James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annaul 1897

1 2 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. (1) Nottsv. Surrey. Nottingham, M a y25, 26 and 27. Goinginfirst on agood wicket Surreygot practically awinningadvantage onthe opening day. Their total of 327 was mostly noticeable for the even character of the batting . Though there was no hundred three of the eleven got over 50, Mr. Key (73 not out), Abel (60) , and Holland (58). Onthe other hand, the Notts tail gave little help , and of the aggregate of 183 Shrewsbury (57) and Flowers (41) subscribed over a half . In the follow on Notts fared better , but even then it was very mucha one-m a nshow. Mr. A. O. Jones ' 98 was a particularly fine display of batting . Mr. Key scored 87 for Surrey without being once out . Surrey wonby six wickets . Surrey , 327 and 88 (4 wickets ) ; total , 415. Notts , 183 and 231 ; total , 414 . (2) Nottsv. Yorkshire. Nottingham , June 1, 2 and 3. Ahigh scoring match, with 1,007 runs as the outcome of the three days' cricket . Getting first use of a good wicket the Yorkshire batsmen mostly came off . Denton, Mr. Milligan and Hunter alone failed to get into double figures , and Brown (107), Peel (87), Hirst (not out 67), and Tunnicliffe (65) all scored freely . Though they had to go in against a big total of 450 the Notts Eleven played up pluckily , Gunn (64) and Shrewsbury (49) in particular . Eventhen they were a long waybehind, and had to follow on in a minority of 171 runs . The third day was occupied with their second innings . Gunnagain scored well to the tune of 56 , and Mr. C. W. Wright played excellent cricket for his 69. But the tail came out best after all . Attewell gave a particularly good display of batting , and practically saved the side . Asit was, at the finish Yorkshire would have had to go in for the fourth innings with 158 to win. Notts, 279 and 328 ; total 607. Yorkshire, 4 5 0. (3) N o t t sv. Yorkshire. Huddersfield , July 9, 10 and 11. This time Notts had all the best of the luck, andwinning the toss gave themthe match. Theygot first use of a good wicket, but only made moderate use of it. ThoughMr. J. A. Dixon was chief scorer with 45, a great part of the credit of their total of 226 was due to the tail , as Pike (39), S. Brown (33), and H. Guttridge (21) were responsible for 93 of the number. Rain had madethe wicket difficult whenYorkshire went in, and though they were all out for 90, Brown (71) and Mr. F. S. Jackson (59) played sowell in the follow on that Notts had their work cut out to win. A sit wasthey lost six of their best batsmenin makingthe 58 wanted to win. Notts wonby four wickets . Notts, 226 and 58 (6 wickets ) ; total , 284. Yorkshire, 90 and 193 ; total , 283. (4) N o t t sv. S u s s e x. Brighton , July 30, 31 and Aug. 1. Thoughthey lost the toss and hadall the worst of the first hands Sussex hadbyno meansthe worst of the drawat the finish . Notts were inuntil the second morning, and the batting was very even, with only one score (Mr. A. O. Jones ' 76) over 50. Gunn(42 and 60) and Shrewsbury (26 and 43) played well each time , and " bar one " the former's aggregate was the best of the match. The one was K. S. Ranjitsinhji , who made 52 and 100