James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1895

T H EC O U N T I E SIN 1894. 9 7 (1) Leicestershirev. Yorkshire. M a y17, 18, and 19. A very creditable victory for Leicestershire , the result mainly of Mr. De Trafford's excellent batting , and the effective bowling of Mr. Hillyard and Pougher. Yorkshire were without Lord Hawke, as well as Messrs . F. S. Jackson and E. Smith, and in losing the toss they had the worst of the wicket . M r . D e Trafford's hitting was quite the best feature of the batting . In the match altogether he scored 124 runs, and in the second innings he saw eight wickets fall scoring 92 out of 127 without mistake . Excepting for one over in Yorkshire's first innings , Mr. Hillyard and Pougher bowled throughout the match. Leicestershire won by 47 Leicestershire , 136 and 131; total , 267. Yorkshire , 146 and 74; total , 220. r u n s . Pougher(Leicestershire) Hirst(2nd Innings Leicestershire ) O v e r s. 4 7 . 3 Maidens. R u n s. 2 0 8 8 ... 2 3 . 4 1 2 4 4 W i c k e t s. 1 0 6 (2) Leicestershirev. C h e s h i r e. Leicester , M a y28, 29, and30. An easy win for Cheshire with ten wickets to spare . E. Smith scored 103 in Cheshires ' first innings . Cheshire , 224 and 19 (no wickets ) ; total , 243. Leicestershire , 172 and68; total , 240, (3) Leicestershirev. SouthAfricans. Leicester , June 11, 12, and 13. Thesecond victory of the South African team. Owingtorecent rains the ground was in avery treacheorous state , and thirty -three wickets only realised an aggregate of197 runs . Thehighest of the three completed innings indeed was 56, and the best individual score , Mr. Sewell's 16 for the South Africans at the end of the match. Middleton and Mr. Rowe bowled unchanged throughout both innings of Leicestershire . South Africans won by seven wickets . South Africans , 56 and 43 (three wickets ) ; total , 99, Leicestershire , 52 and 46 ; total , 98. Overs. Maidens. R u n s. Wickets. Middleton(SouthAfrican) Mr.R o w e(SouthAfrican) Pougher(Leicestershire) .. 3 4 9 4 8 8 3 2 . 1 1 4 4 7 9 3 0 1 8 3 6 9 (4) Leicestershirev. W a r w i c k s h i r e . Leicester , June21, 22, 23. Pougher's absence weakened Leicestershire materially , and the loss of his bowling had muchto do with their failure . Still , the Leicestershire batting was equally unsuccesful , and Chapman(35 and 12) alone got double figures each time. Warwickshire got their advantage in their first innings entirely through the last two batsmen, as Mr. Bainbridge (who arrived just in time to go in) and Whiteheadput on 71 for the tenth wicket . Warwickshire wonbynine wickets . Warwickshire , 202 and 40 (one wicket ) ; total , 242. Leicestershire , 103 and 138 ; total, 241. Pallett (Warwickshire ) O v e r s. M a i d e n s. R u n s. W i c k e t s. 3 8 . 4 1 1 (5) Leicestershirev. H a m p s h i r e . Leicester , June 25, 26, 27. 7 5 9 Leicestershire had the best of a moderate scoring match throughout , and w o nby 72 runs . Leicestershire , 136 and 155 ; total , 291. Hampshire, 143 and 76; total , 219.