James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annaul 1897

1 0 6 L I L L Y W H I T E ' SC R I C K E T E R S' A N N U A L. (8) K e n tv. Somersetshire. Blackheath , July 20, 21 and 22. Winningthe toss Kent had the best of the gamethroughout . It was a fairly run-getting match, and the lowest of the four innings was Somerset- shire's 194, their total each innings curiously enough. Ten of the K e n t Elevengot double figures in one innings or the other , though, far the highest scorers were Messrs. Livesay (76 and 48) and Weigall (70 and 39). O nthe other side two batsmen also stood out in bold relief . Robsonscored 32 and52, but he wasconsiderably behind Mr. W.N. Roe, who made138 (93 not out and45) for once out . Kent were fortunate enough to get rid of Messrs . L. C. H. Palairet , S. M. J. Woods, and V. T. Hill for single figures each time. Kent w o nb y 145 runs . Kent, 244 and 289 ; total , 533. Somersetshire , 194 and194 ; total , 388. (9) K e n tv. S u r r e y. Catford Bridge , July 23 and 24. Thewicket was in a very bad condition -quite unfit for an important match. Kent had all the advantage in going in first , before the wicket broke up very much, and after they had made161 their success was assured . Still , no one expected such a complete failure of Surrey as was the case in their first innings . As it was Martin was really unplayable , and Mr. Read and Holland, whoeach got 11, alone got double figures . I nthe second innings Abel and Brockwell made a fairly good start . But the best display was that of Lohmann, whoplayed quite the right game, and hit so well as to score 48, the highest innings of the match. Mr. W. H. Patterson (37 and 28) was the chief contributor for Kent. Kent's bowling was the more suited to the wicket , and gave thema big advantage. Kent wonby 61 runs. Kent, 161 and 94 ; total , 255. Surrey, 48 and 146 ; total , 194 . Martin(K e n t) Overs. Maidens. R u n s. 5 4 . 2 2 1 8 2 (10) K e n tv. W a r w i c k s h i r e . Maidstone, July 27 and 28. Wickets. 1 1 First innings , as the wicket wasduring the latter part of the game, went a longwaytowards winning the match. Fora long time Kent did not seemin for a bigscore , and it was only some free hitting byMr. Marchant(61) and Wright t o w a r d sthefinish thatenabledt h e mto reacha total of 243. W h e nW a r w i c k - shire went in the wicket hadbecomemuchin favour of the bowlers , and there was, if the weather kept up, little chance of themsaving the game. W. G. Quaife (39 and 15) played good cricket each time, but no one else , except his brother, got over 20 either time, and he only 23 in the second innings . Kent w o nbyaninnings and 34 runs . Kent, 243. Warwickshire , 112 and97 ; total ,209. M r .Shine Overs. Maidens. R u n s. Wickets. 4 0 . 2 A.Hearne(2ndinns . Warwickshire) 11 2 0 8 (11) Kentv. Lancashire. Canterbury , Aug. 3, 4 and 5. 7 1 1 3 8 5 Luckagain favoured Kent in the toss , and at the end of the first day only nine wickets had fallen . Their innings ultimately closed for 385, of which M r Masonhad made115 in three hours and a half, and Mr. Rashleigh 109 in anhour and forty minutes . The batting of the Lancashire Eleven was a bit disappointing on the whole. Sugg played freely for 41, but the best scorer was Briggs , whose74 was a particularly useful innings . As Lancashire had to follow on late on the second afternoon Kent had then a good chance of winning , but Mr. McLaren's exceptionally fine batting quite upset their calculations . H e played all the Kent bowling with equal confidence , and at the end of the third day was still in with 226 out of 393 to his credit . The game was drawn. Lancashire , 237 and 393 (6 wickets ) ; total , 630 . K e n t, 385.