James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1895

8 6 LILLYWHITE'SC R I C K E T E R S' A N N U A L. (9) K e n tv. W a r w i c k s h i r e Canterbury, Aug. 6, 7, a n d8. The first match of the Canterbury week. Rain prevented a commencement the first day, and the second saw the completion of an innings by each side with an advantageof 49 runs to Kent. A s the wicket was Kent's total of 171 was a very creditable performance , for which they were mainly indebted to Messrs . L. Wilson (55) Weigall (48) and H. C. Stewart (29), Warwickshire lost half their wickets for forty, andit wasthe plucky cricket of Mr. Docker, Lilley , Santall , and Pallett that brought themwithin fifty runs of Kent. O nthethird daythe Warwick- shire bowlers were under the disadvantage of a wet ground and ball . Messrs . Rashleigh and Masonput on 75 for Kent's wicket and the former scored 106 of theirtotal of 187for five wickets. A tthefinish K e n twere236o nwithhalftheir wickets in hand, Kent, 171 and 187 (five wickets ); total , 358, Warwickshire , 122. Pallett (1st . Inns . Kent) Martin( ,, " O v e r s. M a i d e n s. R u n s. W i c k e t s 2 9 . 3 Warwickshire) ...... 23.2 1 0 1 0 4 3 2 9 5 4 (10) K e n tv. Yorkshire. Canterbury, August9, 10, and11. Though the weather on the first day held up sufficiently to allow 208 runs to be scored the later stages of the match were entirely spoiled . Kent, whowonthe toss , began well , having at one time 80 up with only three batsmen out. Subse- quently Peel bowled with great success , so muchso that the innings closed for an addition of only 43. Yorkshire, w h ohadm a d e75 for the loss of half the side at the end of the first day, added 138 on the following afternoon . The Kent bowlers were handicapped by a wet ball and ground and under these disadvantages did fairly well. As it was Brownalone did anything out of the ordinary . His 95 (not out) was an innings of conspicuous merit . Hewas in over three hours , during which time he gave no chance . In their second innings Kent had to bat on a wicket drying under a bright sun, and it spoke highly for the cricket of Messrs . Rashleighand Masonthat 68 runs were put on for the first wicket. After their separation Peel and Wainwright carried everything before them, and the last nine wickets only added 45. Yorkshire won by ten wickets . Yorkshire , 213 and 26 (no wicket ) ; total , 239. Kent, 123 and 115 ; total , 238. Wainwright(2nd Innings , Kent).... 34 P e e l (1 s t " ,, ) .... 31 O v e r s. M a i d e n s. 1 6 1 8 R u n s. 3 7 3 0 W i c k e t s. 6 5 (11) K e n tv. S u r r e y. August20 and 21. The wicket at the start was a trifle slow from recent rains , and Surrey , as it was, did extremely well under the circumstances to score 371. The early cricket in spite of a good innings of 44 by Lockwood hardly suggested such a total , as four of the best batsmenwere out for 98. H a y w a r dand Street turned the gamein Surrey's favour . In an hour and fifty minutes they added 137 of which Street's share was 68 the outcome of free and attractive cricket . Haywardstayed till the total had reached 318. In four hours and a half he had scored 142 with two chances , the first whenhe had got 31 and the second at 117. Going in against a big total of 371 Kent lost half their wickets for 22, Mr. Marchant (30), Mr. K e m p, and Martin, however, played up pluckily , with the result a total of 110. Following on, 261 to the bad, Kent a second time lost Alec Hearne, bowled by Lockwood with the first ball of the second innings . This time it was Lockwood's bowling that proved