James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annaul 1897

T H EC O U N T I E SIN 1 8 9 6. 1 2 5 not out . His stand with Marlow in the second innings , which produced 101 runs, saved Sussex from a possible defeat . A s it was, at the finish they wanted 101 to win with seven wickets in hand. Notts , 289 and 177 (8 wickets , innings declared ) ; total , 466. Sussex , 177 and 190 (3 wickets ) ; total, 367. (5) N o t t sv. S u r r e y. Oval, Aug. 3, 4 and 5. With Lohmannabsent , owing to an injured finger , Surrey's bowling. was greatly weakened . Still , though they won the toss , Notts failed so utterly to withstand Richardson that the whole side were all out for 69. Mr. Wright was chief scorer with 21 , and eight of the eleven between them only made 22. Surrey's innings was a very different affair . Abel (40) and Brockwell (81) put on 94 for the first wicket , and later on Baldwin made 111 without a chance . Still , later , Mr. Key (75 not out) and Lees (48) hit freely , so that in the end the total was 424. In their second innings Notts showed a great improvement . Daft carried his bat out for an extremely useful defensive innings of 77, and Pike at the finish hit freely . Still , Surrey w o nbyaninnings and 115 runs . Surrey , 424. Notts , 69 and 240 , total , 3 0 9. Richardson(1st innings Notts) Overs. Maidens. 2 2 (6) Nottsv. Sussex. 1 4 Nottingham , Aug. 27, 28 and 29. R u n s. 2 2 Wickets. 7 G u n nw a sn o Inwinning the toss Notts gained a great advantage. able to play , but Flowers was re-introduced into the eleven with marked success . His second score of 107 was a brilliant display of hitting . It was, too , the highest individual innings of the match . Curiously , every one of the Notts Eleven made double figures in one innings or the other ; even extras brought them forty -six runs in the match. Withall the worst of the wicket the batting of C. B. Fry (89 and 65) and K. S. Ranjitsinhji (43 and 41) was the more remarkable . They scored 238 of 332 made by Sussex from the bat. Nottsw o nby 188 runs. Notts, 253 and 280; total , 533. Sussex, 184 and 161 ; total , 345. Overs. Maidens. R u n s. Wickets. Mr.A. O. Jones(1st innings Sussex) 17-1 4 9 3 (7) Nottsv. CambridgeUniversity.. Nottingham , June 8 and 9. 6 Amatchfor the benefit of M. Sherwin, but unfortunately over in two days . The wicket helped the bowlers at the start , and the only one of the University eleven to get over 20 was Mr. Stoguon 32) . Mr. Jones (65) and Shrewsbury (68) headed Cambridge's score by 27 before the first wicket fell . After their separation camea collapse , with the result that only 69 were added by the last nine batsmen . In Cambridge's second innings Messrs . W. G. Grace , jun. (68) and Burnup (43) made a good start , and the former carried his bat right through . Notts wonwith six wickets to spare . Notts , 207 and 77 (4 wickets ); total , 284. Cambridge University , 113 and169 ; total , 282. Hardstaff (Notts) ... Overs. Maidens. R u n s. Wickets. 2 1 1 1 0 1 2 5 9 . 3