James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1896

LILLY WHITES CRICK KTER s ’ ANNUAL. (9) Hampshire v. Sussex. Southampton, Aug. 15 and 16. ( p t° very nearly the completion of the third innings the game looked to In in favour of Hants. Sussex, after being 23 behind on the first, had lost l ight of their best batsmen in the second for 105, and were then only 82 on. Kutt, Harris, and Tate, though, punished the Hampshire bowling so severely that the ninth wicket added 72 and the tenth 73. Owing to rain the pitch Irul been soft at the outset, and at the finish Tate and Parris bowled with such etteet that Hampshire were dismissed in their second innings for 89. Sussex, therefore, after having all the worst of the early part of the game, won by 148 runs. Sussex, 85 and 260 ; total, 315. Hampshire, 108 and 89 ; total, 197. Baldwin (1st innings Sussex) Tate (S u s s e x ) ..................... Overs. 88 37-2 Maidens. 15 12 Runs. 43 81 Wickets. 7 10 (10) Hampshire v. Warwickshire. Southampton, Aug. 19, 20 and 21. A breakdown in the Hampshire defence on going in again, whereby their five best wickets went down for 79, gave this match to Warwickshire. Its prominent feature was a beautiful innings of 105 by Walter Quaife, who played the Hampshire bow ling with ease and judgment for several hours, and followed it with a very useful second score of 38. After Mr. A. J. L. Hill s 61 and 20 there was nobody to do very much for Hants, w'ho suffered defeat by six wickets. Warwickshire, 214 and 91 (4 wickets); total, 305. Hants, 197 and 104; total, 301. Overs. Maidens. Runs. Wickets. Santull (1st innings Hants)............. 34*4 15 52 6 Wootton (1st inningsWarwickshire) * 27 10 46 5 (11) Hampshire v. Leicestershire. Portsmouth, Aug. 22, 23 and 24. The United Services Ground was the scene of this match, and with the best result for Hampshire. There were only three individual scores of 50 in the game, and one of these was Capt. Quinton’s second of 55 not out. His free f itting helped the result not a little, especially as the ball played a more important part than the bat, and it was mainly his batting at the finish that determined the result. Hampshire’s victory wras the more meritorious as f a icestershire had a lead of 60 runs on the first innings. Hampshire won by three wickets. Hampshire, 152 and 179 (7 wickets); total, 331. Leicestershire, 212 and 117 ; total, 329. Overs. Maidens. Runs. Wickets. Wootton (2nd innings Leicester) ... 21 8 37 5 (12) Hampshire v. Surrey. Oval, Sept . 2 and 3. Hampshire played Mr. C. J. Richards for Dr. Rencraft, whilst Marshall appeared at the wicket rice Wood for Surrey. Mr. Richards played excellent cricket against Richardson’s expresses in Hampshire’s first innings. The first fight Surrey batsmen all got 4 doubles,” and a long total of 374 resulted. The wicket was fast enough to exactly suit Maurice Read, whose 131 out of 180 was i ah* in two hours ten minutes. With Brockwell Read put on 93 for the third k* t in 65 minutes. Barton wround up the season for Hants in first-rate v vb with a fine score of 57. Surrey won by an innings and 20 runs. Surrey, ;;Y Hampshire, 182 and 172; total, 354. The match attracted special mu rr *t from the fact that on the result depended whether Surrey or Lanca­ shire won the County premiership.