James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annaul 1897

1 2 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. (1) Somersetshire v. Yorkshire. Taunton, M a y11, 12 and 13 . A tthe outset it looked as if Somersetshire , whohadwonthe toss , were in for a big score . Mr. Lionel Palairet (113) was in his best form, and 200 went u pwith only three batsmenout. But with the exception of Mr. Woods, who hit well for his 76, little was done subsequently , though Mr. Wickham carried out his bat for 21. Mr. Jackson was not playing , andin his absence Moorhouse (113), LordHawke, andWainwright, whoeach made62, were the chief scorers for Yorkshire . Mr. Woods(71), was, as in the first innings , the most successful batsmanwhen Somersetshire went in a second time, and Robson(39) and D. Smith(34) lent himthe most assistance . Yorkshire were left with 132 to w i n, andthough they beganbadly, Peel (31) andHirst (15), both of w h o mwere not out, settled the matter. Yorkshire won by five wickets . Yorkshire , 400 and132 (5 wickets) ; total , 532. Somersetshire , 323 and208; total , 531. Overs. Maidens. R u n s. Wickets. 1 0 6 Wainwright(2ndinns. Somersetshire ) 28.4 (2) Somersetshire v. Sussex. Brighton , May 28, 29 and 30. 4 9 Amatchremarkable for run-getting throughout . Somersetshire began witha good score of 424, to which Mr. Woods, who was not out, was the principal contributor with 158. Notwithstanding a capital innings of 66 by B e a n, and useful scores of 49 and 47 by Messrs. BrannandN e w h a mrespec- tively , Sussex were all dismissed for 217. Though 207 behind in the follow on Sussex beganso well that at the end of the second day they had 283 up with only two batsmen out. Ranjitsinhji had made 107 of these , and on the following morning Messrs . Newham(201) and Murdoch (144) both made light ofSomerset's bowling. Mr. N e w h a mwasstill in whenthe innings was closed , with the total 525 for four wickets . Only two hours anda half remained for playwhenSomersetshire went in for the fourth innings . Tate bowled so well that Sussex were very near winning . Six wickets were down for 23, of which hehadtaken five . A t the crisis , however, Mr. Lionel Palairet (83) found a trusty partner in Capt. Hedley (15), and these two stopped in till the match w a so v e r. In all 1,288 runs were scored for 31 wickets . Sussex , 217 and 525 (4wickets , innings declared ); total ,742. Somersetshire , 424 and122 (7 wickets ) ; total, 546. (3) Somersetshire v. Surrey. Oval, June 1 a n d2. T h eSomersetshireElevenwerewithoutthebrothers Palairet, andthe loss of L. C. H. in particular was severely felt . They won the toss , but the early batsmenfailed so completely before Richardson's bowling that they were all out for 116, of which Mr. Woods' share was 65. Surrey in their turn failed to do as well as was expected , and their best score was 43 by Brockwell . At the finish they had82 to win, and so certain was the result that Mr. Woodsdidnot puthimself on to bowl . As it was, Brockwell (54) and Abel (29) got the runs themselves , so that Surrey wonwith all their wickets in hand. Surrey , 198 and 84 (no wicket ) ; total , 282. Somersetshire , 116 and 163 ; total , 279 . Overs, Maidens. R u n s. Wickets. Hayward(1st innings Somersetshire )... 4 2 6 . 3 1 0 3 1 3 1 7 1 3 3 Richardson (Surrey)