James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annaul 1897

8 6 LILLYWHITE'S CRICKETERS' ANNUAL. (1) Essexv. Surrey. Oval, M a y11 , 12 and 13. Essex, without Messrs. A. P. Lucas andA. S. Johnston, was weakened in batting . Norhad Surrey quite its full strength with G. Lohmannabsent . On anexcellent wicket Essex began badly , losing half the side for 54. Happily for themthe tail made amends , and chiefly through a good stand by Mr. Owenand Russell , who added 66 while together , with the result eventually of a fair total of174. It wasfar from enoughon a run-getting wicket . Still , barring Abel, the Surrey batsmen mostly made a moderate show of 421 from the the bat. Abelcontributed 231. This was his highest score in any kind of match so far. H ewasinjust under five hours and a half, and with only one actual chance. This was whenhe had only got two, so that it was an expensive mistake for Essex. Though 256 behind Essex very nearly saved the innings . Of the number, 166camefrom Messrs . Owen(70 not out), P. Perrin (52), a newcomer in the eleven, and Kortright (44). Surrey wonbyan innings and 20 runs. Surrey , 430. Essex, 174 and 236 ; total , 410. ( E s s e xv. L e i c e s t e r s h i r e . Leyton , M a y25, 26 and 27 . Though they won the toss , the Leicestershire Eleven made poor use of their opportunities , and Pougher's 38 was the highest score . As in the Surrey match, Messrs. Owen(82) andPerrin (52) were both seen to best advantage. Togetherthey madeexactly the same numberof runs as the Leicestershire side from the bat . In the second innings the latter improved on their first total totheextent of 84 runs. Pougher, this time with 70, was again the most successful batsman. Mr. A. Lorrimer played well , too, for 46, and byes furnished as manyas 33 runs. With only 82 to win Essex had no very difficult task. Mr. Perrinwasthe maininstrumentin their defeat, for he was inat thefinish with37to his credit . Inthe matchhe scored 89 for once out. Essexw o nby seven wickets . Essex, 285 and 82 (3 wickets ) ; total , 367. Leicestershire , 141 and225 ; total , 366 . Mead(Essex) O v e r s. M a i d e n s. R u n s. 6 5 - 1 1 8 1 2 9 (3) E s s e xv. Yorkshire. Bradford, June 11 and 12 . W i c k e t s . 1 4 Small scoring on both sides , the result of a wicket affected by rain . Of the first three innings Essex furnished the highest and lowest -109 for their first and 55 for the second. Meadand Mr. Bull bowled unchanged when Yorkshire went in, and with such success that the whole side were out for 80, ofwhich Tunnicliffe , whowent in first , contributed 47. Wanting 85 to win, Yorkshire's victory seemed to be far from certain . Tunnicliffe's resolute hitting ,however, settled the matter effectually . H emade55 of the 85 obtained for the loss of three batsmen, and was in at the finish . In the matchhe scored 102 of 165 got by Yorkshire for once out. Yorkshire wonby seven wickets . Yorkshire ,80 and85 (3 wickets ); total , 165. Essex , 109 and 55 ; total , 164. Wainwright (Yorkshire ) Mr.F. G. Bull (Essex) O v e r s . M a i d e n s . R u n s. W i c k e t s. 4 5 . 1 1 5 7 7 1 4 2 4 . 4 5 7 2 9