James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1896

THE COUNTIES IN 1 8 9 5 . 8 1 (•>) E ssex v . Somersetsh ire. Leyton , June 13, 14 and 15. Lionel 1 alairet was an absentee for Somerset. This wTas one of the few County contests of the year that held and sustained the interest until the last ball had been bowled. There was but a difference of ten runs w'hen an innings apiece had been completed, the most useful cricketer on the Somerset side being Mr. Fowler with 64. His colleagues found Mead and Pickett extremely difficult as the ground was. With 188 to win Essex had at one time 165 up for six men, thanks to Mr. McGahey and Carpenter (each 52). Then came a change, and the home eleven only just scraped through by 2 wickets. Essex, 181 and 189 (8 wickets); total, 370. Somersetshire, 191 and 177 ; total, 368. ♦ (6) E s sex v . W a rw icksh ire . Ley ton , June 24 and 25. On the whole an excellent match with an exciting termination. Mr. Fane (55) and Carpenter (44) made so good a start that Essex hearts beat high with expectancy. A las! Mr. Kortright 44 bagged a brace,” and other failures completed the tale of misfortune. The Brothers Quaife scored 100 out of 160 from the bat, and Walter Quaife’s 67 was a most finished performance. Still, even Warwickshire, who at one time had lost but six wickets for 150, found that they had a “ tail,” and it was only the very poor show made by Essex in then- second innings that gave Warwickshire the ultimate victory by three wickets. Warwickshire, 170 and 85 (7 wickets); total, 255. Essex, 136 and 118; total, 254. % p shire. Leyton , June 27, 28 and 29. Equally poor cricket was played by both on the opening day, but on going to the wickets once more Mr. Owen (63), Carpenter (56). Mr. Preece (49), Mr. Kortright ( 43 ), and Russell (46) all scored well for Essex. The Southern County wranted nearly 300 to win, and the task proved altogether too much for their powers, though ex-Bombardier Barton, who hit hard for 69, made a brave attempt to avert a defeat. Mr. Owen and Carpenter scored 100 for Essex’s first wicket. Twenty minutes on the third day sufficed to end the game, and Essex won by 107 runs. Essex, 94 and 302; total, 396. Hampshire, 111 and 178 ; total, 289. a (8) E s s e x v. Y o rk sh ire . Leyton , July 1, 2 and 3. Though Yorkshire were not in full strength, all their regular bowlers save Mr. Jackson were available, and Peel, who took 10 wickets in the match for 71 runs, did terrible execution on a sticky wicket. lheslowTnature of the cricket ^jj| ^ understood when we state that in the second innings of Essex air* Oosling was batting ninety minutes for 21. The fifteen wanted to win by Yorkshire cost them three men, all clean bowled by Mr. Kortright. Essex’s two strongest bats, Mr. Owen and Carpenter, did not get a run the second time. Yorkshire won by seven wickets* Essex, 125 t\nd 105 5 total* ~30. \oiksliire, 21(> And lo (3 wickets); total, 231.