James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1895

1 1 0 LILLYWHITE'SC R I C K E T E R S' A N N U A L. (3) Somersetshirev. Surrey. Oval, July26, 27 a n d28. Though Somersetshire wonthe toss , the wicket was for a time just a little in favour of the bowlers , so that they did not profit muchby first innings . As it was, but for the batting of Messrs . S. M. J. Woodsand D. L. Evans, they would have fared very badly . Mr. Woods' batting was quite one of the best features of thematch. In the first innings he m a d e85 of the last 139 runs in anhourand twenty minutes , and without anything like a chance . In the second innings , by cricket of a much steadier kind,he scored 80. With Mr. Evans, 127 runs were added in a little over anhour and a half , and the latter's 60 was an admirable display of confident cricket . Hayward's batting was the great incident on the side of Surrey. In the first innings he scored 113 without a mistake ; in the second, 36 not out, or 149 for once out. Surrey did a good performance at the finish , and as they got 144 wanted to win for the loss of only one batsman, wonby nine wickets . Surrey, 260 and144 (one wicket ) ; total , 404. Somersetshire , 207 and 195 ; total , 402. Smith(Surrey ) Overs. Maidens. R u n s, 17.1 1 4 1 0 (4) Somersetshirev. Sussex. Taunton, Aug.2, 3 a n d4. W i c k e t s. 7 Rainnot only delayed the commencementof the game, but interfered to some extent with the condition of the wicket subsequently . In winning the toss , Somersetshire got a decided advantage and they had a bit the best of the gameall through. Mr. V. T. Hill scored 88 out of 188 fromthe bat in Somerset- shire's first innings in an hour and forty minutes , without a mistake . Mr. L. C. H. Palairet wasat his best in Somersetshire's second innings , andwasthrownout w h e n he had made88 by excellent cricket . Humphreys' lobs were remarkably success- ful with the later batsmen. His last eighteen balls dismissed five batsmen at a cost of only two runs . Wanting 242 to win, Sussex made a good start , Bean and Marlow putting on 73 for the first wicket . Rain during the night , however, settled their chances utterly , and, though just at the finish Butt and Humphreys added 25, Somersetshire won by 110 runs . Somersetshire , 194 and 166 ; total , 360. Sussex , 119 and 131 ; total , 250. Tyler (Somersetshire ) (5) Somersetshire O v e r s. 3 7 M a i d e n s. 7 R u n s. 8 7 V . M i d d l e s e x . Taunton, Aug. 6, 7 and8. W i c k e t s. 1 1 Though there was only a difference of 25 runs on the first hands, in going in second , Somersetshire , as the wicket was, had all the worst of the luck . The highest of the four innings was the first of Middlesex , which amounted to 231. Of these 195 were contributed by Mr. O'Brien (110 not out) and Rawlin 85. While they were together the two batsmenadded149 in less thantwohours' and neither of them gave a chance . Mr. V. T. Hill made79 of the first 129 for Somersetshire , otherwise there waslittle of note in their batting. Thoughthey only had119 to winfor the fourth innings , the Somersetshire batsmen found this a difficult task after the over -night rain , and, in spite of a plucky effort by Mr. Dunlop , Mr. Gayand Tyler, at the finish were beaten by 19 runs . Rawlin's all -round cricket hada good deal to do with the victory of Middlesex . Middlesex , 231 and 103 ; total , 334. Somersetshire , 206 and 109 ; total , 315. Rawlin(Middlesex)..... Overs. 5 2 Maidens. R u n s. 2 1 8 2 (6) S o m e r s e t s h i r ev. S u r r e y. Taunton, Aug. 9 a n d10. W i c k e t s. 1 0 Owing to heavy rains , the wicket was very treacherous , and hence , run- getting was bad throughout . Mr. W. W. Read(51 and 2) was the highest scorer