James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1895

T H EC O U N T I E SIN 1894. 7 3 (6) E s s e xv. Yorkshire. Halifax, July12 and13. T h e Though almost to midway through the game there was little to choose between the two sides , at the finish Yorkshire asserted their superiority un- mistakably . Yorkshire , after disposing of their opponents for 120, lost nine bats- men for 110. Thelast wicket , however, gave a lot of trouble , in fact , Hirst (39 not out ), and Earnshaw (23), added 61, giving Yorkshire a lead of 51 runs . stand of Messrs . Higgins and Kortright for the seventh wicket was the feature of the second innings of Essex. In a little over half -an-hour the two Amateurs added 50 runs . Yorkshire with 144 to win, made 100 in the first hour, and thanks to a capital score of 57 (not out) by Brown, won in the end with seven wickets to spare . Neither County had quite its full strength . Yorkshire , 171 and 144 (three wickets ) ; total , 315. Essex, 120 and 194 ; total , 314. (7) E s s e x V . L e i c e s t e r s h i r e . Leicester , Aug. 6, 7 and8. Rain prevented a commencement on the first day and interfered with the subsequent cricket materially . Hence the game was left unfinished , a piece of bad luck for Essex who held a very big advantage . Essex, who went in first , were batting four hours for a total of 182, of which Mr. Hailey , Mr. Kortright , Pickett , and Mr. Lucas contributed 132. Mr. Hailey's 50 was a notable display of strictly defensive cricket , extending over three hours and a half. Helped by the wicket , the bowling of Meadand Pickett proved altogether too much for the Leicestershire batsmen generally . Warren scored 24, Holland 9, and as there weresevenextras it will b eseenthatnineof theelevenm a d esix runsb e t w e e n them . In the follow on with a wet wicket they fared better , and of the 104 scored for the loss of two wickets Chapmancontributed 53 and Holland 22 (both not out). Atthe finish Leicestershire were only 32 behind with eight wickets to fall , Essex, 182. Leicestershire , 46 and 104 (two wickets ) ; total 152. Mead(1st inns Leicestershire ) P i c k e t t , " O v e r s. M a i d e n s. 1 6 1 3 . 4 8 8 R u n s. 2 5 6 W i c k e t s. 5 4 (8) E s s e xv. S u r r e y. Leyton, Aug. 30 and31. Theabsence of Lockwood, as well as Messrs. K e yand W . W . Read, enabled Surrey to give a trial to Mr. W. T. Graburn, Holland and Thompson. All three , too, made a very creditable show. Holland in particular , shaped in very promising style as a batsman. Hewas in two hours and ten minutes for his 76, in whichthere wasnot a fault . MauriceR e a d(86) andAbel(51), too, were seen at their best, andthe three betweenthemcontributed 213 out of 316 fromthe bat. Richardson and Smith got the Essex eleven out in the first innings in an hour and three quarters without a change. In the second Thompsondid a good piece of bowling , at the finish getting three wickets at a cost of only thirteen runs . Surrey wonby an innings and 97 runs . Surrey , 325 ; Essex, 87 and 141 ; total , 228. 1 (9) E s s e xv. O x f o r dU n i v e r s i t y. Leyton, 5, 6 a n d7. Withonly five of the University eleven playing , the match was deprived of most of its interest . The Oxford bowling in particular was so weak that a victory for Essex was never in doubt . Messrs . C. B. Fry (16 and 70), H. K. Foster (4 and 71), P. F. Warner (12 and 50), andH, Leveson Gower(51 and12) did the bulk of the run -getting for the University , scoring between them no less than 286 of 405 made from the bat. O nthe other side Mr. H. G. Owenwas far and awaythe most