James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annaul 1897

1 1 0 LILLYWHITE'SCRICKETERS' ANNUAL. (1) Lancashire y. Yorkshire. Manchester, M a y4, 5 and6. W i t ha wicket favouring the bowling and hardly any of the batsmenin practice large scoring was hardly to be expected . Still , some excellent all- roundcricket wasthe outcome, and the result was in doubt right up to the finish . The best innings in the early part of the game was Frank Sugg's first score of 70 for Lancashire . H e hit in his best style , and was in only an hour and ten minutes for his runs . Moorhouse(43) wasthe best scorer in the first innings for Yorkshire , whohad to go in at the finish to get 168 to win. Mr. Jackson , who first faced the bowling , began well with 41, and Denton(25) and Wainwright (47) gave the game a turn in favour of their side . Still , it became again very exciting , and it was the plucky play of the not outs , Mounsey(15) and Hirst (11), that wonthe matchfor Yorkshire b y two wickets . Yorkshire , 123 and 168 (8 wickets ) ; total , 291. Lancashire , 150 and 139 ; total , o . 289. (2) Lancashire v. Sussex. Manchester , May14, 15 and 16. Thoughthey got first use of an excellent wicket Sussex never looked like winning , latterly hardly like saving the game. Marlow (79 and 33 ) and K. S. Ranjitsinhji (64 and 33) played good cricket each time for them, but an aggregate of 408 for the matchwas of little use. The Sussex bowlers would have fared pretty well but for Frank Sugg (110 ) and Baker (81 ), and Ward's (34) was the best figure after them. Lancashire had at the finish only 62 to get to win, and these were got for the loss of Ward and Sugg. Lancashire won by eight wickets . Lancashire , 347 and 62 (2 wickets ) ; total , 409. Sussex , 267 and 141 ; total , 408 . I'Anson(2nd innings Sussex) Overs. Maidens. R u n s. Wickets. 2 1 . 4 1 0 3 9 6 (3) Lancashirev. Leicestershire . Liverpool , June 4, 5 and 6. Rain frequently interrupted the play , and made the wicket at times very difficult . As a consequence the scoring was not up to the average . Knight (1 and 62) was the highest scorer not only for Leicestershire but in the match . It was the hitters on the Lancashire side that came off, for Mr. S. M. Tindall scored 57 and Frank Sugg 39. At the finish they had 68 to get to win, and Paul and Ward (each 33) got them without the loss of a wicket . Lancashire , 186 and 70 (no wicket ) ; total , 256. Leicestershire , 116 and 137; total , 253. Hallam(1st innings Leicester ) I'Anson (2nd innings Leicester ) Overs. Maidens. R u n s. Wickets. 2 3 9 1 1 4 2 8 1 3 6 4 (4) Lancashirev. Warwickshire. Birmingham, June 11, 12 and 13. With the worst of the wicket the Warwickshire Eleven made a very poor show with the bat . Though they went in first Lancashire's 168 was avery creditable performance as the ground was. The main credit was due