James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1899

T H EC O U N T I E SIN 1898. 1 1 9 them, and a wicket still easy for run-getting . The early stages augured particularly well for their success . C. B.Fry(74) and W.L. Murdoch(42) made it certainly possible , and while A. F. Somerset and C. L. A. Smithwerebatting thescore was 195 with only three batsmen out. Atthe crisis Hayes' leg -breaks weretried , and with marvellous success . H etook five ofthe remaining wickets , andthe innings closed for an addition of only 36 runs. C. L. A. Smith carried out his bat for a very plucky and judicious innings of 78. Surrey won by 73 runs. Surrey , 332 and 192 ; total , 524. Sussex, 220 and231 ; total , 451. H a y e s(2ndinns. Sussex) Overs. Maidens. R u n s. Wickets. 4 1 3 (5) Surreyv. Warwickshire. Oval, Sept. 1, 2 and 3. 2 2 5 W i t honlya verymoderateElevenWarwickshirewouldhavewanteda lot of luck to makeanything of a show. As it was, whenthey lost the toss it wasonly a question of the weather holding up. Abel (131) and Brockwell (152) very soon got the measure of what little bowling Warwickshire had, and theresult of four hours' batting was 265 runs for the first wicket . Sub- sequently Hayward (94) scored freely , and Wood, with the bowling thoroughly w o r nout,hit awaymerrily , carrying out his bat for 74. Extras , too , assisted thetotal well , contributing 47 to an aggregate of 609, although it deserves to beadded that Lilley hadinjured his finger badly on the first afternoon , and h a dto retire . Moderateas h a dbeenWarwickshire'sout-cricket it w a sn o worsethan their batting . W. G. Quaife's 65 was the one redeeming feature of the first innings . Lilley deserved even greater credit for his display in the second innings . H emadeexactly one-half of the total , and, considering the painhemust have suffered , his 57 was an exceptionally fine performance. Richardson's bowling for Surrey was quite up to his best form. Surrey w o n b yaninnings and357 runs . Surrey , 609, Warwickshire, 138 and 114 ; total , 2 5 2. Richardson (Surrey) Overs. Maidens. R u n s. Wickets. 1 5 4 6 1 2 (6) Surreyv. CambridgeUniversity. Cambridge , June 9, 10 and11. 8 3 O n a wicket never at any time easy Surrey showed to slightly better advantage at all points . The run-getting all round was below the average , and Baldwin's first score of 53, with K. J. Key's second of 48 not out, were the best ofthe match The Cambridge batting was a little disappointing , with all the allowance necessary for the wicket . Smith (F. E.), however, was nonetoo easy to play , as the ground was. C. J. Burnup (10 and 30), was principal scorer for the University . Surrey wonby 102 runs. Cambridge University . 109 and 85 ; total , 194 . Smith(Surrey) ... Surrey, 136 and160; total , 296. Overs. Maidens. 5 2 . 4 1 9 (7) Surreyv. Oxford University. Oval, June 20, 21 and 22. R u n s. 7 5 Wickets. 1 1 Withoneof the easiest of the manyeasy wickets provided during the season at the Oval Surrey looked like making a huge score . Brockwell (119) and Lockwood (103 ) were the first to get thoroughly going , and V. F. S. Crawford