James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annaul 1897

1 1 8 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. (5) Leicestershirev. Yorkshire. Scarborough, Aug. 13, 14 and 15. The wicket favoured the bowlers throughout , and the Yorkshire Eleven , M r . though without Mr. Jackson , had the game in hand throughout . D eTrafford was not able to play for Leicestershire , and his absence was found to have a discouraging effect on the side . Wainwright and Peel , too , bowled in their best form , and Tomlin (18 and 12) was the highest scorer . Norwere Yorkshire's scores in any waynoteworthy . Denton's first innings of 46 was the best . Yorkshire wonby 162 runs . Yorkshire , 194 and 130 (8 wickets , innings declared ) ; total , 324. Leicestershire , 93 and59 ; total , 152 . Peel(Yorks) Wainwright (Yorks ) Overs. Maidens. R u n s. 5 0 . 3 5 3 2 7 5 1 2 2 8 1 Wickets. 8 1 1 (6) Leicestershire v. Warwickshire. Birmingham, Aug. 17 and 18. Rainprevented any play on the third day, so that as the gamehadgone therew a sn oc h a n c eof a definite finish. W a r w i c k s h i r eh a dtheworsto f the wicket in going in second , and their total of 224 was a very creditable one under the circumstances . Tomlin's first score of 52 was a good one for Leicestershire , but Knight (96 and 19) was far and awaythe most successful batsman on the side . The game was drawn. Leicestershire , 279 and 30 (6 wickets ) ; total , 309. Warwickshire , 224 . Pallett (2ndinns. Leicestershire) Santall (2nd inns . Leicestershire ) Overs. 1 6 1 6 Maidens. R u n s. Wickets. 9 7 1 5 1 5 3 3 (7) Leicestershire v. Australians. Leicester , July 13, 14 and 15. Though Iredale was out the first ball of the match , Leicestershire's success beganandended there . The other Australian batsmen were all quite at home with the bowling they had to face , and all but Kelly got double figures , Darling (194) scored freely , and of the rest Gregory (102), Giffen (67), Donnan (66), and Trumble (45 not out) were the most successful . Against Giffen's bowling the majority of Leicestershire's batsmenfailed completely , with one exception . Theexception was Holland, who made41 of the 87 scored . Inthe follow on they madea better show. As it was, thanks to Geeson's excellent 53 not out , they just managed to draw, the last two batsmen being in. Australians , 584. Leicestershire , 87 and180 (9 wickets ) ; total , 267. Giffen (Australians ) O v e r s. M a i d e n s. R u n s. 1 1 9 5 9 . 2 2 5 W i c k e t s. 1 4