James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1899

9 2 LILLYWHITE'S CRICKETERS' ANNUAL. (12) Kentv. Notts. Canterbury , Aug. 4, 5 and 6. Thesecond match of the Canterbury Week, and, like its predecessor , un- decided . With little bowling on either side . and an excellent wicket , tall scoring was pretty certain . Notts, who went in first , were batting all the opening day. Even then only six wickets were down for 322, a number increased by 23 on the following morning. Of the full total of 345 J. A. Dixon contributed 165, an exceptionally fine innings . C. J. Burnup (54) and Alec Hearne (58) made a good start for Kent, putting on 101 for the first wicket . Of the rest F. Marchant (43) alone did much, so that Kent were, after all , 75 behind on the first innings . Thelatter half of the game was hardly as interesting as the first . Shrewsbury played a fine second innings of 77 for Notts, w h o declared with the total 171 for seven wickets. T h e chances of Kent getting out were very small , and when 98 of the 247 wanted to winhadbeen got for the loss of three batsmen the gamewas over . Notts , 345 and171 (7 wickets , innings declared ) ; total , 516. Kent, 270 and 98 (3 wickets ) ; total , 368. (13) Kentv. Somersetshire. Taunton, Aug.11, 12 and 13. Adisappointing show by Kent, who won the toss , in the first innings was m o r ethan atoned for by some excellent cricket in the second. W . H. Patterson (58) and S. H. Day(47) were the principal scorers in the first , and both were successful in the second-the latter making 79, the former 40. ThePalairets , L. C. H. (88) and R. C. N. (81) fairly took the edge off the Kent bowling, and later on S. M. J. Woods(144) and V. T. Hill (116) hit in splendid style . Kentwere in a minority of 293 on the first innings , but there never wasmuchchance of their getting out again . All the seven Kentbats- m e nwhowere out got into double figures , and in the end the gamewas saved, Kentbeing 55 on with three wickets in hand. Kent, 210 and 348 (7 wickets ) ; total , 558. Somersetshire , 503. Twenty-seven wickets realised an aggregate of 1,061 runs. G. Fowler (1st inns. Kent) Overs. Maidens. R u n s. Wickets. 15.1 5 (14) K e n tv. Surrey. Oval, Aug. 15, 16 and 17. 7 3 2 But for the thunderstorm on the first night Surrey would in all likelihood have reached a very big total . The opening day, indeed , only saw three of their batsmenout for a collective total of 368. Theover-night rain helped the Kentbowlers considerably on the second morning, but even then the score was increased 166. Of Surrey's total of 534, Abel contributed 219 , Lockwood 84, and Brockwell 74. Abel and Brockwell put on 137 for the first wicket . Kent's batting , by wayof contrast , was slow and irresolute . J. R. Mason, the captain , alone got double figures (24 and 29) each time, and his 53 was the highest aggregate on the side . Lockwood's all -round cricket for Surrey was t h ebestfeature of the match, In addition to his excellent innings of 84 he tookthirteen Kentwickets at a cost of just over six runs apiece. Surreyw o n byan innings and 345 runs. Surrey , 534. Kent, 79 and 110; total , 189. Lockwood(Surrey ) Overs. Maidens. R u n s. Wickets. - 3 7 . 1 1 0 8 0 1 3 (15) K e n tv. Middlesex. Lord's, Aug. 25, 26 and 27. Thoughthey had first use of an excellent wicket , Kent failed to profit b y their good fortune . The batting , indeed , was disappointing , and J. R. Mason's second score of 70 was the only one over 50 on the side . On the other hand, Middlesex found the Kent bowling anything but difficult . Still , J. Douglas (153 ) and F. G. J. Ford (135 ) alone did very much. Ford's hitting