James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annaul 1897

T H EC O U N T I E SIN 1 8 9 6. 1 4 1 W A R W I C K S H I R E . OFFICERS FOR 1896. - President : Lord Willoughby de Broke. Committee : E. Clements, T. Cond, R. S. Everett , B. Everitt , Dr. Flewitt , J. Gothard, J. E. Hill , H. G. Hill , C. W. K e m p, J. C. Lane, H. Margetts , W.B. Marshall , T. W. Piggott , F. W. D. Pinney , F. Rollason , H. Rotherham , G. F. Spittle , A. H. Wiggin, H. R. Wilkinson,Dr. Wilson. Hon. Secretary : W .Ansell , 78, Bristol Road, Edgbaston. Secretary : R. V. Ryder. W I T H, on good wickets , a fairly good batting side , Warwickshire's out-cricket failed onm a n yoccasions . Asa consequence , the record for the season was not by any means good. Unfortunately , even in the batting W. Quaife was singularly out of form, and one of the safest batsmenof 1895 was compara- tively a failure . O nthe other handW. G. Quaife , Diver , and Mr. Bainbridge played considerably well throughout , and Lilley and L a win only a slightly lesser degree . These five formed the nucleus of a strong run-getting side. O fthe bowlers Whitehead, so successful in 1895 , was out of it , so muchso that hewasonly tried in four innings . Pallett andL a whad to bear the brunt ofthe bowling, but both were expensive . Werethe bowling anything like as goodas the batting Warwickshire would havean eleven that would take a lot of beating bythe best. * * * Opponents. R e s u l t sof M a t c h e s. Matches played , 19 ; won, 3 ; drawn , 7 ; lost , 9. MatchesW o n(3). K e n t Gloucestershire Hampshire MatchesD r a w n(7). Y o r k s h i r e Gloucestershire E s s e x Hampshire Leicestershire (*) Derbyshire * Lancashire MatchesLost (9) . Surrey Surrey Leicestershire *) Lancashire Club. O p n t s. Whereplayed . Whenplayed . 1st 2nd 1st 2nd I n s. I n s. I n s. I n s. W o nb y. Birmingham June1, 2,3 Bristol July9,1 0,11 SouthamptonAug.13,14,15 325 *33 185 172 9 wkts; *1 w d 312 118 178 251 5 wkts; *5w d 312 *110 168 253 10 wkts; now d R e m a r k s. Birmingham M a y7,8,9 203 *48 887 *1 w k td Birmingham June,8, 9, 10 342 160 222 Birmingham July 16, 17,18 347 *236 395 242 *2 wktsd Birmingham July 30,A. 1 335 *242 276 +172 *5w d, i.c .; 15w d B i r m i n g h a mAug.17, 1 8 2 2 4 279 *30*6 wktsd Birmingham Aug. 24, 25 1 6 6 *1 2 9 2 1 51 2 1 362 O v a l M a y4, 5, 6 Inns. & 26 runs * E s s e x... (2) Yorkshire (*) Derbyshire * K e n t E x t r aM a t c h. (3) Australians Manchester Aug.31, S. 2 110 Birmingham M a y18,19,20 Leicester M a y28, 29, 30 Birmingham June11,12,13 L e y t o n L e e d s D e r b y June29,30 July6,7 *5 wktsd Lostb y. 1 wkt;*9wktsd 293 runs 313 114 371 *5710 wkts ; n o w d 321 156 211 *267 49 143-168 317 168 118 249*140 1 6 71 4 8329 July13,14, 15 232 137 297 *73 6 wkts; *4w d Inns. &1 4runs 10 wkts; *now d Inns. & 34 runs Manchester July27,28 1 1 21 9 7 243 Birmingham Aug.3, 4, 5 1 2 71 5 2 279 Inns. &60runs (*) These have all been treated in previous records .