James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1895

T H ECOUNTIESIN 1894. 8 1 batsmenm a d ebut a short stay, w h e nHirst and Moorhousebecameassociated a productive partnership was in store . At the end of the day's play the score was 365 for eight wickets . Hirst had hit with power and judgment for 115, scoring at the rate of a run per minute, while Moorhousewas credited with an attractive 59. A snext morning Lord Hawkedeclared the innings closed , the pair had no opportunity of increasing their scores . Wainwrightand Peel bowledso effectively whenGloucestershire went in again that the effort realised only 151 , Mr. Page (36) and Wrathall (29) doing best service for their side . Yorkshire wonby an innings and 100 runs . Yorkshire, 365 (eight wickets --innings closed ). Gloucestershire , 114 and 151 ; total , 265. (15) Gloucestershirev. S o m e r s e t s h i r e . Taunton , August 26, 27 and 28. The last match of the season of both counties . In the opening day the bowlers maintained the upper hand. Gloucestershire , who opened the batting , were all at sea with the bowling of Tyler, and whenthe ninth wicket fell the total was only 60. Then, however, the last man (Roberts ) kept his wicket up while MrJessop hit , and the result was an addition of 55 runs, the Amateur putting on 61 out of 73 runs in fifty minutes . The early part of Somersetshire's innings was on similar lines , the first five wickets falling for 35. A stand by Messrs . Dunlop (21) and Woods(54) was mainly instrumental in the venture eventually reaching 141. Gloucestershire , thanks chiefly to W.G., Mr. Rice , Mr. Page, and Board, were able to register 135 as the outcome of their second attempt. Left with 100 to win, Messrs . L. Palairet and Hill made a promising beginning for Somersetshire , scoring 56 runs in fifty minutes . The next four wickets having gone downfor an addition of but 26 runs , Messrs . Woods (24) and Spurway (15) hit off the required numberwithout further loss . Tyler secured ten Gloucester- shire wickets for 101, and Captain Hedley eight for 105 runs . Somersetshire won by five wickets . Somersetshire , 141 and 110 (five wickets ) ; total , 251. Gloucestershire , 115 and 135 ; total , 250. B A T T I N GA V E R A G E S . N o .of T i m e s Total Inns. n o tout. R u n s. M o s tin a ninns. Average. Luard, Capt. A. H. 8 1 1 3 2 4 7* 1 8 . 8 5 Grace, W .G . 3 1 0 5 6 7 8 8 1 8 - 2 9 Jessop, G. L. 1 2 1 1 5 9 6 1* 14.45 Page, H. V. 1 2 1 1 4 8 3 6 13.45 Ferris, J. J... 3 1 1 3 7 3 5 5 12-43 P a i n t e r 3 0 2 3 3 9 5 4 12-10 Francis, H. Н. 1 4 1 1 5 6 5 5 12.00 Troup, W . 8 1 8 0 4 6 1 1 . 4 2 Kitcat, S. A. P. 1 4 0 1 5 6 2 7 1 1 . 1 4 B o a r d 2 8 9 1 9 8 8 4* 10.42 Brown, H. W. 1 7 3 1 4 4 4 1 1 0 . 2 8 Grace, W. G. , jun. 4 0 4 1 2 5 10-25 W r a t h a l l 1 4 0 1 3 2 3 0 9 . 4 2 Rice, R. W . 2 0 1 1 7 8 3 8 9.35 Grace, E. M . 2 9 0 251 4 1 8 . 6 5 M u r c h 1 4 3 9 1 2 0* 8-27 Townsend, C. L. 1 2 0 8 0 1 7 6 . 6 6 R o b e r t s.. 3 0 6 1 4 0 1 9 5 . 8 3 N e w h a m, Capt. A. 1 1 2 4 7 1 6* 5 - 2 2 Wright , C. E. (1 and 16*) and Woof (1 and 3) batted in two innings only .