James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annaul 1897

T H EC O U N T I E SIN 1896. 9 9 in the matchwithout being once out. It wasmerely a question of time when Hampshire went in for their second innings on the third day. Lohmann's bowling proved too muchfor them, and Barton (45 not out) and Mr. Robson (27) alone got double figures . Surrey won by 380 runs . Surrey , 259 and 406 (4wickets , innings declared ) ; total , 665. Hampshire , 169 and 116, total , 285 . Lohmann(Surrey) Overs. Maidens. R u n s. 1 2 3 7:4 H a m p s h i r ev. Somersetshire. Southampton , July 9, 10 and 11. 5 9 Wickets. 7 With first use of an excellent wicket Somersetshire punished Hampshire's moderate bowling severely . Mr. Lionel Palairet was in his very best form, and his 292 represented half the total . The Hampshire batsmen did fairly well , considering that the aggregate of their double innings was 532. Capt . Quinton wasthe mostsuccessful of them, making 128 (76 and52) in the match. In the first innings he received useful help from Webb (73), in the second from Wootton(53) and Bacon (47). Wootton's free hitting saved the innings defeat for them. Somersetshire wonby eight wickets . Somersetshire , 519 and 14 (2 wickets ) ; total , 533. Hampshire, 262 and270 ; total , 532. (6) Hampshirev. Sussex. Brighton , July 13, 14 and 15. Hampshirew o nboth its matches, a creditable performance . K. S. Ranjitsinhji was playing for the Gentlemenat Lord's , and naturally Sussex missed his batting greatly . Winning the toss , Hampshire utilised the opportunity of a good wicket to score 356, of which Capt. Wynyard(112) and Mr. H.F. W a r d(86) contributed the greater part . Sussex , against the bowling theyhadto meet, ought to have done better . As it was, the better of their two innings was 259. Of this , Mr. Newhammade 81 , and his 42 in the second was only beaten by Marlow's 59 and Parris's 47. Hampshire won by seven wickets. Hampshire,356 and 129 (3 wickets ) ; total , 485. Sussex, 225 and259 ; total, 484. (7) Hampshirev. Yorkshire. Southampton , July 16, 17 and 18. A s Hampshire's best performance of the season by far. The Yorkshire Eleven were without Mr. F. S. Jackson and Brown, who were representing Englandagainst Australia at Manchester. Otherwise Yorkshire had its best side, andanyhowHampshire's big total of 515 was a great achievement against the bowling of Peel , Hirst , Wainwright , Haigh, and Mr. Milligan . Captain Wynyard(268) was the hero of the innings . H ewas in just over six hours , a n das 402 werem a d ewhile h ewas in h e scored two-thirds of the runs. theydid notgo in till after lunch on the second day someof the Yorkshire- m e nplayed for a draw. A san instance , Tunnicliffe , usually a fast scorer ,was innearly anhourfor seven . Still , the tail showed brighter cricket , notably Mr. Milligan (58), and Mounseyand Hirst each 55. W h e nYorkshire begantheir second innings the odds were all in favour of a draw. Soar and Baldwin bowled so well that three of Yorkshire's best wickets fell for only 17, and a winfor Hampshire seemed probable . Tunnicliffe went very soon, and had Mounsey only been caught , as he ought to have been , they might have won. A sit was, Mounseyscored 64, Hirst 68, and Mr. Milligan 52, so that the game underwent a complete change . As it was, with Moorhouse injured , Haighand Hunterwere the last batsmen, and they added 26 and saved the m a t c h. In all 1,057 runs were scored for 27 wickets. Yorkshire at the end were27 on with practically one wicket to fall . Hampshire, 515. Yorkshire , 307 and 235 (8 wickets ) ; total , 542.