James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1895

T H E C O U N T I E SIN 1894. 8 7 irresistible . Messrs . Mason, Rashleigh , Stewart , and Kempeachmadeover twenty, but the other seven only added 26 from the bat, Surrey wonby aninnings and 134 runs . Surrey , 371. Kent, 110 and 124 ; total , 234. Richardson(1st innings of Kent) Lockwood(2nd ود و د ) O v e r s. M a i d e n s. R u n s. 1 8 . 2 1 8 5 5 4 7 3 9 W i c k e t s. 7 6 (12) . K e n tv. S u s s e x. Brighton, August27th, 28th and29th. Sussex after having a little the worst of the game throughout just succeeded in saving the match. Kent winning the toss were batting nearly the whole of the first day for a total of 308. Of this Mr. Marchant (85), Alec . Hearne (47), Mr. H. C. Stewart (90) contributed 222 between them. Mr. Marchant was in less than an hour and a half ; Mr. Stewart just over two hours . Mr. Marchant's batting was one of the best features of the match for he scored 145 for once out. At the finish Sussex had 234 to win and only two hours and a half left for play . As it was, in their attempt to save the gamethey nearly lost it wanting 147 to win with two wickets in hand at the finish . Mr. G. Brann (58 and 41) was the best scorer for Sussex . Kent 308 and 172 (nine wickets , innings closed , total 480. Sussex, 247 and87; total 334. Wright(2nd innings , Sussex O v e r s. M a i d e n s. R u n s. 16.1 2 8 4 (13). K e n tv. N o t t s. Nottingham, August 30th , 31st and September 1st . W i c k e t s. 5 The last of the first -class Inter-Countymatchesfor the year. Kent, w h owent in first werebatting for three hours and a half for a total of 162, a respectable total with the wicket rather in favour of the bowlers . The first innings of Notts occupied seventy minutes on the first evening and the whole of the second day. Inthis timeonly 236 runs were got, and Daft, w h ocarried out his bat, wasin five hours a n da half for his 9 2 w h i c hw a sfree f r o ma chance. K e n tclosed their second innings withthe score 260 for seven wickets. Messrs. Rashleigh andH. C. Stewartwereseen to particular advantage. The former scored 95 out of 118 in an hour and a half ; Mr. Stewart 79 in a little over two hours . Only an hour and a half remained for play whenNotts went in for the fourth innings . To this time they lost half the wickets for 86 of which Mr. A. O. Jones contributed 41. Kent162 and 260 (seven wickets , innings closed ) total 422. Notts 234 and 86 (five wickets ) total 320 . B A T T I N GA V E R A G E S , (I N C H A M P I O N S H I P M A T C H E S .) Inns. T i m e s n o to u t. M o s tin R u n s. an Inns . Averages . Rev. W . Rashleigh 1 5 0 5 1 4 9 5 3 4 : 2 6 M r .H .C .Stewart 9 0 2 6 0 9 0 2 8 - 8 8 M r .F . M a r c h a n t 2 8 2 6 0 1 8 5 2 3 - 1 1 Mr.G. J. V. Weigall 2 8 3 5 0 6 8 4 2 0 - 2 4 Mr. J. Le Fleming 3 0 6 0 4 3 2 0 M r .L. W i l s o n 2 1 0 4 0 3 7 1 19.19 M r .J. R. M a s o n 2 8 0 5 3 6 1 0 2 19.14 A .H e a r n e 2 8 0 4 4 6 8 5 15-92 Mr. M. C. K e m p 1 3 2 1 7 0 3 0 15.45 G . G .H e a r n e.. 4 0 4 9 2 9 1 2 - 2 5 M r .F. M . A t k i n s 1 3 0 1 5 5 5 2 11.92 M a r t i n 2 6 7 1 9 8 3 4 1 0 . 4 2 M r .T. N . Perkins 1 0 0 1 0 1 4 5 10.10 W .H e a r n e 2 5 7 1 2 5 2 1* 6 . 9 4 W .Wright 2 5 9 1 0 8 1 6* 6 7 5 E a s b y 7 0 3 0 1 5 4 . 2 8 Rev.F. Meyrick-Jones 4 0 1 1 4 2-75 M r .W . H . Patterson 4 0 9 5 2 - 2 5 The following also batted :- R e v. H C. L. Tindall , 6-11 ; Rev. E, W. Taylor -Jones , 1-5 ; Mr. W. L. Knowles, 7-32 ; Mr. C. O. Cooper, 1-5 , and Nuttall , 0.