James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1896

THE COUNTIES IN 1895 . 7 9 E S SE X * O fficers for 1895.— !*resident: Lord Carlingford. Hon . Treasurer: C. M. Tebbut. Committee : G. Buxton, W. H. Pemberton-Barnes, F. R. Pelly, R. Y. Bevan, R. Cook, A. J. Edwards, R. C. Gosling. F. W. Holton, G. Pagenstecher, W. Comerford, A. S. Johnston, A. P. Lucas, A. A. Timbrell, J. J . Read, C. R. Higgins. Secretary: O. R. Borradaile. T h o u g h they had not perhaps so brilliant a season as some supporters could have wished, the Essex eleven, on the whole, allowed the cares of their elevation to first-class County rank to sit lightly upon them ; and for a first season in such company the results might have been a great deal worse. The victory in the return with Yorkshire was, for example, gained by an exposition of capital all-round cricket. Again, at least a couple of matches that were admittedly “ good things ” for Essex had to be left unfinished owing to the unfavourable conditions. Their achievement in the Taunton match with Somerset, even allowing for the relative weakness of the latter’s bowling, must ever rank as one of the really “ b ig ” things of inter-County cricket. In the way of indi­ vidual performances Mead made great strides as a bowler, doing an immense amount of work and taking a large number of wickets. Pickett and Mr. Kortnght were both eminently useful with the ball, and Arkwright also bowled well on one or two occasions. Turning to the batting tables, we find Carpenter in rare run-getting form, his days of failure being rare indeed. We had hoped better things of Burns, though he made two or three good scores. Mr. Owen may be said to have batted up to his reputation, as did Mr. Kortright, and—when­ ever available—Mr. Lucas. Mr. McGaliey, and Carpenter were, on public form, the strongest Essex batsmen of the year. When in full strength the team were decidedly strong; rarely of late years has the County had so many good hitters available. R e su lts o f Matches. Matches played , 16 ; won, 5 ; drawn , 4 ; lost, 7. Opponents. Where played. When played. Club. Opnts. Won by. 1st Ins. 2nd Ins. 1st Ins. 2nd Ins. M‘itches Won (5). (5} Somersetshire Leyton June 13,14,15 181 *189 191 177 2 wkts ; *8 wd (7) Hampshire............. Levton June 27,28,29 94 302 111 178 107 runs (9) Somersetshire Taunton July 11,12,13 692 246 129 Inns.& 317 runs (*) Derbyshire............. Leyton July 15, 16 107 20S 106 75 134 runs (13) Yorkshire............. Harrogate Aug. 15. 16 87 165 117 119 16 runs Mutches Drawn (4). (1) Warwickshire Birmingham May 6, 7, 8 410 259 28S Iteniarks, *5 wkts. d (11) Leicestershire Leicester Aug. 5, 6, 7 245 *62 144 +56 *3 w d, in. cl. ; +8 wd *2 w d, in. cl. ; (*) Middlesex............. Lord's Aug. 12,13,14 121 *66 63 +66 (*) Derbyshire............ Derby Aug. 26,27,28 87 *106 +191 +4 w d *9 w d ; +8 w d, Matches Lost (7). (2) Surrey ............. Oval May 13,14,15 231 92 448 in. cl. Lost by. Inns.& 125 runs ifti Middlesex............ Leyton May 27,28,29 220 174 202 *195 5 wkts. ; *5 w d 14) Leicestershire Levton June 3, 4, 5 103 123 111 190 75 runs (6) Warwickshire Leyton June 24, 25 136 118 170 *85 3 wkts. ; *7 w d (8) Yorkshire............ Leyton July 1, 2, 3 125 105 •216 15 7 wkts. ; *3 w d \10) Hampshire............ (12) Surrey ............ ---------- 1 -- - - r _ .^ . 1 Southampton July 25,26,27 128 83 246 136 171 runs Leyton 4 Aug. 8, 9, 10 138 84 214 209 201 runs Have been treated in previous review of M.O.C. and Derbyshire.