James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1895

T H ECOUNTIESIN 1894. 7 1 E S S E X . OFFICERS FOR 1894 .-- President , Lord Carlingford . Hon. Treasurer , C. M. Tebbut. Committee , G. Buxton, W. H. Pemberton-Barnes , F. R. Pelly , R. Y. Bevan, R. Cook, A. J. Edwards, R. C. Gosling , F. W. Holton, G. Pagenstecher , W. Comerford , A. S. Johnston , A. P. Lucas, A. A. Timbrell , J. J. Read, C. R. Higgins , Secretary , O. R. Borradaile . The comparative failure of Mr. Kortright's bowling in comparison with the previous year, interfered of course with the general result of the side . The wickets mostly were hardly in his favour , and this mayto some extent explain his ill success . A tthe same time he seemed to have lost some of his pace , and certainly it did not appear as if there was quite the same sting in his bowling . Onthe other hand, helped by the wickets , Meadwas generally successful even if he had not the credit of such an exceptional performance as against the Australians in the previous year . On occasion the eleven showed themselves to be capable run -getters , and even the tail in several important instances did very well . Though defeated they made a good show against Yorkshire at Leyton, and if Oxfords " bowling was not by anymeans of a high quality , still their batting was seen to great advantage against the University at Leyton. R e s u l t so f M a t c h e s . Matchesplayed, 11 ; W o n, 1 ; D r a w n, 2 ; Lost 8. Opponents. Club. O p n t s. Whereplayed . Whenplayed 1 s t 2 n d 1st 2 n d Ins. Ins. Ins. Ins. W o nb y MatchesW o n(1). Oxford University Leyton July5, 6, 7 258 *162 155 2639wkts.; *1 w d MatchesD r a w n(2). R e m a r k s. Warwickshire Leyton M a y28, 29, 30 133 112 208 Leicestershire Leicester Aug.6,7, 8 1 8 2 4 6*1 0 4*2 w d MatchesLost (8). Lostb y Leicestershire Leyton M a y14, 15, 16 Warwickshire Surrey Birmingham O v a l June 11,12,13 5 7 273 131 26768 runs 69 64 105 *29 9 wkts.; *1 w d و د 18,19,20 Yorkshire Leyton Yorkshire H a l i f a x July1 2,13 Hampshire Hampshire Surrey Leyton Southampton Aug.2, 3, 4 27,28 201 245 192 263 9 runs Leyton و د و د 30,31 1 4 6 7 5 282 87 141 325 7 2105 438 Ins. and261 runs 28,29,30 1 9 2 266 243 *216 6 wkts.; *4 w d 120 194 171 *144 7 wkts.; *3 w d Inns. and61 runs I n n s. a n d97runs (1) E s s e x V . L e i c e s t e r s h i r e . Leyton, M a y14, 15 a n d16. In spite of a plucky effort at the close , Essex never got over their general failure in the first innings . Pougher's all-round cricket was the chief factor in Leicestershire's success . H etook fourteen wickets in the match at a cost of just over six runs apiece , besides scoring 114 for once out. His second score of 109 (not out), too, was without a mistake till just before he was out. The first innings of Essex only lasted an hour and a half , and the only double figure was Carpenter's 20. They had to go in for the fourth innings with 342 to win, and thanks mainly to Mr. H. G. Owen(76), made a very creditable score of 273. Leicestershire wonby 68 runs . Leicestershire , 131 and267 ; total , 398. Essex , 57 and 273 ; total , 330. Pougher (Leicestershire ) O v e r s. M a i d e n s. R u n s. W i c k e t s. 5 8 - 3 8 9 1 4 2 6