James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1896

110 LILLYWHITF/S CRICKETERS' ANNUAL. (4) Leicestershire v. Notts. Nottingham, June 10, 11 and 12. Though Flowers was an absentee as well as Shrewsbury, Notts had all the best of the match throughout. Leicestershire’s batting presented few features at all noteworthy, as Tomlin and Mr. Hillyard tied for the highest aggregate with 53. On the other hand, Mr. A. 0. Jones (118) and Gunn (111) treated the Leicestershire bowling w’ith small respect, putting on 230 runs for the second wicket of Notts. Handford’s bowling in Leicestershire’s second innings was very effective. Notts won by an innings and 10 runs. Notts, 312. Leicester­ shire, 192 and 104 ; total, 290. Overs. Maidens, Runs. Wickets. Handford (2nd innings Leicestershire; 17 10 23 5 (5) Leicestershire v. Surrey. Jjdcester , June 20, 21 and 22. Surrey had full amends for their decisive defeat at the Oval in the previous match. This time, though the wicket was a little fiery, WoodcocVs fast bowling was comparatively harmless, as was also that of Pougher. The credit of Surrey’s long score of 385 was due mostly to the tail. In spite of a useful score of 69 by Abel seven wickets were dowTn for 123. It w*as indeed the vigorous hitting of Street, who made 101 not out in three hours and a half, with useful help from Wood (56) and F. E. Smith (45), that turned the scale in favour of Surrey, the last three wickets adding 262 runs. Leicestershire’s two innings wrere both disappointing, as Tomlin, who was sent in late owing to an injtn?ed hand, was chief scorer with 33 not out and 31. Surrey wron by an innings and 91 runs. Surrey, 385. Leicestershire, 165 and 129 ; total, 294. * 4 Overs. Maidens. Runs. Wickets. Hayward (let innings Leicestershire) 0*3 0 0 1 Hayward (2nd innings Leicestershire) 0 3 0 0 2 (6) Leicestershire v. Warwickshire. 0 Leicester, July 8, 9 and 10. A game remarkable for one exceptional innings, which practically wron the match. Ihe batsman in question was Lilley, who made 158 not out foi Warwickshire in three hours and three-quarters, with only one hard chance not long before he was out. Against a total of 299 Leicestershire fared very badly, though there was some fair batting. Besides Holland (40 and 36) Geeson (29 and 25), and Knight (24 and 25), the only batsman to get double figures saw' Pougher, with a second score of 16. In Warwickshire’s innings Woodcock took eight of the ten wickets for 111 runs. Warwickshire won b\ an innings and nine runs. Warwickshire, 299. Leicestershire, 135 and 155; total, 2W.