James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annaul 1897

9 8 L I L L YW H I T E ' SC R I C K E T E R S' A N N U A L. (1) Hampshirev. Sussex. Southampton, June8 and9. Sussexwere without MarlowandParris, as well as Mr.B r a n n. O nthe otherhand,Hampshirehad anything but its best side , with Captains Wynyard, Quinton and Bradford all away. The wicket , too , favoured the bowlers , and in this department Hampshire was as good as its opponents . The scoring under such circumstances is generally uneven, and Hampshire's scores were in each case mostly the work of one batsman, of Barton (74) in the first , of Mr.C. Robson(62) in the second . TheSussex Eleven hadall the worst of the wicket, as luck would have it, and though Mr. N e w h a m(59) and Killick (24) - made a plucky effort towards the finish Hampshire won by 76 runs . Hampshire,130 and 171 ; total , 301. Sussex , 71 and 154 ; total , 225 . Tate(Sussex) Baldwin(1st innings Sussex) Kitchener(2nd innings Sussex) Overs. Maidens. R u n s. Wickets. 6 4 . 2 2 8 2 4 9 9 1 2 2 0 2 2 5 9 . 3 3 2 1 5 (2) Hampshirev. Surrey. Oval, June a n d1 2. Hampshire, without Captains Wynyard, Quinton and Bradford , was not as well represented as it could have been. On the other hand , Surrey had its best side , and, with perhaps the best of the luck , won easily . Hampshire , in winning the toss , seemed to have gained a considerable advantage in batting first on a wet wicket . As it was, the ground improved all the day, and in going in second Surrey distinctly profited . Mr. Read(69) and Lohmann(69 not out) mademorethan one-half of the runs for Surrey , who got a lead of 186 on the first hands. W h e nHampshire went in a second time they found the Surrey bowling very puzzling , so muchso, indeed , that Mr. D. A. Steele (19) alone got double figures . Surrey wonby an innings and 114 runs . Surrey , 244. Hamp- shire , 58 and 72 ; total , 130. Richardson (Surrey) Lockwood(Surrey)... Overs. 2 6 1 7 . 4 Maidens. R u n s. Wickets. 1 2 7 4 4 1 9 6 6 (3) Hampshirev. Somersetshire. Taunton, June15, 16 and 17. T h eHampshireEleven were without Captains Wynyardand Quinton. A sithappened they had no chance of batting , as the rain prevented any play after the completion of Somersetshire's innings on the first day. Mr. Lionel Palairet , w h o mthe Hampshire bowlers had good cause to rememberin both matches, madethe best use of a good wicket , as did Mr. Woodslater in the innings . The two batsmen were responsible for 206 , Mr. Palairet (147), Mr. Woods(59). Somersetshire's one innings of 317, as stated , represented the extentof thecricket in the threedays. (4) Hampshirev. Surrey. Southampton , June 29, 30 and July 1. Though this time with very nearly , if not quite , their best side , Hampshire fared as badly as at the Oval . Surrey won the toss , but in spite of a most promising start by Brockwell (60), Holland (49), and Abel (22), eight wickets weredown for 173. Mr. Key (42 not out) and Wood (42), however , improved matters considerably , so that the score , after all , reached 259. I ntheir second innings the showwas very different . All the six batsmen who went in before the Captain declared got double figures , Brockwell (116 ), Hayward (not out 103 ), Lockwood (59), Holland (41) the chief of them. Mr. Key (42 and 36) made 78