James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1896

1 0 4 l.ILLYWHITE’ S CRICKETERS’ ANNUAL. (5) Lancashire v. Notts. ( F l o w e r s ’ B e n e f i t .) Nottingham, June 17 and 18. For the first time since 1893 Shrewsbury went into the field for Notts, out of compliment to Wilfred Flowers, who had deserved so well of his County. On the Monday, when a big crowd assembled. Lancashire went in, and Ward (116), F. Sugg (91), and Tinsley (65) treated the very moderate Notts bowling with scant courtesv. But what a 'falling off when Notts went to the wickets ! The conditions had completely changed. Mold made the ball do whatever he liked, and the effort closed in 55 minutes for a total of 35. Mold dismissed Shrews­ bury, Daft, Mr. Dixon, and Mr. Wright with conxecutire balls, and five wickets were down for six runs. At the second attempt Notts batting was little better, and Lancashire were left victorious by an innings and 188 runs. Mold’s first innings record was 8 wickets for 20. Mold and Briggs bowled throughout the match for Lancashire. Lancashire, 345 ; Notts, 35 and 122; total, 157. Overs. Maidens. Runs. Wickets. Mold (Ijancashire) ...................... 36 10 85 15 (0) Lancashire v. M iddlesex. Manchester , June 27, 28 and 29. A low scoring match from first to last, without one individual score of 50, and only one total over 150. In the later stages the ground was too soft for hatting, and Frank Sugg deserves the utmost credit for his two plucky innings of 28 and 22. There was nobody to back him up, and Middlesex won, after a most exciting finish, by the narrow margin of three wickets. Mr. G. F. Vernon made one of his now rare appearances for Middlesex, and with success, his 40 being the best on the side. Middlesex, 140 and 110 (7 wickets); total, 250. Lancashire, 181 and 08 ; total, 249. Overs. Maidens. Runs. Wickets. Rawlin (Middlesex) ...................... 61*1 32 85 9 Mold (1st innings Middlesex)............ 31 15 49 6 (7) Lancashire v. W a rw ick sh ire . Liverpool , July 4, 5 and 6. Winning the toss gave Warwickshire the advantage of batting first on a soft wicket, and this had some influence on the result, though they also, it may be added, headed Lancashire on the second innings. Mr. A. C. McLaren was not able to help Lancashire, and the only batsman on their side to get over 50 was Albert Warn, who scored 77 the second time. Mr. Bainbridge for once did little with the bat for Warwickshire, but W. Quaife (48 and 42), W. G. Quaife 09 and 56), and Li 1 ley (2 and 72) made full amends for his failure. At the close of \\urwickshire’s second innings Mold took five wickets in eleven overs for five runs. But Santall even outdid this at the end of the match. His five wickets were got in his last 42 balls for three runs. Warwickshire won by 116 ruuH. Warwickshire, 207 and 222; total, 429. Lancashire, 188 and 175; total, 313. Whitehead (l«t innings ILancashire)... 14ui«;ajfte*r 1st inningraWai wi<kshire) Mold ( 2 n<l innings Warwickshire) Nm*all '2nd innings ILancashire) Overs. 32*2 33 30*3 30*2 Maidens. 11 16 16 14' Runs. 64 58 01 36 Wickets. 8 5 8 5