James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annaul 1897

T H E C O U N T I E SIN 1896. 1 0 7 (12) K e n tv. Notts. Nottingham , Aug. 10, 11 and 12. Abrilliant success for the first two batsmen on each side . Shrewsbury (172) and Mr. A. O. Jones (127) began the batting for Notts , and they put on 223 in three hours and a half. W h e nKent went in Mr. Mason(131) and Alec Hearne went very near equalling the performance of Notts . They put on 195 for the first wicket of Kent, and had Hearne(81) not been compelled to leave his innings unfinished the total would probably have been much larger . After the high scoring on each side there was little chance of completing the match. Notts ,430 and 102 (7 wickets , innings declared ) ; total , 532. Kent, 337 and 94 (2wickets ) ; total , 431. (13) K e n tv. Surrey. Oval, Aug. 13 and 14. Kent were without Alec Hearne, and with Wright also away the bowling was very weak. Thewicket had not quite recovered from the recent rain , but still Kent got the best of it . They wonthe toss , but their batting was very disappointing indeed . Messrs . Patterson (47 and 26), Burnup (45 and 38), andMason(21 and 23) alone got into double figures each time . At the end of the first day, thanks to Abel (91), Brockwell (25), and Hayward (45), Surrey hadmade136 for one wicket , and as they were even then one run aheadof Kent their chances were very hopeful . Martin took all the first eight wickets of Surrey . Kent , too ,did only moderately in the second innings , so that Surrey w o neasily by ten wickets . Surrey , 290 and 1 (no wicket ); total , 291. Kent 135 and 155 ; total , 290. Hayward(Surrey ) Martin(K e n t) Overs. Maidens. R u n s. Wickets. 3 2 7 0 8 9 8 9 6 6 8 3 4 (14) Kentv. Somersetshire. Taunton, Aug.20, 21 and 22. LordHarris once more played for Kent, andhis stand with Mr. Patterson for the fourth wicket w a sone of the best features of the match. T h etwo amateurs added 162 while together , and though missed before he had scored , LordHarris ' 119 was a fine display . Mr. Patterson gave no chance in his 181, and Mr. H. C. Stewart's 83 was worthy of all praise . Somersetshire had in the first innings to bat on a wicket affected by rain , and were dismissed for 163. Following on 287 to the bad, in spite of the good cricket of Mr. R. Palairet (99) and Capt. Hedley (59), they had eight wickets down for 232. Nichols (28 not out) then lent Mr. Woods(98) such useful assistance that the total eventually was raised to 348. This saved the side , as Kent were only able to get 36 of the 62 wanted to win in the twenty minutes left for play. Alec Hearne and Wright were neither of them able to play for Kent. Somersetshire , 163 and 348 ; total , 511. Kent, 450 and 36 (no wicket ) ; total , 486. (15) K e n tv. Yorkshire. Tonbridge , Aug. 24, 25 and 26. Rainprevented any play on the second day. Still ,Yorkshire hadbeen able to get a useful start on the first with a total of 184. The main credit for this w a sdue to the tail , whocontributed 145-Hirst 58, and Mr. E. Smith 45 of them. Ona wicket affected by the rain Kent fared badly, and only the two batsmen, Mr. Mason and Alec Hearne, who each made20, got a score . Yorkshire declared their second innings at 124 for seven wickets , leaving Kent with 211 to win on a difficult wicket . To this task they were quite unequal . Although Mr. Burnup (54) made a big effort , Yorkshire won by 107 runs . Mr. W . H. Patterson was unable to play for Kent. Yorkshire , 184 and 124 , (7wickets , innings declared ) ; total , 308. Kent, 98 and 103 ; total , 201 . Mr. Smith (Yorkshire) Overs. Maidens. R u n s. Wickets. 3 1 1 6 4 7 7