James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1895

9 8 LILLYWHITE'S CRICKETERS' A N N U A L. (6) Leicestershirev. Cheshire. Stockport , July, 6, 7. Amatch drawn in a very interesting state . Leicestershire , who had a lead of 65 runs on the first , closed their second innings in the hope of a win. Thanks, mainly to Mr. Ravenscroft , however, Cheshire made a capital show at the finish , and the game was eventually drawn, Cheshire wanting 68 to win, with half their wicket in hand. Leicestershire . 192 and 165 (eight wickets , innings closed ) ; tota , 357. Cheshire , 127 and 163 (five wickets down) ; total , 290. (7) Leicestershire v. Surrey. Oval, July 12, 13 and 14. The weather only allowed little play on cach of the three days and altogether the extent of the cricket was the dismissal of eighteen wickets . Whatadvantage there was in the game was in favour of Surrey, but it only amounted to a lead of twenty runs with two wickets in hand. Mr. De Trafford made47 of the first 74 for Leicestershire . Mr. Hillyard was not able to play for Leicestershire and his bowling might have made all the difference . Surrey, 117 (for eight wickets ). Leicestershire , 97. (8) Leicestershire V. S u r r e y. Leicester , July19, 20 and21. Surrey have had unfavourable recollections of Leicester before , and history was only repeating itself in the collapse of the Surrey menat the finish . Though they lost the toss , thanks to a fine score of 80 by Mr. Key, Surrey were able to get ahead of 105 runs on the first hands. Mistakes in the field in Leicestershire's second innings , however, lost them all their advantage , and the result was a very creditable total of 174. With only 70 to win for the fourth innings , there seemed little doubt of Surrey's success . As it was, on a bad wicket , Maurice Readhadto retire hurt when he looked like making runs , and the rest failed so completely before Mr. Hillyard's bowling , that the whole side were out for 35. Leicestershire thus w o nan exceedingly creditable victory by 34 runs. Richard- son's bowling was greatly missed by Surrey . Leicestershire , 95 and 174 ; total , 269. Surrey , 200 and 35 ; total , 235. Pougher(Leicestershire ) Mr. Hillyard (2nd inns. Surrey).. O v e r s. 4 3 . 4 9 . 4 M a i d e n s. 2 4 3 R u n s. 5 7 1 8 W i c k e t s . 1 1 5 (9) Leicestershirev. N o t t s. Leicester , July 30, 31 ; August, 1. Another very creditable success for the Leicestershire Eleven , the more creditable from the fact , that owing to an injury , Pougher was unable to bowl as well as to bat in the second innings . After getting rid of Leicestershire for 122, Notts , were themselves dismissed for 139. Flowers (50), and Attewell (30) were responsible for 80 of the latter total, and Tomlinfor 30 of 109 m a d eb y Leicestershire from the bat . W h e nLeicestershire went in a second time, Mr. De Trafford made67 of the 85 got for the first wicket , and altogether 89, with only one very hard chance . Woodcock, who had taken eight wickets in the first innings of Notts . , was almost as successful in the second , and his bowling fairly w o nthe matchfor Leicestershire . Flowersmade88 out of 262got byNotts from thebat in the match. Leicestershire w o nby 106 runs. Leicestershire , 122 and 263 ; total , 385. Notts ., 139 and 140 ; total , 279. Woodcock(Leicestershire ) O v e r s. 5 . 3 M a i d e n s. R u n s. 1 2 1 0 6 W i c k e t s. 1 5