James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annaul 1897

1 3 8 L I L L YW H I T E ' SC R I C K E T E R S' A N N U A L. R e s u l t so fM a t c h e s . Matches played , 21 ; won , 2 ; drawn , 8 ; lost , 11. Club. O p n t s. Where played .Whenplayed . 1st 2nd 1st 2nd Opponents. W o nb y. Ins. I n sI n s. I n s. Matches W o n(2). K e n t Tonbridge June18,1 9 Surrey O v a l July9, 10, 11 144*116 122 137 4 wkts.; *6 w d 116 391 94 370 43 runs Matches Drawn(8) . Gloucestershire Somersetshire R e m a r k s . Brighton M a y25, 26, 27 246*420 463 +88 *3w d,i. c.; +7w d Brighton M a y28, 29, 30 217 *525 424 +122 *4wd,i.c.; +7w d N o t t s * S o m e r s e t Brighton July30,31A1 177 *190 289 +177 *3 w d; +8wd, i.c. T a u n t o n A u g .6,7, 8 559 *476 *6 wkts. d * L a n c a s h i r e (2) Yorkshire (*) Middlesex Matches Lost (11) (*) Lancashire (1) Yorkshire * Hampshire (*) K e n t H a m p s h i r e M i d d l e s e x Brighton Aug.17,18,19 153 *259 +345 *8w d; +4w d, i.c. Brighton A u g .20,21,22 191*260 407 *2wkts. d L o r d ' s Aug.24, 25,26 163 *120 166 +44 *2wd, i.c .; +2w d Manchester M a y14, 15, 16 267 141 347 *62 M a y1 8,1 9, 20 *22 July6, 7, 8 2 3 31 6 94 1 8 B r a d f o r d Southampton June8, 9 Hastings Brighton Brighton Bristol Nottingham Brighton July13,14,15 July 27, 28,29 A u g .3,4,5 265 296 543 7 1154 130 171 225 259 356 *129 101 274 335 *43 2 5 0 1 7 8 551 Gloucestershire N o t t s... Aug.27,28, 29 Surrey Aug.31,$1,2 184 161 253 280 147 166 308 *7 E x t r aMatches. (4) Oxford University . Brighton June25,26, 27 198 *329 244 +292 (3) CambridgeUniv. (5) Australians Brighton Brighton June22,23, 24 129 249 514 Lostb y. 8 wkts.; *2w d 10wkts.; *now 7 6runs I n n s. &1 6runs 7 wkts.; *3w d 9 wkts.; *1w d I n s. & 1 2 3r u n s 188 runs 10wkts.; *now D r a w n. *6w; +9w, in.cl. Lostby. I n s. & 1 3 6r u n s Aug.13,14,15 221 248 352 *119 6wkts.; *4 w d (*) Thesehave all been treated in previous records . (1) Sussexv. Yorkshire. Bradford, May 18, 19 and 20. Inlosing the toss on a good wicket , with such a strong batting side as York- shire , the chances of Sussex were of the smallest . TheYorkshiremen only lost five wickets on the first day, and the innings wasnot over till just before the luncheon interval on the second. Wainwright contributed 145, Peel 111 , and Hirst (90) and Tunnicliffe (87) very nearly a hundred as well . Sussex did fairly well to get over 260 in each innings . For this they were mostly indebted to K. S. Ranjitsinhji (26 and 138) and Mr. W. Newham(92 and 35). Still , they werebeaten by ten wickets . In the match1,126 runs were scored for thirty wickets . Yorkshire , 543 and 22 (no wicket ); total , 565. Sussex , 265 and 296; total , 561 . (2) Sussexv. Yorkshire. Brighton , Aug. 20, 21 and 22. Though Yorkshire again got the advantage of first innings on a good wicket, Sussex this time had at the finish none the worst of the drawn game. A sin the first matchYorkshire only lost half their wickets on the first dayfor over 300 runs , but this time their total only reached 407. Peel (106) again got into three figures , as did Mr. Jackson (102), and Tunnicliffe just missed his hundred by one . Rain allowed little play on the second afternoon , so that