James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1895

7 2 LILLYWHITE'SC R I C K E T E R SA N N U A L (2) E s s e x v. Warwickshire . Leyton, M a y28, 29 a n d30. Heavy rain interfered considerably with the progress of the match and ulti- mately robbed Warwickshire of a pretty certain victory . The first day's play was all in favour of Warwickshire , who, after dismissing their opponents for 133, hadmade146 for the loss of half their wickets . Mr. Bainbridge and W. Quaife , each of whomscored 45, made89 for Warwickshire's first wicket , and of the 133 subsequently got Mr. L. C. Docker was responsible for 51 not out. Essex, who, on a wet and easy pitch had scored 41 for the loss of one batsman found the wicket very treacherous on the second morning and only added 71. The rain prevented Warwickshire , who only wanted 38 to win, going in for the fourth innings , so that the match was drawn. Essex, 133 and 112 ; total , 245. Warwickshire, 208. O v e r s. M a i d e n s. 6 1 2 0 R u n s. 1 0 0 (3) E s s e xV. W a r w i c k s h i r e . Birminghnm, June11, 12 and13. W i c k e t s. 1 4 Pallett (Warwickshire ) Another match spoiled by rain . The gamecould not be commenceduntil the second afternoon , and even then a fresh wicket was used . As in the previous match, Essex wonthe toss but failed to utilize their opportunity . Mr. Bainbridge (42) madenearly one half of Warwickshire's first total , and his batting and Pallett's bowling , did much to influence the result . Burns (25 and 10) was the chief scorer for Essex. Warwickshire won by nine wickets . Warwickshire , 105 and 29 (one wicket ) ; total , 134. Essex, 69 and 64 ; total , 133. Overs. Maidens. R u n s. Pallett (Warwickshire ) Mr. Kortright (ist inn. Warwickshire ) 3 3 - 4 1 1 9 5 6 9 1 2 W i c k e t s. 1 1 5 (4) E s s e xv. Surrey. Oval, June18, 19, a n d20. Surrey , though without Mr. Key, Mr. W. W. Read and Lockwood, had the game in their ownhands throughout . Essex won the toss , but were all dismissed for 72. Richardson took the whole of the ten wickets and his pace seemed to beat the Essex batsmen altogether . In spite of continuous rain on the first afternoon , Surrey were in six hours on the second day for a total of 438. Abel (65), and Maurice Read(59), put on 92 for the first wicket ; and Brockwell (108), and Mr. Jephson (94 not out), 120 for the fourth . Brockwell was in two hours and twenty minutes for his runs , madewithout a mistake . With Mr. Hailey ill , Essex had only nine wickets to fall in their second innings , and Messrs . Kortright and MaGahey, as it was, made52 out of 105 while they were together . Surrey w o nbyan innings and 261 runs . Surrey , 438. Essex , 72 and 105 ; total , 177. Richardson(Surrey) (5) O v e r s. 3 3 . 2 M a i d e n s. 8 E s s e xv. Yorkshire, Leyton, June28, 29 and30. R u n s. W i c k e t s. 1 5 9 5 Amatchproductive of some excellent cricket as well as of good scoring on both sides . Mr. Kortright's brilliant hitting in the second innings was far and away the best performance on the Essex side . Pickett (31) helped to add 91 for the last wicket , and the amateur made 86 (not out) of 162 in an hour and three quarters . Brown, Moorhouse and Mounsey were the principal scorers for Yorkshire. Theformer scored 126 in the matchfor once out. In the match 917 runs were made for thirty -four wickets . Yorkshire won by six wickets . Yorkshire , 243 and 216 (for four wickets ), total , 459. Essex, 192 and 206 ; total , 458. Mead(1st inns . Yorkshire )...... O v e r s. M a i d e n s. 3 7 - 3 1 3 R u n s. W i c k e t s. 8 7 7