James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1899

1 1 8 L I L L YW H I T E ' SC R I C K E T E R S' A N N U A L. (2) S u r r e yv. S u s s e x. Brighton , July 11, 12, and 13. Sussex did worse than could have been expected , particularly as they h a d first use of an excellent wicket . Unfortunately for themC. B. Fry was soon dis- missed for six , and most of the usual scorers too , failed , andit was left to Killick , w h oplayed remarkably well for 77, to uphold the reputation of the side . A tthe endof the first day Surrey hadmade62 for the loss of D. L. A. Jephson. T h e promise of a fairly good score was, however, not maintained , and Brockwell (55) andK. J. Key(55 not out) were alone seen to any great advantage . With only a matter of 67 against themin the first innings Sussex had no great cause to complain. Certainly few could have anticipated their subsequent failure . C. B. Fry(58), indeed , alone offered any serious resistance to the Surrey bowlers . Richardson established a funk by dismissing G. Brann, W. L. Murdoch, and W . N e w h a mwith successive balls , butthis w a sall he did. T h eremain- ing wickets were shared by Lockwoodand Hayward, and, excepting C. B. Fry, G.Brann's 16 was the only double figure . Surrey wonby ten wickets . Surrey, 283 and39 (1 wicket ) ; total , 322. Sussex , 216 and 105 ; total , 321. (3) Surreyv. Yorkshire. Ουαỉ, Aug. 4 and 5. Acomplete reversal of the previous match. It was most unfortunate for Yorkshire that F. S. Jackson should have hurt his hand early in the game, and that his valuable cricket should have been lost to his side for practically the whole of the match. Surrey, winning the toss , secured the advantage of a fine wicket . Abel (114) andBrockwell (93), too , were, fortunately for Surrey, at their very best , and their stand, which resulted in 143 for the first wicket, madethings mucheasier for their successors . Seven, indeed , of the last nine batsmenscored fairly well , K. J. Key (85) particularly so. Surrey's total of 536was, of course , big enough to afford great hopes of a victory . But no one could have predicted what was to follow . As it happened , Surrey were thoroughly on their mettle , and their out-cricket showed a marked improve- mento ntheir usual form. Richardson and Lockwood bowled at their very best , andnone of the Yorkshiremen, except Brown, who played the bowling wth confidence , looked like staying . In the follow on Yorkshire fared better, but only a little better . F. W. Milligan hit in splendid form , and his 63 wasa treat to witness . It was the one redeeming feature of the innings . Excepting five overs by Brockwell in Yorkshire's second innings Richardson and Lock- woodbowledthroughout the match for Surrey. Surrey wonby an innings and 272 runs . Surrey , 536. Yorkshire , 78 and 186 ; total , 264. (4) Surreyv. Sussex. Oval, Aug. 11, 12 and 13. A ttheir best Sussex could hardly have expected to havegot Surrey out on a good wicket twice for anything like reasonable scores . Without Bland's bowling their chances were still further reduced. Theuncertainty of cricket was fully exemplified in the game. Surrey got a lead of 112 on the first innings , the result mainly of the good batting of Holland (120) and K. J. K e y (60). Withsuch an advantage Surrey seemed to have success assured . T h e first doubts were raised by their feeble batting in the second innings . Seven oftheeleven got double figures , but the highest of them was 59 by D. L. A. Jephson. Sussex, left with 305 to win, had all the third day in which to m a k e