James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1896

THE COUNTIES IN 1 8 9 5 . 101 (17) K en t v . O x fo rd U n iv e r s i ty . Maidstone, June 27, 28 and 29. Without Messrs. Rashleigh, Wilson, and Patterson, the County were only weakly represented. Still, it proved a long scoring match, each side sending up the hundred before a wicket fell. The Dark Blues waited until Mr. Smith had completed his hundred before putting the closure rule in force ; his “ century ” took him two hours and twenty minutes, and he made sure of his “ blue ” by scoring 134 runs without getting out once. Mr. H. K. Foster did even better, scoring 57 each time, while Mr. C. B. Fry s 99 was a fine display. The County came within measurable reach of the University's total, thanks largely to a great innings of 105 by Alec Hearne, distinguished by all his w'ell- known patience. Still, the task was too heavy a one for Kent, and Oxford won by 215 runs. Oxford, 327 and 384 ; total, 711. Kent, 313 and 183 ; total, 496. BATTING AVERAGES. A. H e a r n e ........................ ••• Inns. 33 Times not out. 1 Runs. 903 Most in an Inns. 155 Average. 28*21 Mr. J. R. M a son ............. ' •• 0 33 1 833 120 26*03 Rev. W. Rashleigh ••• 9 0 227 62 25*22 Mr. R. S, H. Baiss ••• 9 2 172 38 24*57 Mr. W. H. Patterson ••• 10 1 213 57* 23*66 Mr. F. Marchant............. i i i 31 0 668 82 21*54 Easby ............. ••• 33 2 624 73 20*12 Mr. G. J. V. Weigall ... •«• 10 1 181 74 20*11 Mr. J. Le Fleming ••• 13 1 237 62 19*75 Mr. R. O’H Livesay ••• 11 1 192 47* 19*20 Mr. M. C. K em p ............. ••• 11 3 153 32* 19*12 Mr. H. C. Stew'art ••• 15 0 282 69 18*80 Mr. W. L. Knowles ••• 7 0 126 79 18 Martin ........................ i i i 30 5 348 43 13*92 Wiight ........................ ••« 31 8 304 39 13*21 Mr. It. D. Bannon i i i 4 0 50 25 12*50 Mr. G. J. Mordaunt ••• 10 0 122 28 12*20 Mr. W. M. Bradley ••• 14 2 35 20 2*91 The following also batted -F . E. Huish, 12—2°—0*—7—1* - 3 * ; F. H. Huish 0*—0—11—7*; Mr. C. Cooper, 0^29*—0—14—0 ; Mr. G. C. Hubbard, 36—4—7 ; Mr. J. N. Tonge, 0—5—2 ; Mr. F. M. Atkins, 0—0 ; Mr. F. Lee, 0—23* ; Mr. L. Wilson, 51—4 ; Mr. C. H. Hunter, 6—4 ; G. G. Hearne, 49—6 ; Mr. P. Northcote, 2 7 0 . BOWLING AVERAGES. Overs. Mdns. Runs. Wkts. Average A. Hearne ............. 703-2 224 1320 66 20 W. Wright ............. 632-1 215 1228 51 24*07 Martin............................. ... 1005-1 412 1658 64 25*90 Mr. W. M. Bradley ... 338 106 867 32 27*09 Mr. F. Marchant 8-4 2 32 1 32 F. E. Huish ............. 101-1 &5 272 8 Easby ....................... 18 4 73 9 Sa 36*50 Mr. J. It. Mason 276-1 67 647 15 43*13 Mr. W. II. Patterson... 27 2 108 1 108 The following bow led in two innings :—G. G. Hearne, 27—11—56—1 ; Mr. J. N. Tonge, 12—2—39—0 ; and the following only once: Mr. G. C. Hubbard, 6 - 0 —25—1 ; Rev. W. Rashleigh, 3—0—12—0 ; Mr. P. Northcote, 15—1—47—1. Mr. Mason bowled 5 wides and 1Jio-ball, Wright 4 wides and 1 no-ball, A. Hearne lo-ball, and F. E. Huish and Messrs. Bradley and Marchant 1 wide each. 1)