James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annaul 1897

T H EC O U N T I E SIN 1 8 9 6. 9 5 (16) Gloucestershire v. K e n t. Cheltenham , Aug. 17, 18 and 19 . Kent, going in first , began so well that at one time the total was122 for a wicket . After Messrs . Mason (33), Burnup (57) and Patterson (54) had been dismissed , came the collapse , and Lord Harris (20) alone made any stay against Mr. Townsend's bowling . Thanks to W. G. (64) and Messrs . Hemingway(78) and Sewell (84 not out), Gloucestershire had scored 157 with only three batsmen out . Then Mr. Bradley's bowling took effect , with the extraordinary result that the last seven batsmen only added 11 between them. T h ewicketh a dnot recovered fromthe rain w h e nK e n twerein for their second innings . As before , Messrs . Mason (80) and Burnup (26) opened the batting successfully , but again the later batsmen did little , so little that the tota only reached 178. At the finish Gloucestershire had 167 to win, but as the wicket was it wastoo difficult , and, as it was, they did fairly well to make141 Neither Alec Hearnenor Wright were able to play for Kent. Kentwonby 2t runs. K e n t, 190and178; total 368. Gloucestershire, 202 and141; total, 343. Overs. Maidens. R u n s. Wickets. Mr.Townsend(Gloucestershire ) Mr.Bradley(1st inns. Gloucestershire ) 5 5 . 4 1 3 . 2 1 0 4 1 4 2 3 1 1 3 6 (17) Gloucestershire v. Surrey. Clifton , Aug. 24, 25 and 26 . R a i ndid not allow of a c o m m e n c e m e n tun il after one o'clock o n the second day. Then Surrey had to bat on a difficult wicket , and did fairly well under the circumstances to m a k e180. O f this number105 c a m efrom Baldwin(58) and Hayward(47). At the end of the second dayGloucestershire hadmadeeight without the loss of a wicket , and thanks chiefly to Messrs . Rice (45), Townsend (24), and Wrathall (25 not out) on the following morning they brought their total to within 23 of Surrey . All the cricket subsequently consisted of the dismissal of three batsmenin Surrey's second innings for 36. Thematchwasdrawn. Surrey, 180 and 36 (3 wickets ) ; total , 216. Gloucester- shire, 157. Lohmann(Surrey) Overs. Maidens . R u n s. Wickets. 2 6 4 8 5 7 (18) Gloucestershirev. Australians. Bristol, June4, 5 and6. Thoughthey got first innings Gloucestershire never looked like extending theAustralians . W.G. did fairly well , for his scores of 27 and 66 represented the best aggregate for Gloucestershire . Still , Mr. Sewell ranhimclose with 42 and37, the result in each case of good cricket . Against a total of 110 the Australians had a light task . Eight of the eleven got double figures , while extras contributed nearly 20 per cent . of the total . This time Donnan(87) and Gregory(64) were the chief run-getters ,though Darling , Hill , Iredale , Trumble, Giffen, andKelly were all useful in a slightly better degree. TheAustralians w o nby an innings and 91 runs. Australians , 382. Gloucestershire , 110 and 181; total , 291. Mr.Trumble(Australians ) Overs. Maidens. R u n s. Wickets. 6 0 1 7 (19) Gloucestershire v. Australians. Cheltenham , Aug. 20, 21 and 22. 1 2 7 1 1 Rainspelt disaster for Gloucestershire in the latter part of the game. Goingin first , the County did fairly well against the Australian bowling to make 133. Hadthe fielding of the Gloucestershire Eleven only been fairly good , in