James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annaul 1897

1 1 6 LILLYWHITE'S CRICKETERS' ANNUAL. L E I C E S T E R S H I R E . President : Sir A. R. Palmer, Bart. Hon. Secretary : T. Burdett, 21, Saxe- CoburgStreet , Leicester . T H Erecord of the Leicestershire Eleven wasfar fromencouraging . Technically Sussex occupied a lower place , but the Sussex Eleven had a heavier programme to carry through, and some of their performances were of a very high order. Outof 14matches only two were won, one by a wicket , the other by 21 runs. O n eat least of the four drawngames, too, was all agaiust them, and, of the matches lost , in three they were morethan an innings behind , in a fourth ten wickets . In manywaysthe cricket was disappointing . Mr. D e Trafford , in the early part , hit with his old success , but latterly was out of luck . Tomlin batted fairly well , but the best bat on the side was Pougher. Knight's defence wasvery useful , and as he is painstaking he is sure to improve . The bowling wasnot as formidable as it was. Woodcock's pace proved very effective at the outset ,but later on he proved expensive . Pougherwas not at his best , owing tosomeextent to a sprain , and Mr. Hillyard and Geeson, on the run-getting wickets mostly prevalent , were not difficult . The fielding at times was suscep- tible of great improvement. R e s u l t so f M a t c h e s . Matches played , 15 ; won, 2 ; drawn, 5 ; lost , 8 . Opponents. MatchesW o n(2) . (2) Warwickshire (*)Hampshire Matches Drawn(5). Derbyshire L a n c a s h i r e (6) Warwickshire (*) Essex... Club. O p n t s. Where played . Whenplayed . 1st 2nd 1st 2nd Ins. Ins. Ins. Ins. * W o nb y. Leicester Leicester M a y28, 29, 30 July27, 28, 29 211*267 321 156 1 w k t; *9 wd 156 239 1 8 7 187 21 runs R e m a r k s . D e r b y July6, 7, 8 2 7 1 4 3 4 3 6 #2 w d Leicester A u g .6, 7, 8 3 9 9 63 3 8 5 *4 w d Birmingham Aug.17, 18 2 7 9*3 0 2 2 4 *6wd Leicester A u g .3,4,5 181*200 216+280 *7w d; 17w d,i.c . Matches Lost (8) . Lostb y. Oval M a y7, 8 5 5 1 2 9 4 4 3 Ins. & 259 runs 141 225 285 *82 116 137 186 *70 170 120 129 *162 7 w.; *3w d 10w; n o w d 4 w; *6 w d 165 1 9 3 660 1 3 9 1 1 03 9 6 (1) Surrey * E s s e x... (*) Lancashire (3) Surrey (4) Yorkshire (*)Derbyshire (5) Yorkshire (*) Hampshire E x t r aM a t c h. (7) Australians Leicester Leyton Liverpool Leicester Leicester M a y25, 26, 27 June4,5 6, J u n e15,16,17 June18,19,20 J u n e29,3 0 93 59 194*130 Scarborough Aug.13,14,15 Portsmouth Aug.27,28,29 144 226 240 *131 July13, 14, 15 87 180 584 Ins. & 302runs I n s. & 1 4 7runs 162 r.; *8wd, i.c. 6w; *4 w d D r a w n . * These have been treated in previous reviews . Leicester *9wd