James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1894

1 2 0 LILLYWHITE'SC R I C K E T E R S' A N N U A L. (1) Surrey. W a r w i c k s h i r e . Oval, M a y1 and 9. Surrey , without Lohmann, Abel, W o o d, Lockwood, and Maurice Read, hada very poor side for the opening match of the season . Atthe outset , too, it looked as if their commencementwas going to be an inanspicious one. U pto luncheon time on the first day Surrey had done fairly well in getting six of the best Warwickshire wickets out for 107. Lilley's brilliant hitting subsequently altered the whole aspect of the game. He made124 out of 179 in a little over two hours, and though he ought to have been caught whenhe had made 35, and once again later , his innings was a fine display of free cricket . Surrey just managedto save the follow -on by one run-a piece of good fortune for which they were mainly indebted to the steady cricket of Ayres, whocarried out his bat for 67, the result of two hours and three quarters ' batting . In a majority of78 onthe first hands,War- wickshire hadadded65, ata cost of three batsmen,bythe luncheoninterval onthe second day. So far the game had been all in their favour , and it was only some remarkable bowling by Richardson which turned the scale . He dismissed Shilton Pallett , Whitehead, and Cresswell with successive balls , and his last eight balls took five wickets . Surrey's batting in the second innings was more up to their usual form, andthe 171 wantedto win were got for the loss of three batsmen. Diver, the old Surrey player and Walter Quaife , formerly of Sussex , played for Warwickshire for the first time. Marshall , a wicket keeper , and Haywardalso made their first appearance for Surrey . Surrey , 182 and 171 (three wickets ) ; total , 353. Warwickshire , 260 and92 ; total 352. (2) Surreyv. Leicestershire. Oval, M a y11 and12. The first ball of the match bowled Mr. DeTrafford , the Leicestershire captain , andthe removal of such a dangerousbatsmanat the outset was a good o m e nfor Surrey . At all events with the one exception of Tomlin, whoplayed a fine first innings of 65 without the shadow of a chance , and some free cricket by Messrs. F. Wright and W. E. Arnall , in the same innings , the Leicestershire batsmen gave Lockwood and Richardson little trouble . O n the other hand thanks chiefly to Haywardand Maurice Read, Surrey managed to reach a very fair total of 278 which gave them in the end an easy victory by ten wickets . Leicestershire in this match, introduced a young amateur, Mr. F. W. Stocks , who showed decided promise . H e is a left handed medium-pace bowler with an easy delivery , and also an excellent field . Surry, 278 and 21 (no wicket ) ; total , 299. Leicestershire , 196 and 102; total , 298. (3) Surreyv. Essex. Oval, M a y15 and 16. WithoutMessrs. Lucas, O w e n, Johnstone, R o w e, and Taberer, as well as Burns, Essex had quite a second -rate eleven . In any case , the result could hardly have been in doubt, but the chances of Essex were still further reduced by the rain on the second morning, which placed the issue beyond all question . In the two innings of Essex there was only one score over 25, Freeman's second of 27. Nor did the Essex bowling on the occasion present any terrors for some of the Surrey batsmen. At all events , Baldwin, Brockwell , and Mr. Shuter all. scored so freely that the collective result was the creditable total of 323. Baldwin. carried out his bat for 86, the outcome of two hours and a half's batting . Brockwell's bowling figures were remarkable . Surrey won by an innings and 190 uns . Surrey , 323. Essex, 63 and 70 ; total , 133. Brockwell(Surrey) Overs. 1 4 . 2 Maidens, 5 R u n s. 2 0 W i c k e t s. 9