James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annaul 1897

T H EC O U N T I E SIN 1896. 1 0 9 L A N C A S H I R E . OFFICERS FOR 1896.-President : A. N. Hornby. Committee : W. E. Openshaw, Harry Thornber , E. B. Rowley , E. Challender , R. Walker, S. M. Crosfield , R.Gorton ,A. Appleby , G. Walsh ,A. F. Pope, C. G. Hulton ,O. P. Lancashire , A. T. Kemble, John Stanning , Henry Fairclough , Edward Roper. Hon. Secretary : S. H. Swire . Hon. Treasurer : J. McLaren. Assistant Secretary : F. Reynolds, 26, Barton Arcade, Manchester. THEall -round cricket of the Lancashire Eleven was consistent throughout , andtaking them on every kind of wicket they were fairly entitled to the honour of second place amongthe first -class counties . True that their bowling washardly as dangerous as in someprevious years. Still , whenthe wickets helped , Briggs , Mold, and Hallam were a very useful trio , and Baker often came to the rescue in emergencies . O n the other hand w h e n the pitches were in favour of run-getting , Lancashire had a side that could make runs very nearly to the last . Albert Wardwas hardly so certain as in 1894 , nor was Paul so brilliant as he had been on other occasions . But, with Mr. McLaren always making runs , Sugg generally successful , Ward, Paul , Tyldesley , Baker (the most useful all- round player on the side ) , and Briggs still sure at a crisis , there was the foundation of a big score at any time. In Mr. E. Rowley a young bat of promise was introduced , and in I'Anson an all -round cricketer of promise . Inbowling , though an injured finger handicapped Mold for a part of the year , hehad first place in the averages , while Hallam, who was generally reliable , took precedence of Briggs , the latter of whomhad to be content with third place . Matchesplayed, 24; won, 11; drawn, 7 ; lost , 6. R e s u l t so fM a t c h e s . Club. Opnts Where played . Whenplayed . 1st 2nd 1st 2nd Ins. Ins. Ins. Ins. W o nb y. Opponents. MatchesW o n(11) . (3) Leicestershire Warwickshire (2) Sussex (*) Kent (*) Derbyshire (4) (5) Surrey (6) Somersetshire * Gloucestershire (8) Notts (*) Gloucestershire (1 3) Surrey Matches Drawn(7). (1 0) Somersetshire (*) K e n t (11) Leicestershire (*) Derbyshire (1 2) Sussex (1 3) Notts (1 4) Warwickshire MatchesLost(6). (1) Yorkshire (7) Middlesex. (9) Yorkshire ( Middlesex M a n c h e s t e r M a n c h e s t e r Liverpool Derby B i r m i n g h a m M a n c h e s t e r T a u n t o n Bristol M a y14, 15, 16 347 *62 267 141 8wkts.; "2w d M a y25, 26, 27 J u n e4, 5, 6 J u n e8, 9 June11,12,13 J u n e1 8,1 9 J u n e2 2, 2 3 176 208 254 129 3 wkts.; *7wd 1 8 6*7 0 116 137 10wkts; *n ow d 111 158 153 79 37runs 168 317 49 143 293runs 157 86 78 161 3 wkts.; *7 w d 229 33 149 110 10wkts; *now d J u n e25,26,27 389 1 3 3 238 Ins. & 1 8runs Nottingham July6, 7.8 Manchester July 30, 31 O v a l Aug.20,21,22 Canterbury A u g .3, 4, 5 Leicester M a n c h e s t e r July27, 28, 29 Manchester Brighton A u g .6, 7, 8 Aug.10, 11,12 M a n c h e s t e r 3 4 7 1 3 5 1 4 9 I n s. & 6 3r u n s *313 *30 122 220 10wkts; *n o w d 225 *60 172 112 4 wkts ; *6 w d R e m a r k s . 338 *107 867 136*1 wkt. d. 2 3 7*393 385 *6w k t s. d. 3 8 5 399 *63 *4 wkts. d. 278 63 577 *3 wkts. d. Aug.1 7,18,19*345 A u g .2 4 Manchester A u. 31, Sep.1,2*129 ManchesterM a y4. 5, 6 Manchester June29-July 1 L e e d s L o r d ' s July20, 21,22 Aug.13,14,15 153+259 *4w d,in.c .; +8wd 2 8 4 1 1 0 *5w k t s. d. Lostb y. 150139 123 *168 2wkts.; *8wd 250 193 223 *221 4 wkts.; *6 169 107 190 209 123runs E x t r aMatches. (16) Australians (19) Australians Manchester Liverpool 153 236 229 *356 196r.; *8w d,incl . M a y28, 29,3 0 168 98 281 189 154runs Aug.27,28,29 62 25 124 183 217 runs * Thesehavebeentreated in previousreviews.