James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1898

1 2 0 LILLYWHITE'SCRICKETERS' A N N U A L. (2) S u r r e yv. S u s s e x. Oval, M a y20, 21 and 22. ThoughSussex madea creditable total each time, Surrey went considerably better and won easily . It was Brockwell's matchin every way. In addition tohisscoresof 6 6 a n d1 3 1h e tookninewicketsat a cost ofless t h a ntenr u n s apiece . Still , Abel's second score of 156 was the highest innings of the side , as it was of the match. Abel and Brockwell put on 231 runs for the first wicket in Surrey's second innings . Mr. W. W. Readcarried out his bat for a capital score of 86 in the first , and Mr. Chinnery for 57 in the second. Mr. W .L. Murdochhad the best aggregate for Sussex. His innings of 46 and72 were both worthy of his best days. Sussex scored the sametotal each time. Altogether 1,207 runs were madefor thirty -five wickets . Surrey won by 279 runs. Surrey 295 and 448 (5 wickets , innings closed) ; total , 743. Sussex, 232and232 ; total , 464. (3) Surreyv. Yorkshire. Leeds, June 21, 22 and23. Yorkshire, as the wicket was, were lucky to winthe toss , though they did not utilise the chance as muchas they might have done. Surrey , indeed , were only 15 behind at the end of the first innings , up to which time Mr. W.W . Read's 24 not out for Surrey was the best score . It was a remarkable display by Mr. Jackson (92), assisted by the steady cricket of Denton(77) in the second innings , that gave Yorkshire in the end such an easy victory . Atthe finish Surrey had271 to get to win, a number, as the wicket was, quite beyond their powers. Yorkshire wonby 100 runs. Yorkshire , 90 and 256 ; total , 346. Surrey , 75 and 171 ; total , 246. Richardson (Surrey) Haigh(1st innings Surrey ) ... Overs, Maidens. R u n s. Wickets. 1 7 7 6 1 . 3 1 2 1 8 5 (4) Surrey v. Warwickshire. Birmingham, June 24, 25 and26. 1 5 4 1 7 Withfirst use of a fine wicket Surrey soon put themselves outside the question of defeat . Abel (113 ) andBrockwell (83) laid the foundation of a big score by putting on 204 for the first wicket . Subsequently Messrs. Chinnery (149) andKey(79) made another determined stand , and at the end of the first day only five wickets were down with the total 445. Rain in the night had affected the wicket when play was resumed the following..morning , with the result that Surrey's innings closed for an addition of 123 runs. Withluck against themWarwickshire did perhaps as well as could have been expected , with Mr. Bainbridge away. Lilley (79 not out) played particularly good cricket in the first innings , and in the second Mr. Byrne (54), W. G. Quaife (40 not out ), Diver (37), and Walter Quaife (33) were all seen to advantage . Surrey won by a ninnings and194 runs. Surrey, 568. Warwickshire , 163 and211 ; total , 374. (5) Surreyv. Yorkshire. Oval, July 1, 2 and 3. Awell-contested match, fortunately lasting all three days, considering that it was for Henderson's benefit . Yorkshire apparently got a great advantage in going in first , but at the end of an innings only had a lead of 12 runs. B u t w h e nthey went in a second time they showed their real form. Denton, who hadplayed well for 60 in the first innings , and Moorhousealone failed . All the rest got double figures , though Wainwright's 75 was the best feature of the batting . TheYorkshire captain eventually declared , leaving Surrey with 322 to win, with four hours and ten minutes in which to makethem. Thanksto Brockwell (69) andBaldwin (103), it looked , too, very muchat one time as if theyhadanoutside chance of getting them. Instead , Messrs . Key(not out 7) and W. WRead (not out ), had at the finish to play a purely stonewalling game to avert possible defeat . The game was drawn, Surrey wanting 83 to win with four wickets in hand. Yorkshire , 197 and309 (9 wickets ,innings declared ); total , 506. Surrey , 185 and 244 (6 wickets ) ; total ,429.