James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annaul 1897

9 2 LILLYWHITE'SCRICKETERS' ANNUAL. made28 morethan the opposite eleven , andcarried out his bat, Abel, too , was inhis best form for 82, and Holland for 44. Thoughin a minority of 255 on the first hands, Gloucestershire beganvery well in the second innings . W.G. hadsplit his finger , andthough he went in later ondid not score . T h ebatting wasbegun by Board (85) and Wrathall (82), and so powerful was their hitting that 145 wasup after 70 minutes' play. Capt. Luard(39) also scored freely , but the tail failed , and, with Mr. D eWintonunable to bat, the total only reached 261. Surrey had only seven runs to get at the finish , and no wicket fell . Surrey 380 and 7 (no wicket ) ; total ,387. Gloucestershire , 125 and 261; total , 386. (5) Gloucestershire v. Sussex. Brighton , M a y25, 26 and 27 . W .G., fortunately for Gloucestershire , was in his very best form, and that meansa good deal . Going in first , he was not out whenthe innings closed . His 243 represented more than half the total , and of the balance Mr. E. L. Thomasaccounted for 109. In the long innings of 463 Butt did not give a bye andthere were only two extras . Sussex lost Bean, K. S. Ranjitsinhji , andMr. N e w h a mfor only 10 runs between them. A small total then seemed likely , but Marlow(61) stayed the tide , and as the last six batsmen all got double figures the result after all was a respectable total of 246. In the follow on B e a n(113) and Marlow(108) put on 211 for the first wicket , and a third hundred wasmadebythe next batsman, Ranjitsinhji . The last -named(114) was still inw h e nthe innings was closed . A nhour and a quarter remained when Gloucestershire went in for the fourth innings , but even in this time Gloucestershire nearly got out. The gamewasdrawn. Sussex, 246 and 420 (3 wickets , innings declared ) ; total 666. Gloucestershire , 463 and 88 (7 wickets) ; total 551. (6) Gloucestershire v. Warwickshire. Birmingham, June 8, 9 and 10. T ohave a really good chance, with their moderate bowling , Gloucestershire wantedabig score at the start . Instead , they were all out for 160, of which Mr.E. L. T h o m a scontributed 67. T h eWarwickshirebatsmenh a dlittle to trouble them, and nine got double figures . Still , the bulk of the scoring was done by two men. These were Lilley (121) and Diver (53), and Lilley's inningsngs was particularly fine . Whenthey went in for their second innings Gloucestershire hadonly to play for a draw, and thanks to Messrs. Townsend (77), Jessop (41 ), and Thomas (37), they succeeded . At the finish Warwickshire wanted41 to winwithall their wickets in hand. Gloucestershire, 160and222; total , 382. Warwickshire, 342. (7) Gloucestershire v. Lancashire. Bristol , June 25, 26 and 27. ThoughMoldhad to retire hurt after bowling a couple of overs Gloucester- shire , whowent in first , failed to profit by his absence . W. G. (51), Wrathall (44), andMr. Townsend(17), the first three batsmen, made112 between them. Therethe successes began andended, for the remaining batsmenonly made14 betweenthem. In the second innings they fared better , but solely because Mr. W . G. Gracewas in form. H em a d e102 out of 224fromthe bat, and carried his bat through the innings . Lancashire's batting was mainly remarkable for an exceedingly fine display by Frank Sugg. In three hours and40minutes he made220, his highest score in first -class matches. Baker's all-round cricket helped materially towards Lancashire's success . In addition to his score of 63 he took six wickets in Gloucestershire's first innings . Lanca shire w o nbyan innings and 18 runs. Lancashire , 389. Gloucestershire , 133 and238 ; total , 371, Baker(1st inns. Gloucester)... Overs. Maidens. R u n s. Wickets 6 2 2 . 1 1 3 1 8