James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1896

THE COUNTIES IN 1 8 9 5 . 8 7 (8) G lou ce s te rsh ire v. N o tts . Nottingham, July 25, 26 and 27. Continuing their Northern tour under most favourable auspices, the eleven, captained by W . G. Grace, were able to inflict a decisive defeat upon Notts. W. G. himself did not, for a wonder, come off, but Messrs. Jessop (o5), Hemingwray, Townsend, and Wrathall each made over 50 in the match, bcoring ruled low on the Notts side, and Mr. Townsend, who found that the pace exactly suited him, took sixteen of the twenty Notts wickets. Board’s wicket-keepmg, too, was admirable, and the fielding generally excellent. Gloucester 4fcgot home ” by the big margin of 135 runs. Gloucester­ shire, 173 and 188 ; total, 361. Notts, 120 and 106 ; total, 226. Overs. Maidens. Runs. Wickets. Mr. C. L. Townsend (Gloucester­ shire) .................................. 58*1 14 122 16 (9) G lou ce s te r sh ire v . Y o rk sh ir e . Bradford , July 29 and 30. With a wicket all against run-getting, even with Mr. C. L. Townsend, Gloucestershire fared badly. W. G. did not make a run in the first innings, and in the second only scored three. The bowlers, in fact, carried every­ thing before them, and the highest of the three completed innings was York­ shire’s first total of 76, to which Tunnicliffe contributed 31. At the finish Yorkshire wanted 47 to win, and, thanks to the good cricket of Mr. F. S. Jackson, who was not out 26, got them for the loss of two batsmen. Yorkshire won by eight wickets. Yorkshire, 76 and 50 (2 wickets); total, 126. Gloucester­ shire, 71 and 51; total, 122. Peel (Y o rk sh ir e ) ........................ Wainwright (Yorkshire)... Mr. C. L. Townsend (1st innings Yorkshire) ........................ Overs. Maidens. Runs. Wickets 46 20 59 10 37*2 17 41 9 17 3 36 5 (10) G lou ce s te r sh ire v . W a rw ick sh ir e . Gloucester, Aug. 1, 2 a«d 3. As was only to be expected, the home eleven scored freely, and they did well indeed to reach a second total of 300. Warwickshire, on the other hand, batted quite disappointingly, and Walter Quaife s 53 was the one feature. i . W . G. Grace (70) and Mr. Kerris scored over 100 for the first wicket, and on Gloucestershire going in a second time they were well assisted by Mr. Jessop (49 and 50), Mr. Rice, and Wrathall. Jessop followed up his hitting with some fine bowling, as did young Mr. Townsend. To get 367 proved far beyond the Midlanders’ power, and Gloucestershire reaped an easy victory y 1)0 ess than 254 runs. Gloucestershire, 231 and 301 (8 wickets, innings closed); total, 532. Warwickshire, 166 and 112 ; total, 228. Overs. Maidens. Runs. WYckets. Mr. G. L. Jessop (Gloucestershire) 43 3 20 71 9