James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1899

T H ECOUNTIESIN 1898. 8 9 (3) K e n tv. Sussex. Catford Bridge , June 9, 10 and 11 . Amoralvictory for Kent. Thegameindeed was drawnwith the full side of Kent to go in and only twenty -one runs to get to win. Sussex made poor use of first innings , although Marlow(28), G. Brann (36), and W. L. Murdoch (54) at the outset all did fairly well . The tail , however, failed utterly , the last eight batsmen only showing 31 between them. J. R. Mason(81) andAlec Hearne(117) put on 137 for the first wicket , and B. D. Bannon(50) and Easby (59not out) later on scored freely . The Captain declared at 351 for five wickets , leaving Sussex with 200 to save the innings and five hours left for play. The only chance for Sussex was a draw, and, thanks mainly to G. Brann, they succeeded . Brann, indeed , was batting four hours and a quarter for 85. Even thenK e n tseemedfairly certain of a win, as with two wickets to fall Sussex were only one run on. Fortunately for the latter Parris and Tate remained long enough together to avert defeat . Sussex , 151 and 220 ; total , 371. Kent, 351(5 wickets , innings declared ). Martin(Kent) O v e r s. 4 2 . 4 M a i d e n s . 1 8 R u n s. 6 7 Wickets. 9 (4) Kentv. Yorkshire. Sheffield , June 13, 14 and15. Thoughthey lost the toss Kent did so well in the field that nine of the Yorkshire batsmen were out for 141. Hunter(47) lent LordHawke, whocarried his bat for 107 , such useful assistance that the last wicket put on noless than 148 . Kent, in their turn, did fairly well against Yorkshire's varied bowling . J. R. Mason(65) and Alec Hearne (43) put on 82 for the first wicket , and B. D. Bannon(42) played well . Otherwise the later batting was disappointing , for the last seven batsmen only accounted for 54 between them. The Kent bowling hada bad time of it whenYorkshire wentin again . Tunnicliffe was at his best , andthankschiefly to his 100 not out LordH a w k ewas able to declare with 229 up for three wickets . Kent had a difficult task with 301 to get for the fourth innings . Unfortunately , J. R. Masonwas out for three , and, though the tail this time played up well , at the finish Yorkshire was 119 runs to the good. Yorkshire , 289 and 229 (3 wickets , innings declared ) ; total , 518. Kent, 218 and181; total , 399 . (5) K e n tv. Warwickshire. Tonbridge, June 20, 21 and 22. Thefirst match of the Tonbridge Week, and a complete triumph for Kent. J. R. Mason(94) and Alec Hearne (78) laid the foundation of a big score for Kent by putting on 169 for the first wicket . W. H. Patterson (117 ), and G. J. V. Weigall (86), too , scored well , and, indeed , all the ten Kentbatsmen w h owere out got double figures . During the innings Hopkins was no-balled for throwing . After their long outing Warwickshire failed utterly with the bat , and were all out for 96. In the follow -on Devey , the highest scorer in the first innings with 28, was again seen to the greatest advantage , this time with a fine score of 93. Still , though Diver (60) and W. G. Quaife (47) played up pluckily , Warwickshire never looked like winning the game. Kent wonby aninnings and 201 runs . Kent , 571. Warwickshire , 96 and 274 ; total , 370 .