James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annaul 1897

T H EC O U N T I E SIN 1 8 9 6. 1 2 3 N O T T I N G H A M S H I R E . OFFICERS FOR 1896.-President : The Bishop of Southwell. Committee : H. A. Cursham, W. E. Denison, Dr. Dixon, J. A. Dixon, R. Edwards, W. H. Hollins , J. S. Hutchinson , S. McCrae, T. Potter , G. M. Royle , Capt . Tomasson , C. W. Wright . Hon. Secretary and Treasurer : W. Wright , Esq., Wollaton . Secretary : H. Turner , Lucerne House, West Bridgford . A rtimes the all -round cricket of the Notts Eleven afforded some small hope that they were capable of muchbetter things than in 1895. But, at the best , they were something of an uncertain quantity . To some extent they were still unlucky . Though Gunnhad the highest batting average he was not in the best of health , and had to stand out of several matches . Shrewsbury was able to play pretty regularly , but he was not such a formidable batsman as of old, although his cricket was of a high order . Mr. A. O. Jones showed him- self to be a greatly improved bat . Hewas one of the most reliable batsmen indeed , and not far off the best all -round cricketer on the side . Mr. C. W. Wright was generally to be relied on for runs . Mr. Dixon was, on the other hand, hardly as dangerous . Daft played one fine innings against Surrey at the Oval, but otherwise was a bit disappointing . Attewell occasionally scored well , and Pike's hitting in one or two matches was of great service . But Notts had an unmistakable tail . In bowling Attewell was the mainstay of the side . Considering the generally easy wickets his figures were worthy of his best days . Hardstaff , too , bowled generally with success , and the introduction of S. Brownhelped the all -round cricket of the side . Guttridge's inclusion , too, was of some use . Opponents . R e s u l t so f M a t c h e s . Matches played , 18 ; won, 6 ; drawn, 6 ; lost , 6. Matches W o n(6). (*) Derbyshire (*) K e n t (3) Yorkshire * Gloucestershire (6) Sussex Matches Drawn(6). (2) Yorkshire (*) Derbyshire (4) Sussex * Club. Opnts. Whereplayed . Whenplayed . 1st 2nd 1st 2nd Ins. Ins. Ins. Ins. June29,30 ,J.1 Nottingham June 1,2, 3 279 328 450 D e r b y Brighton July 30,31 ,A.1 289 *177 W o nby. Nottingham May18, 19,20 B e c k e n h a m 314 *123 189 246 7 wkts .'; *#3w d 283 146 198 212 19 runs Huddersfield July 9,10, 11 226 58 90 193 4wkts .; *6 w d Nottingham July 20, 21, 22 277 *12 168 119 9 wkts .; *1 w d Nottingham Aug.27,28,29 253 280 184 161 188 runs R e m a r k s . June15, 16,17 466 9 3 177 +190 *8wd, i.c .; +3 wd 337 +94 *7wd, i.c .; +2wd 283*127 *7 w d 2 8 4 Lostb y 183 231 327 *88 J u n e4, 5 120 74 227 90 135 149 347 A u g .3,4, 5 6 9240424 Bristol Aug.13,14 Nottingham June 8, 9 207 *77 113 169 (8) Notts v. Australians Nottingham | June 25, 26,27 246 *170 269 146 6 wkts.; *4w d 6wkts .; *4wd Lostb y * K e n t M i d d l e s e x (*) Lancashire ... Matches Lost (6). (1) Surrey * M i d d l e s e x (*) Lancashire (5) Surrey (*) Gloucestershire E x t r aMatches . (7) Notts v. Cambridge U n i v . Nottingham Aug.10 ,11,12 430 *102 Nottingham Aug.20, 21,22 360 Manchester Aug.24 Nottingham M a y25, 26,27 L o r d ' s Nottingham July 6, 7, 8 O v a l 99 5 2196 262 6wkts.; *4w d 123runs Ins. & 63runs Ins. & 115 runs 307 runs W o nby (*) Havebeen treated in previous reviews .