James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1895

1 1 6 LILLYWHITE'SC R I C K E T E R S' A N N U A L. success of Mr. Jephson's lobs had only a short outing . TheSouth African bats- m e n, indeed , shaped very badly against the underhand bowler, who took five wickets for eighteen runs . In the follow on, for a long time, they were as un- successful and seven wickets were downfor 52. Aplucky stand by Messrs . H. H. Castens (58) and Glover (41) gave the gamea little more interest , but still Surrey had not to go in again and the South Africans were beaten by an innings and six Baldwin(68) and Holland (31. not out) were the chief scorers for Surrey . Street took nine wickets in the matchfor Surreyat a cost of 49 runs. Surrey, 204. SouthAfricans, 52 and146; total 198. r u n s. Middleton(SouthAfricans) ...... O v e r s. 2 1 . 1 M a i d e n s. 6 R u n s. 4 5 S u r r e yv. C a m b r i d g eU n i v e r s i t y. Oval, June4 a n d5. W i c k e t s. 7 Owingto rain the match could not be begun till after luncheon on the first day, andeven then it was over by 4 o'clock on the second afternoon . Cambridge, w h owentin first , were not at all at homeon the slow wicket . The only batsman whodid any thing was Mr. T. N. Perkins , who played the forcing game with success , making 21 and 30 by far the highest aggregate on the side . Abel and Haywardput on fifty for Surrey's first wicket , but the best stand of the innings was at the finish , and Brockwell (51 not out) and Marshall (42) added 75 in forty five minutes for the last wicket . Surrey wonby aninnings and63 runs . Surrey, 222. Cambridge University , 74 and 85; total , 159. O v e r s. M a i d e n s. R u n s . W i c k e t s. Richardson(Surrey) 3 7 . 4 4 2 5 9 1 2 L o c k w o o d 4 0 1 4 5 4 8 Mr. F. Mitchell (Cambridge ) .... 3 2 1 5 5 7 5 S u r r e yv. C a m b r i d g eU n i v e r s i t y. Cambridge, June7, 8 a n d9. Anothereasy victory for Surrey, thoughnot so easy as in the previous match. The University , whoagain wonthe toss, madea slightly better show than at the Oval. The improvement was mainly due to the excellent batting of Mr. W. G. Druce, w h oscored 76 (56 and 20) in the matchwithoutbeing once out. T h e early part of Surrey's first innings was not suggestive of a big score . The seventh wicket fell at 77, but Maurice Read (43) Mr. Key(41). Mr. Jephson, Richardson , and Marshall played up so well that the last three wickets added no less than 143. It this innings Mr. H. Gray bowled Street , Mr. W. W. Read and Brockwell in thecourse of four balls . Surreyw o nby eleven wickets, the matchbeing twelve aside . Surrey, 220 and 28 (no wicket ) ; total , 248. Cambridge University , 148 and 97 ; total , 245. Richardson (Surrey) M a i d e n s. R u n s. W i c k e t s. 1 0 8 O v e r s. 50.1 1 9 1 2 G e n t l e m e nv. P l a y e r s. Oval, July5, 6 a n d7. Without Messrs . Stoddart , Newham, L. Palairet , Woods, and McGregor, the Gentlemencould certainly not be called a representative side . Still they madea good start and 98 was up before Mr. Jackson was out. Later on, Mr. Readplayed fine cricket , butthe rest did little and Messrs. Grace, Jackson and R e a dbetween t h e mcontributed 182 of 223 fromthe bat. Abel's batting wasthe feature of the match. Going right through the innings of the Players , which lasted five hours and twenty minutes , he scored 168 or nearly half the total from the bat, with only two difficult catches at wicket , just before he had got fifty . TheGentlemen had to bat in the second innings , not only in a very bad light but also on a wicket greatly affected by rain so that they hadall the worst of the luck at the finish .