James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1895

T H EC O U N T I E SIN 1894. 9 9 (10 ) Leicestershirev. Yorkshire. As the wicket was HarrogateAugust16, 17, 18. suffering fromheavyrains , Yorkshirehadthe best of the luck in going in first . Obtaining a lead of 78 on the first innings , they wonin the end by 74 showing a very small difference , and that in favour of Leicestershire on the second hands. Withthe ground all in favour of the bowlers , the scoring all round was naturally moderate , and Pougher's second innings of 29 was the highest on either side . Peel's bowling for Yorkshire was the best of the match, and Wainwright's batting (22 and 16), the most successful on the same side . Hirst's bowling at the finish , was also very noteworthy. Thelast sixteen balls took three wickets , at a cost of only four runs . Yorkshire won by 74 runs . shire , 142 and95; total, 237. Leicestershire , 64 and99 ; total , 163. Peel(Yorkshire) Mr. Stocks(1st Inns., Yorks.) Overs. Maidens. R u n s. 4 6 - 2 2 5 Y o r k - 1 9 3 5 0 6 9 Wickets. 1 0 7 (11 ) Leicestershirev. H a m p s h i r e . Southampton, August13, 14, and15. The rain which had allowed little play on the first day, prevented any on the third so that the chances of a definite result were only small at the best . The one incident of Leicestershire innings was the vigorous hitting of Mr. De Trafford who made 81 of the first 111 runs . Capt. Wynyard's success on the other side was more marked. He scored 116 out of 157 in anhour and three -quarters , with like Mr. D e Trafford one life . Later on Mr. W a r d68 and Barton scored heavily against the Leicestershire bowlers , weakened by Pougher's inability to help , and Barton w a s in at the end of the second daywith 81 not out to his credit . N o play was possible on the third day , so that the game was drawn with Hampshire 140 on, and six wickets in hand. Hampshire , 306 (for four wickets ). Leicestershire , 166. B A T T I N GA V E R A G E S . T i m e s M o s tin I n n s. n o to u t. R u n s. a ninns. Average. T o m l i n 2 3 1 5 8 4 1 4 0 24-27 Mr.C. E . D eTrafford 2 4 0 5 7 6 9 2 2 4 . 0 0 Holland......... 2 3 2 3 6 6 5 0 1 7 . 4 2 Mr. D. L o r r i m e r 6 0 1 0 4 4 6 17-33 Pougher. 1 5 1 2 4 0 1 0 9* 17.14 W a r r e n 2 0 2 2 6 6 3 3 14-77 Chapman 2 2 3 2 6 6. 5 5* 1 4 . 0 0 Mr. A. Lorrimer 6 0 7 9 3 7 1 3 - 1 6 Hassall 7 0 5 7 2 0 8 . 1 4 W h i t e s i d e 1 9 9 8 0 2 7 8 . 0 0 M r .G. E. R u d d 1 1 1 7 4 2 8 7 . 4 0 Finney 5 1 2 9 1 4* 7-25 Mr. G. W. Hillyard 1 6 0 1 0 8 2 8 6 - 7 5 W a l t o n 1 2 1 7 2 2 4 6 . 5 4 W o o d c o c k 1 7 3 7 8 1 5 5 - 2 1 Mr. F. W .Stocks 1 2 1 2 4 1 0 2 . 0 8 R a n d o n 5 2 5 5 1 . 6 6 M r .H . H . Marriott 4 0 6 4 1 . 5 0 Pougher W o o d c o c k Stocks. Hillyard T o m l i n Joyce R a n d o n Finney J. H. Joyce (18) also batted . B O W L I N G A V E R A G E S . O v e r s. M d n s. R u n s. W k t s. Average. 2 5 1 - 2 1 0 9 4 2 1 4 8 8 . 3 5 2 4 6 . 3 5 7 5 7 8 3 7 15-61 1 1 7 3 1 3 1 6 1 8 17.55 3 5 8 1 1 7 7 7 3 4 1 1 8 - 8 5 2 3 4 6 6 3 2 2 . 0 0 1 4 2 4 7 2 23.50 5 5 - 3 1 7 1 2 8 4 3 2 . 0 0 3 6 8 1 2 3 3 4 1 . 0 0 Rudd(32-6-93-0 ) bowled in six inns ., and Hassall (8-0-25-0 ), and Holland (2-0-12-0 ) in one. Stocks bowled three no-balls , and Walton and Woodcock one each , and Randon a wide.