James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1894

THE COUNTIES IN 1893.77.11.1 1 2 1 aitsis(4) Surreyv Derbyshire.08(7) Derby, M a y18, 19, and20. Rainjust previous to the match had interfered to some extent with the wicket ; still Surrey , whowent in second , were able to makea fair show against the excellent bowling at the disposal of the Derbyshire captain . Hayward(48), Mr. W. W. Read(67), and Baldwin (37), were the most successful of the earlier batsmen, and Brockwell and Richardson at the last gave great trouble , adding 64 for the tenth wicket . After the rain of the previous afternoon , Derbyshire had an exceptionally difficult task before them in a minority as they were of 168 runs . It was indeed greatly to their credit , that six of the eleven should have got into double figures under such circumstances , particularly in the face of the excellent bowling of Richardson . Surrey won by ten wickets . Surrey , 280 and 13 (no wickets ) ; total , 293. Derbyshire , 112 and 178 ; total , 290. R i c h a r d s o n Overs, Maidens. 5 7 . 3 2 3 (5) Surreyv. Australians. Oval, M a y29, 30, and 31. R u n s. 9 6 W i c k e t s. 1 2 T h eAustralianteam, w h owerewithoutA. C. Bannerman, were not seen at their best in any department in this match-certainly not the batsmen, who did not seem to like the fast bowling . Atthe same time it must be admitted that the wicket after the rain caused the cricket to be something of an uncertain quantity . A sthe game went the Surrey eleven certainly showed up the better at all points , so that their victory was well deserved . As it was, it was the later batsmen who c a m eoutbest, andas the wicket was it was only natural that the pair w h o played the forcing game-W. W. Read and Maurice Read, to wit should have been the most successful . The same remark applied equally to the Australians . Indeed , H. Grahamand S. E. Gregory were the only batsmen who played with any great confidence on the Australian side . Gregory's first score of 66 (not out) wasthe best of the match. Surrey wonby 58 runs . Surrey , 181 and 113 ; total , 294. Australians , 156 and 80 ; total, 236. Richardson (Surrey)... O v e r s. M a i d e n s. 3 4 . 4 1 1 R u n s. W i c k e t s. 9 5 1 1 (6) S u r r e yv. C a m b r i d g eU n i v e r s i t y. Cambridge, June5 and6. Amatch of considerable fluctuations , wonultimately by Surrey , after having all the worst of the first day's play . At the outset , the wicket was slow, and Surrey on the whole did fairly well to make182, of which Mr. W. W. Read(86), and Baldwin (48 ), contributed the greater number. The Surrey bowlers too, had a badtime of it, whenthe University went in. The captain , F. S. Jackson , set his side such a good example , that by the end of the first day, 166 had been got with only three batsmen out. Ofthese Mr. Jackson hadmade123, andhis score proved to be one half of the aggregate from the bat, as the last seven wickets fell on the second morning for 73. Surrey's second innings saw them to muchbetter advantage . Mr. W. W. Read and Henderson put on 148 for the third wicket , and Mr. Key was only slightly less successful , carrying out his bat for 47. On paper , Cambridge had not an impossible task when they entered on the fourth innings with 198 to win. Lockwood's bowling however soon placed the issue beyond doubt. He took eight of the ten wickets , and also did the hat trick , clean bowling Messrs . Tollemache , Stogdon, and Pope with successive balls . Surrey w o nby 102 runs . Surrey , 182 and 274 ; total , 456. Cambridge University , 259 and 95 ; total , 354. O v e r s. Lockwood(2nd innings , Cambridge) ......... 16.3 M a i d e n s. 4 3 3 R u n s. W i c k e t s. 8