James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annaul 1897

T H EC O U N T I E SIN 1 8 9 6. 1 2 9 (4) Somersetshire v. Yorkshire. Dewsbury , July 23 and 24. I nlosing the toss , as the groundwas, Somersetshire's chance of success , never very large , was ruined . The Yorkshiremen getting first knock , most of themvery wisely forced the game, with the result that nine got double figures , of which Brown's 38 was the best . Somersetshire began their second innings not only ona bowler's wicket but in a bad light as well , and Mr. Lionel Palairet's 16 was their highest figure . In the follow on the Yorkshiremenhad tobowlfor a timewith a wet ball , so that Somersetshirefared better. Still , Mr.Fowler's 29 was the best of eight theinnings bysix runs . Yorkshire ,251. Peel (Yorkshire) double figures , and they failed to save Somersetshire ,78 and167; total , 245. Overs. Maidens. R u n s. Wickets. 5 3 - 3 Haigh (1st innings Somersetshire ) .. 21 2 0 9 8 0 3 8 1 0 6 (5) Somersetshire v. Sussex. Taunton, Aug. 6, 7 and 8. Raininterfered with the gameon the third day. Meanwhilethe batsmen hadhada really good time of it on both sides . Sussex, whowent in first , were not out till after three o'clock on the second day. At luncheon time on the first daythey had made177 for the loss of four wickets , and as the total was 559 the rest added 382. Killick (191) and Mr. N e w h a m(92) were responsible together for 283. Theformer was batting six hours and ten minutes , and his playwasmarkedby great care and judgment. Somersetshire lost Mr. Challen for a single , but the brothers Palairet (L. C. H. 154 and R. C. N. 156) were both in rare form, and runs camefast . Awet ball had handicapped the Sussex bowlers heavily for a time, it deserves to be added. Mr. Roe (85 not out), too, scored well , so that whenrain finally stopped the gamethe total was 476 for six wickets . Altogether 1,035 runs were madefor 16 wickets . Sussex, 559. Somersetshire , 476 (6 wickets ). (6) Somersetshirev. S u r r e y. Taunton, Aug. 27 and28. Surrey, after having all the best of the first day's cricket , went utterly to pieces . After making 172 they had got rid of eight Somersetshire batsmen for 72. Unfortunately for them Richardson strained himself just before the end of the day, and his bowling was greatly missed subsequently . In his absence Mr. Vernon Hill (61) and Tyler (66) hit vigorously ,with the result that Surrey's total was after all headed by ten runs . Surrey's second innings presented a very poor exhibition of batting . Hayes, the colt , whocarried out his bat for 29 , alone showed real nerve , and Lohmann's ten was the only other double figure . As Surrey were all out for 69 it looked as if Somersetshire mighthave sometrouble to get the 60 runs wanted to win. Instead L. Palairet (36) andCapt. Hedley (not out 24) were quite at home, and Somersetshire won b ynine wickets . Somersetshire , 182 and 60 (1 wicket ) ; total , 242. Surrey , 172 and69 ; total , 241 . Capt. Hedley (2nd innings Surrey) Overs. Maidens. 1 7 - 2 8 R u n s. Wickets. 2 6 6