James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annaul 1897

1 1 4 L I L L Y W H I T E ' SC R I C K E T E R S' A N N U A L. of 113 on the first innings . This gave them the match as the wicket was getting worse . The feature of the Australians ' second innings was the batting of Gregory , who made 54 of 127 from the bat. At the finish Lancashire wanted 253 to win, an impossible task . Three of the worst bats- menwent out for four leg -byes , and as Mr. Arnold (33 ), Ward (20), and Briggs ( 14 ) alone made any stay , the innings did not reach the hundred . Australians w o n by 154 runs. Australians , 281 and 139 ; total , 420. Lancashire , 168 and 98; total , 266. Overs. Maidens. R u n s. Wickets. 3 2 1 7 3 9 7 Mr. Trumble(Australians ).. (17) Lancashirev. Australians. Aug. 27, 28 and 29. The match was quite spoiled by rain , and Lancashire , with again the worst of the luck , fared very badly . Only one of the four completed innings exceeded 125, and neither of Lancashire reached seventy . The highest scorer for the Australians was Gregorywith 22 and 53. Only one batsman on the side of Lancashire got double figures , and that was Mr. McLaren, who got twenty in his first innings . The wicket at the finish was of the very worst, andthe highest score in Lancashire's second innings of 28 wasWard's 6. The Australians won by 217 runs . bowled throughout the match for them . 307. Lancashire , 62 and 28 ; total , 90. M e s s r s. T r u m b l ea n dM ' K i b b i n Australians , 124 and 183 ; total , Overs. Maidens. R u n s. Wickets. Mr. Trumble(Australians ) Mr. M'Kibbin(Australians ) .. B A T T I N GA V E R A G E S . 2 7 - 2 1 3 4 6 7 2 6 . 3 1 1 3 8 1 3 T i m e s Inns. notout. R u n s. M o s tin a nInns. Average. B a k e r Mr.A. C. M c L a r e n F.H .Sugg A .W a r d Mr.E.Rowley 1 5 2 7 1 3 2 2 6* 5 4 . 8 4 3 5 3 1 2 7 8 2 2 0 3 9 . 9 3 3 2 6 9 2 8 9 4 3 5 . 6 9 3 5 2 9 9 5 1 0 8 30.15 2 0 2 4 9 7 6 5 2 7 . 6 1 Mr.G. R. Bardswell 9 0 2 3 3 4 4 25.88 \ Tyldesley 2 5 3 5 6 3 6 8 25.59 P a u l 2 7 3 6 0 1 1 0 7* 25.04 Mr. S. M .Tindall 5 0 1 0 2 5 7 20-40 Briggs 3 1 3 4 9 3 7 4 1 7 . 6 0 I ' A n s o n 1 8 2 2 1 8 3 7* 1 3 . 6 2 C .S m i t h 3 0 9 1 9 8 1 8* 9 . 4 2 M o l d 2 4 7 1 6 4 2 6 9 . 6 4 Mr.C. H .Benton... 5 1 3 6 2 0* 9 Mr.A. N. Hornby 7 0 4 6 2 0 6.57 H a l l a m 2 1 5 8 5 2 6* 5 . 3 1 The following also batted :- M r. J. F. Arnold, 37-23-1; H. Tinsley , 14-18; Lancaster, 24*- 7; Cuttell , 2-8* ; andF. Ward, 10. Thomasplayed in one match,but didnotbat. M o l d H a l l a m F .H .S u g g Briggs B a k e r I ' A n s o n P a u l M r .G . R .B a r d s w e l l B O W L I N GA V E R A G E S . O v e r s. M a i d e n s. R u n s. W i c k e t s . A v e r a g e. 965.1 3 0 9 2 2 3 6 1 3 0 17-20 5 2 5 2 0 3 1 0 1 0 5 8 17.41 2 4 2 7 7 4 1 9 - 2 5 1 2 9 9 4 4 8 2 4 1 3 1 2 2 19-77 2 6 7 . 4 1 2 4 4 5 9 2 2 2 0 . 8 6 238.4 8 9 5 5 2 2 2 25.09 2 4 4 5 8 2 2 9 4 0 1 4 1 1 5 0 Cuttell , 14-2-33-0; Lancaster , 58-25-107-0; andA. W a r d, 6-2-13-0, bowled i ntwo innings ; and Mr. A. C. McLaren, 11-1-20-03; Tyldesley , 3 - 1 - 6 - 0; and F.W a r d, 20-9-39-0, once only. Molddelivered 5 wides and 1 no-ball , Briggs and Hallam 4 wides , I'Anson 2, and M c L a r e n,B a k e r, andBardswell1wideeach.