James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Companion 1884

9 7 August 9, Kent Canterbury. Middlesex let Inns. 2nd Inns. Total. 216 118 334 294 41 335 Middlesex won by 9 wickets. The second match of the Canterbury week. Both sides were strongly represented, and up to a certain time the game was fu ll of interest. In the second inn ings o f Kent, however, the batting broke down, and Middlesex had a very easy task. Lord Harris, when he had scored 32, and appeared w e ll set, had to leave the ground to fulfil an engage­ ment in the House o f Lords. This seemed to be the turning point of the game, for afterwards the Kent batsmen made no stand whatever. The feature of the match was the splendid not out innings of 105 played by Mr. C. T. Studd for Middlesex. The Cambridge captain’s best supporters were Mr. C. I. Thornton (43), Mr. I. H. Walker (37), the Hon. A . Lyttelton (22 and 21, not out), and Mr. G. B. Studd (25). Bor Kent, Lord Harris scored 79 and 32 (retired), Hon. Ivo B ligh 42 and 0, George Hearne 17 and 26, and Mr. E. F. S. Tylecote 9 and 26. In addition to scoring 105, Mr. C. T. Studd was the most successful bowler, tak ing in the two innings of Kent 10 w ickets for 124 runs. 1st Inns. 2nd Inns. Total. Aug, 16, Kent 148 150 298 Gravesend. Yorkshire 392 — 392 Yorkshire won by an inn ings and 94 runs. Lockwood accomplished a remarkable batting performance, scoring 208 out of 297 runs made during his stay at the wickets. H is innings surpassed anything he had previously done, and was quite free from fault. He was batting for four hours and a quarter, and the figures of his inn ings—the highest of the season in first-class matches—were twenty-three fours, nine threes, twenty-two twos, and forty-five singles. Mr. E. Lumb (40), Hall (34), and Hunter (28, not out) were the other successful Yorkshire batsmen. Against such a total as 392, Kent had practically no chance, but Lord Harris batted in magnificent form, scoring 80 (not out) and 79. In his second innings he was on ly at the wickets for an hour and five minutes. Except Lord Harris, no one offered any resistance to the Yorkshire bowling, which was exceedingly good. In the first innings, Peate took 5 wickets for 40 runs, and U lye tt 5 for 69 runs, wh ile in the second, Emmett took 4 wickets for 34 runs, and Harrison 4 for 35 runs. 1st Inns. 2nd Inns. Total. Kent 92 118 210 Lancashire 97 92 189 Kent won by 21 runs. A victory tha t was in every way creditable to Kent, and one tha t atoned in a great measure for the previous ill-success of the County. Considering tha t the game was played throughout on a hard wicket, the scoring on both sides was exceedingly small. Up to a certain point, the victory of Lancashire seemed assured, and when the Kent Eleven on ly set their opponents 114 to win, litt le doubt was felt as to the possibility of the runs being obtained. However, Wootton bowled perhaps better than he had ever done before, and fairly won the match for Kent. As the credit of the performance belonged very largely to the young professional, we g ive his analysis in each innings:— Overs. ifaidens. Runs. Wickets. 1st Inns..................... ... 13 3 47 7 2nd Inns........................... 35 20 37 G Aug. 20, Gravesend. 7