James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annaul 1897

T H EC O U N T I E SIN 1896. 1 0 1 (11) Hampshirev. Warwickshire. Southampton , Aug. 13, 14 and 15. Herethe luck was all with Warwickshire, and in losing the toss Hamp- shire were practically settled . Warwickshire's first total of 312 was the work of five batsmen. Six of the eleven together only contributed 20, and Mr. Bainbridge , the captain (118), Mr. Glover (44), Diver (39), Lilley and W.G. Quaife (36) did all the run-getting . In Hampshire's first innings Mr. Robson (81)madejust one -half of the runs from the bat . In the follow on the scoring w a salmost as uneven, as 164 of the total of 253 came from Capt. Wynyard (111) and Capt . Quinton (53). Warwickshire had at the finish to get 110 to win, andW. G. Quaife (63) and Mr. Bainbridge (16) knocked them off in 70 minutes without the loss of a wicket . Warwickshire won by ten wickets . Warwickshire , 312 and 110 (no wicket ); total , 422. Hampshire , 168 and 253 ; totat, 421. Pallett (Warwickshire) Overs. Maidens. R u n s. Wickets. 1 3 7 1 4. 6 2 2 0 (12) Hampshirev. Leicestershire . Portsmouth, Aug. 27, 28 and29. Thoughwithout Captains Wynyard and Quinton , Hampshire had a little the best of the match throughout . This time their tail scored to advantage , and in the first innings the last five batsmenbetween them contributed 113- Webb54 of them. Hampshire did well , too ,to get Leicestershire out for an aggregate of 370 for the two innings . Only two batsmen got double figures each time. Theywere Pougher(10 and 61) and Mr. C. C. Stone (55 and15), andthe latter's first score of 55 was a specially good innings . Hampshire at the finish had 131 to win, and thanks to Barton, who made132 (57 and 75 not out) in the match, and the young Cheltonian , Mr. E. Т. М . Barrett (30), they were got for the loss of four batsmen. Hampshirew o nby six wickets . Hampshire, 240 and 131 (4 wickets ) ; total , 371. Leicestershire , 144and226; total , 370. (13) Hampshirev. Australians. Southampton July 6 and 7. Hampshirehadvery nearly its best side , and in addition hadthe luck to winthe toss . But, as the result proved , they were quite over -matched . Capt. Wynyardset his side a good example with two capital scores of 37 and68. Mr. Ward(44 and15) and Mr. Robson(16 and23) also got double figures each time. Here, except W e b b, who made42 in the second innings , the batting successes began andended. Thetail , indeed , failed utterly , for the last five batsmenjointly only madetwo in the first and 27 in the second innings . Iredale (106) and Donnan(80) put on 167 for the first wicket of the Australians , and as Giffen (130) and Graham (66) also punished Hampshire's bowling severely , the result wasa big total of 462. TheAustralians wonby an innings and125 runs. Australians , 462. Hampshire, 134 and 203 ; total , 337. Overs. Maidens. R u n s. Wickets. Eady(1st innings Hants) 1 1 8 6 4 D