James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1895

8 0 LILLYWHITE'SC R I C K E T E R S' A N N U A L. whentime was called Gloucestershire still wanted 91 to win, with only two wickets in hand. In the match Hearne took eleven wickets for Middlesex , at a cost of 11 runs each . Gloucestershire , 225 and 62 (eight wickets ) ; total , 287. Middlesex , 130 and 247 ; total , 377. (12) GloucestershireV. S u r r e y. Cheltenham , August 13 and 14. This , the opening match of the Cheltenham week, was begun on a bowler's wicket, and W. G. reaped little advantage from taking first use of it . The ground, indeed , was so muchto Richardson's liking , that on the dismissal of the ninth batsman the score was only 36. Mr. Townsend and Roberts at this juncture placed a slightly better complexion on the gamefor their side , but in the end 52 was telegraphed as the outcome of the venture . Nor did Surrey in their turn at the outset show up too favourably . Brockwell and Hayward, with some luck on the part of the latter , improved the score considerably , but after Hayward's departure for 43, Brockwell saw three good wickets fall before he was joined by Street . Their partnership produced 40 runs , Street contributing 23. Twenty- seven runs later Brockwell was bowled for a fine 72, for which he was batting just u n d e rt w ohoursa n da half withouta real chance. Richardsona n dW o o da d d e d 22 for the last wicket, andontheir separation Surreywere out for 201. Gloucester- shire were seen to better advantage at their second attempt, W. G. (29) and Painter (21) setting the side a good example. W h e ntheir stand was broken, however, Richardson performed on the rest of the side to such tune that by lunch -time on the second day the innings had closed for 100. Surrey wonby an innings and 49 runs . Surrcy, 201. Gloucestershire , 52 and 100 ; total , 152. Richardson(Surrey) O v e r s. M a i d e n s. R u n s. 3 7 - 2 1 2 6 1 ( 13 ) Gloucestershirev. K e n t Cheltenham, August16, 17 and18. W i c k e t s. 1 3 Kent, who furnished the opposition for the latter halt of the Cheltenham week, followed in the footsteps of Surrey as far as the result was concerned , Winning the toss , and batting first on the wet wicket , the visitors totalled 161 as the outcome of their initial essay . Mr. Mason (40) and Mr. Rashleigh (45) did the lion's share of the scoring . Gloucestershire , but for contributions of 16 from W .G., 20 from Mr. Jessop , and 28 not out from Mr. Page, would have fared badly indeed , and, as it was, whenthe innings closed they were 64 in arrears . AlecHearnesecured their last three wickets at a cost of one run. ThoughK e n t began their second innings in good style , Messrs . Masonand Marchant scoring 57 before a wicket fell , the bowlers subsequently hadmuchtheir own way, and the outcomewasa total of 105. Mr. Jessop took six wickets in the matchfor 22 runs. The final stage was only remarkable for some plucky play by Messrs . Page and Townsend, and in the end Gloucestershire succumbed, mainly owing to the bowling of Walter Hearne, for 85. Kentwonby84 runs . Kent, 161 and 105 ; total , 266. Gloucestershire , 97 and 85 ; total , 182. W . Hearne(Kent) O v e r s. M a i d e n s. 1 7 4 8 ( 14) Gloucestershirev. R u n s. 9 3 Y o r k s h i r e . Bristol . August20, 21 and 22. W i c k e t s. 1 0 Having disposed of Gloucestershire for a total of 114, in which the largest individual items were W . G.'s 24 anda like numberfrom Wrathall, Yorkshire at the outset seemed unlikely to do much better , losing four of their best batsmen for 34. Brownand Peel then mastered the bowling so thoroughly , however, that the next wicket added 144 runs . The first -named was in anhour and fifty minutes for 100. Soon afterwards Peel retired for a patient 48. Though the next two