting of W. Attewell , took a turn all in favour of Notts , and while the latter was in, 136 were added in 70 minutes . At the finish , Somersetshire , with 321 to win, began so badly that four of the best wickets were soon down. On the third morning , a fine bowling performance by Shacklock , whodismissed Messrs . Spurway , Newton, Trask , and Gibbs , quickly settled the game in favour of Notts , who won by 225 runs . Notts , 202 and 278 ; total , 480 . Somersetshire , 160 and 95; total , 255. Shacklock (2nd innings , Notts ) .. O v e r s . 2 3 . 3 Maidens. R u n s. Wickets. 4 6 (4) Notts v. Sussex . Brighton , June 8, 9, and 10. 1 1 8 Amatch of high scoring still incompleted after three full days. Notts who went in first were at the wicket until the second afternoon . Their innings lasted in