James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annaul 1897

T H EC O U N T I E SIN 1 8 9 6. 1 3 3 cricket for his 102 , and Bean (72) and Mr. Murdoch (67) lent him useful help . Left with 414 to win Surrey lost seven wickets for 203, of which Abel alone had contributed 137. Some brilliant hitting by Mr. W. W. Read (75) and Lohmann(86not out ) introduced quite another development , and at one time Surrey looked to have every chance of winning. As it was, iu spite of bad fielding , Sussex wonby43 runs. Sussex , 116 and 391 ; total , 507. Surrey , 94 and 370 ; total , 464. Mr.Hartley (1st innings Surrey) Lockwood(1st innings Sussex) Overs. Maidens. R u n s. Wickets. 1 4 8 . 4 3 3 3 1 2 0 6 4 (5) Surreyv. Yorkshire. Oval, July 30, 31 andAug. 1. Rain had fallen on the first morning, but the good play of Abel and Brockwell was particularly useful till it got easier , and then runs camefast . Hayward(164) and Baldwin (84) put on 221 for the third wicket , and with useful assistance from Lockwood, Mr. W. W. Read, and Mr. Key, the total eventually reached 439 ; though, owing to a further downfall , the last six batsmenonly made89. The Yorkshiremenhad a difficult task on the soft wicket, andPeel (74) and Tunnicliffe (47) were responsible for 121 of 164 from the bat. In the follow on Lohmannwasunable to bowl, owing to an injured finger . Still , barring Mr. E. Smith , who hit in brilliant style for 55,Denton (35), andLordHawke(24 not out), nobatsmanmadea long stay , and Surrey won byaninnings and 61 runs . Surrey , 439. Yorkshire , 172 and 206 ; total , 378 . (6) Surreyv. Sussex. Brighton, Aug. 31 and Sept. 1 and 2. Brockwell (108) andAbel (59) opened the match in promising style for Surrey, putting on156 for the first wicket. After them Baldwin (52) and Mr. W .W .Read(43) alone did much, so that with 17 extras the total reached 308. Heavyrain during the first night made the wicket difficult for Sussex, andneither of their totals reached 170. Killick (41) was chief scorer in the first , andBean(56) in the second . Surrey wonbyten wickets . Surrey , 308 and 7 (no wicket) ; total , 315. Sussex, 147 and 166; total , 313. Overs. Maidens. 7 2 - 2 2 4 R u n s. 1 2 4 Wickets. 1 1 Lohmann(Surrey) B A T T I N GA V E R A G E S . I n n s. T i m e s notout. R u n s. M o s tin a nInns. A b e l H a y w a r d B a l d w i n Brockwell M r .K . J. K e y Mr.W .W .R e a d H o l l a n d L o h m a n n L o c k w o o d Street H a y e s A y r e s W o o d T h o m p s o n Richardson B r a u n d 3 8 2 1 5 7 6 2 3 1 A v e r a g e 4 2 - 1 1 3 7 5 1 1 8 2 2 2 9* 3 6 . 9 3 1 2 1 3 9 2 1 1 1 . . . . . . 3 5 . 6 3 3 8 2 1 1 6 1 1 3 7 . . . . . . 32-25 3 6 1 1 7 2 6 7 5* 2 9 . 0 4 3 5 4 7 5 8 1 1 2 2 4 . 4 3 2 9 0 6 7 7 . . . 1 5 3 2 3 - 3 4 2 4 5 4 1 9 8 6* 22.05 3 1 2 5 2 8 7 6 . . . 1 8 - 2 0 1 5 1 2 4 3 . . . 5 4 1 7 - 3 5 7 2 8 6 3 8 1 7 - 2 0 7 0 1 0 7 2 6 1 5 - 2 8 3 2 6 3 1 3 4 2 1 2 . 0 3 4 1 2 6 1 4* 8 . 6 6 3 5 1 0 2 0 8 4 2 8 - 3 2 1 0 0 6 6 1 9 6 . 6 0 T h efollowing also batted :- M r. G. O. Smith, 4-4-9; Lees, 48-5-5; Henderson, 0 - 2 - 4; F. E. Smith, 7 - 5; Marshall , 0; andNice, 3. E