James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1895

T H EC O U N T I E SIN 1894. 1 0 1 ( 1 ) M i d d l e s e xv. S u r r e y. Oval, M a y24, 25 and26. A victory for Surrey after three days of good all -round cricket . Messrs . Stoddart andWebbe, put on 66 for Middlesex before a wicket fell , so that Surrey d i dwelltoget the wholeside out for 221. Theearlier batsmenof Surreyin their turn fared badly, andthe score withhalf the wickets d o w nwas140. Therewasthen little in the game, and it was only Abel's fine cricket that gave Surrey a useful lead. Abelcarried his bat through Surrey's innings for 136out of 300. H ewas batting four hours and fifty minutes , and amonghis hits , was one for seven --all runout. Inthe second innings of Middlesex , Lockwood and Richardson , bowled with such success that whenthe eighth wicket fell they were only two runs- on. Somebrilliant cricket by Mr. R. S. Lucas and Phillips , changed the whole course of theg a m e. B yfearless hitting , Mr. Lucas, puton97in a little over the same numberof minutes, andas it washe only fell to a fine catch by MauriceRead. Phillips carried out his bat for 67-an excellent display of sound and judicious cricket . Though Surrey with 188 to win had no easy task, thanks mainly to Maurice Read, (75) they wonwith half their wickets in hand. Playing a ball from Rawlin, a piece of Mr. Jephson's bat was removed and falling on the bails removed one, with the result that he had to retire " hit wicket . " Surrey , 300 and 189 (five wickets ) ; total 489. Middlesex , 221 and 266 ; total , 487. (2) M i d d l e s e x V . S u s s e x . Brighton, June14, 15 a n d16. Owingto an injury , Marlow was absent from the Sussex eleven , and his batting was greatly missed . O n the other hand, Middlesex was quite as unfortunate , as Mr. A. J. Webbe, who was not out overnight , received such a severe blow at practice on the following morning that he was unable to continue his innings . O n the first night after dismissing Sussex for 181, Middlesex had scored 92without the loss of a wicket, thanksto Messrs. Stoddart (70) andW e b b e (46). O nthe second day Mr. R. S. Lucas punished the Sussex bowling to some tune and was only one short of his hundred when Alfred Shawbowled him. Sussex, whowere 133 behind on the first handmadea slightly better show in the second innings . Seven of the eleven got double figures , but the best cricket was shown by Messrs . Heasman(64) and Newham, who put on 118 for the third wicket. A t the finish Middlesex wanted96 to win, and as this numbercost them four batsmen Sussex were beaten by six wickets . Mr. S. S. Pawling , of the HampsteadClub madea creditable debut for Middlesex as a fast bowler . H e took eight wickets in the match for 120 runs . Middlesex , 314 and 96 (four wickets ) ; total , 410. Sussex, 181 and 225 ; total , 407 . (3) M i d d l e s e xV. Y o r k s h i r e . Sheffield , August13 and 14. Owingto rain the wicket was never favourable for batsmen at any period , and the better bowling of Yorkshire under such conditions naturally told to some purpose . Middlesex going in first , mainly through the fine bowling of Peel were dismissed cheaply for 98, of which Mr. F. G. J. Ford contributed 24. Mr. F. S. Jackson's batting was entirely responsible for the long lead of Yorkshire on the first innings . Hemade91 out of 170 from the bat and considering the state of the wicket and that he had to oppose two such bowlers as Rawlin and J. T. Hearne, it was a great performance . Wainwright's bowling was the feature of the second innings of Middlesex . He got all the first nine wickets and just missed a feat very rare in important matches . Though Yorkshire only wanted 67 to win, as the ground it was anything but an easy task and six good batsmen were dis- missed before the winning hit was m a d e. Yorkshire w o nby four wickets. Yorkshire, 184and68(six wickets), total, 252. Middlesex, 98 and152; total . 250. M a i d e n s. R u n s. W i c k e t s. Rawlin(Middlesex) Peel(1st inningsMiddlesex) ...... Wainwright(2nd inns . Middlesex) O v e r s. 4 4 1 7 8 5 1 2 3 3 - 2 1 8 3 3 6 2 8 6 6 6 9