James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1896

THE COUNTIES IN 1 8 9 5 . 1 1 7 (1) N o t t s v. S u s s e x . Nottingham, Mag 16, 17 and 18. Though without Arthur Shrewsbury, the batting of Notts was good enough to establish a new record for first-class Inter-County matches. Their total of 726 beat the previous best (Surrey’s 698 against Sussex at the Oval on Aug. 9 , 1888) by 28 runs, though it was beaten later in the season. The innings of Notts extended over eight and a half hours, so that runs were got at an average of 85 an hour. Gunn, who was in five hours, made 219; Mr. Howitt, 119; and Bagguley, 1 1 0 . Heavy rain on the second night robbed Sussex of any chance they might have had of saving the game. With the wicket to help him, Attewell bowled very effectively on the third morning, and, under the circum­ stances, Mr. Newham’s second score of 75 (not out) for Sussex was a highly praiseworthy performance. Notts won by an innings and 378 runs. Notts, 726. Sussex, 170 and 178; total, 348. attewell ( 2 nd innings Sussex) Overs. Maidens. 34 17 Runs. Wickets. 36 5 (2) N o t t s v . Y o r k s h i r e . Nottingham , May 23, 24 and 25. A game productive of high scoring throughout, to the extent altogether of 1,214 runs for 34 wuckets. A peculiar incident marked Wilkinson’s innings for Notts. He hit a ball presumably to the boundary, and Mr. F. S. Jackson, of Yorkshire, called out “ F o u r ! ” Wilkinson accordingly took things easily, and being off his ground when his wicket wras put down wras given out by the referee, who had not notified a boundary hit. Under the circumstances the batsman was allowed to go in again, neither the ball nor the hit being counted. Yorkshire, who led by 28 on the first innings, closed their second with the score 312 for eight wickets. Notts made a splendid effort to win the match, and, thanks to Mr. A. O. Jones (67), Flowers (49), and Mr. J. A. Dixon (55 not out), had got 279 of the 341 wTanted for the loss of only four wickets. Wainwright (63 and 81) was the chief scorer for Yorkshire. Yorkshire, 237 and 312 (8 wickets, innings declared); total, 549. Notts, 209 and 279 (4 wickets); total, 488. (3) N o t t s v . S u r r e y . Nottingham , June 3, 4 and 5. Notts w’ere without Mr. J. A. Dixon. Arthur Shrewsbury, Hardstaff, and Pike, and, in addition, lost the valuable all-round cricket of Flowers, who got such a nasty blow* on his hand after making six that he was unable to continue bis first innings or to bowd during the match. Five batsmen got double figures each time for Notts, but Gunn (41 and 63) and Mr. C. \\. Wright (10 and 55) alone did much. On the other side Mr. Key ’s 127 was far and away the best innings. He was only in two hours and five minutes, and with Richardson he added 70 runs in 25 minutes for the last wicket. Surrey won by nine wickets. Surrey, 306 and 59 (1 w icket); total, 365. Notts, 162 and 201; total, 365.