James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annaul 1897

T H EC O U N T I E SIN 1 8 9 6. 1 1 7 (1) Leicestershire v. Surrey. Oval, M a y7 and8. Surrey had not its best side with Lohmann,Haywardand Brockwell away, nor hadLeicestershire with Mr. Hillyard absent . On a perfect wicket Surrey were in practically the whole of the first day. O ftheir total of 443 the second wicket contributed 220. Abel's share was 152, Holland's 110, and later on Mr. K e yhit freely for 62 not out. Theone feature of Leicestershire's batting was Mr.D eTrafford's hitting in the second innings . H e made72 of the first 96 runs . Barring him, Geeson with 19 and 0 was the best scorer on the Leicester- shire side . Surrey wonby an innings and259 runs . Surrey , 443. Leicester- shire , 55 and 129; total , 184. Richardson (Surrey) Overs. Maidens. R u n s. Wickets. 4 8 . 4 1 9 6 3 (2) Leicestershire v. Warwickshire. Leicester , May28, 29 and 30. 1 5 Leicestershire's best performance of the season . Warwickshire madean excellent start , scoring 321, of which W. G. Quaife (105) andWelford(118)were responsible for 223. It hardly seemed as if Leicestershire could save the follow , butthey just did, thanks to a fine score of 102, not out, by Pougher. Witha lead of 110 Warwickshire fared badly whenthey went in a second time. Lilley (81) andDixon(47) both hit freely , but the other nine only made19 between them. Leicestershire had 267 to win, and a very unpromising start they made. Butall the later batsmen , excepting Holland , did well ; Pougher again setting an excellent example with a well-played score of 60. Still 47 were wanting w h e nWoodcock, the last man, joined Whiteside , and after all , thanks to the brilliant hitting of Woodcock, who carried out his bat for 16, Leicestershire w o n b yawicket . Leicestershire , 211 and 267 (9 wickets ) ; total , 478. Warwick- shire , 321 and156 ; total , 477 . O v e r s. Woodcock(2nd inns. Warwickshire) 21.1 M a i d e n s . 6 R u n s. 4 6 (3) Leicestershirev. S u r r e y. Leicester , June 15, 16 and 17. Wickets. 6 The wicket was not of the best , and hence the scoring was below the average . Leicestershire , with an advantage of first knock, had secured a lead of41 runs at the end of an innings . Atthe finish Surrey had 161 to win, and at the outset hardly looked as if they were going to get them. Abel (46) and Street (54), however , turned the game in their favour , with the result that Surrey won by four wickets . Tomlin, who was the highest scorer for Leicestershire , made76 (38 not out and38) for once out. Surrey, 129 and 162 (6 wickets ) ; total , 291. Leicestershire , 170 and120; total , 290. Woodcock(1st innings Surrey) Overs. Maidens. 1 9 4 (4) Leicestershirev. Yorkshire. Leicester , June 18, 19 and 20. R u n s. Wickets. 5 8 7 ThoughLeicestershire scored fairly well considering the opposition , York- shire getting first knock madesuch a huge score at the outset that Leicester- shire's only chance was a draw. Every one of the Yorkshire Eleven got doubles, with Brown(131 ), Hirst (107), Tunnicliffe (79) and Mr. Jackson (77) the chief scorers . Four of the Leicestershire Eleven got into double figures each time. Tomlin (62 and 37) was again the most successful batsman . Knight (16 and45 not out) showed excellent defence in both innings . Yorkshire wonby an innings and 302 runs. Yorkshire , 660. Leicestershire , 165 and 193 ; total3 5 8.