James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1895

1 0 2 LILLYWHITE'SC R I C K E T E R S' A N N U A L. (4) M i d d l e s e xv. N o t t s. Nottingham, August16, 17 a n d18. Awell-contested matchterminating in a drawafter three days. Raincaused two slight interruptions on the first day and with a wet ground and ball the Notts bowlers generally fared badly . The exception was, Handford, a newm a nin the team, wholooks like being a useful addition to the side . The total was 150 when the sixth Middlesex wicket fell , so that Netts. had done fairly well up to that time. A stand b y Mr. A. K. Watsonand Phillips , which realised 121 runs, however, altered the appearance of the game altogether , and Notts had to go in against a biggish total of 294. Messrs . C. W. Wright and Dixon began so well that 65 were put on in forty -five minutes , and the formers 77 proved to be the highest score of the match. As the second innings of Middlesex did not begin until the third morning, and there was only then a difference of eighteen runs there was little or no chance of a definite result . Notts, with two hours and twenty minutes left for play and 190 to get to win, played for a draw and succeeded . An idea of their methods maybe gathered from the fact that only 67 runs were got in the time. Middlesex294and171; total , 465. Notts, 276 and 6 7(five wickets) ; total , 343. (5) M i d d l e s e x v. S o m e r s e t . August6, 7 a n d8. Rainnot only delayed a commencement, but affected the wicket materially for the third day. Ingoing in last Somersetshire , too, had all the worst of the luck and as the game went, did well to get so near their opponents at the finish . Middlesex in the first innings scored 231, a result entirely due to two batsmen, Mr. O'Brien (110 not out) and Rawlin [85). In a little under two hours the pair put on 149 runs and neither innings was marred by a chance . Mr. V. T. Hill signalised the commencementof Somersetshire's batting by some brilliant hitting to the tune of 79 of the first 129 runs . The third day's play was spoiled to a great extent by overnight rain , and the bowlers were seen to great advantage . Though they only wanted 129 to win, Somersetshire , against the bowling of J. T. Hearneand Rawlin, as the wicket was, had a difficult task before them, and as it w a stheylost bynineteen runs. a 206 and109; total , 315. Rawlin(Middlesex ) Middlesex, 231 and 103; total , 334. Somerset, O v e r s. 5 2 M a i d e n s. 2 1 R u n s. 8 2 W i c k e t s. 1 0 B A T T I N GA V E R A G E S . T i m e s M o s tin I n n s. n o to u t. R u n s. a nI n n s. Average. O'Brien, T. С. 1 4 3 3 8 4 *1 1 0 3 4 . 0 0 Ford, F. G. J. 1 0 0 2 5 1 6 0 2 5 - 1 0 Stoddart, A. Ε. 2 8 0 6 6 8 8 4 23-85 Lucas, R. S. 2 4 1 5 3 1 9 9 23-08 R a w l i n 2 7 3 5 3 9 8 5 2 2 - 4 5 McGregor,G. 2 3 1 4 3 0 4 4 19.95 Watson, A. K. 1 0 0 1 8 1 7 5 18-10 Th Phillips (J.) 1 9 6 2 2 3 *6 7 17-15 Webbe, A. J. (capt .) 2 3 1 3 6 3 5 2 1 6 - 5 0 Douglas, J. 7 1 9 3 *3 6 15.50 H a y m a n, H. В. 7 3 1 7 8 3 9 1 2 - 7 1 Hearne(J. T. ) 2 3 9 1 7 0 2 7 1 2 - 1 4 Henery, P. J. T. 1 3 1 9 3 3 9 7:91 le Westhorp, J. 7 0 5 1 3 9 7-28 Bathurst, L. C. V. 9 1 5 6 3 6 7 . 0 0 Foley, C. P. 1 0 0 4 7 1 5 4 . 7 0 Holdship, W. R. 5 0 2 1 1 5 4.20 Pawling, S. S. 4 1 5 3 1 . 6 6 Thefollowing also batted :-Warner, P. F. , 6, 4, 14*, and 29 ; West: J. E. , 11*, 7 ; Marks, G. , 3* and 6* ; Hickson, J. E. , 0 and 0; Scott , W. J. , 1 ; Ford, W. J. , 15 ; Mordaunt, E. C. , 0; and K e m p, A. L. , 1.