James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annaul 1897

T H ECOUNTIESIN 1 8 9 6. 1 4 3 Lilley Cresswell Pallett Santall F o r e s t e r W a r d J. Whitehead W .G . Q u a i f e Mr.A .C. S. Glover W e l f o r d B O W L I N G A V E R A G E S . O v e r s. M d n s. R u n s. W k t s. A v e r a g e. 6 9 . 3 1 0 2 0 3 1 1 1 8 . 4 5 2 0 7 6 7 3 8 5 1 7 2 2 . 6 4 8 7 5 - 3 2 9 1 1 7 5 5 7 0 25.07 820.4 2 6 0 1 7 5 7 6 7 2 6 - 2 2 2 2 4 - 2 6 1 5 0 8 1 9 26-73 2 5 7 - 2 7 7 6 3 2 2 2 2 8 . 7 2 7 3 1 6 1 8 3 5 3 6 . 6 0 1 1 9 . 4 3 0 3 0 7 8 38-37 1 8 3 . 1 4 3 5 4 2 1 1 4 9 . 2 9 4 9 1 4 1 6 7 1 1 6 7 Thefollowing 'bowled in two innings :-Barnes, 28-8-54-0; Barton, 16-5-50-2; Diver, 11-1-53-0; andDevey, 15-8-14-0. W . Quaife, 9-1-18-0; H.W.Bainbridge 6 - 1 - 1 7 - 0; Rev. E. Pereira , 2-0-13-0; and J. E. Hill , 3-0-14-0, bowled once only . Pallett bowled18wides and 3 n o-balls, W .G. Quaife13 wides, Santall 4, W a r d3 Glover2, Diver, Barnes, andJ. E. Hill 1 each , and Forester 1 wide and1no-ball . E X T R AM A T C HA T B I R M I N G H A M . M i d l a n dCountiesv. Australians. June18, 19 and20. Inwinningthe toss the Australians , as it happened, got the worst of the wicket. It wasdifficult whenthey went in at the start , and after losing seven wickets for 53 the total reached 138, thanks to Messrs. C. J. Eady(41) and Jones towards the finish . Through the good play of Gunn(69) andW . G. Quaife (68) the Midland eleven hadmade168 for three wickets at the end of the first day. Thencame a collapse so complete that the remaining batsmen only added 99 runs. N oless than 129 behind,the Australians , whenplay ceased onthesecond night , hadonly made 142 for the loss of six of their best bats- m e n. Theywere then only 13 on, but Messrs. Hill (98) andJones (36 not out) gave a lot of trouble , with the result an addition of 112 for the last four wickets . Wanting 126 to win six Midland batsmen were dismissed before the runs weregot. Theywonconsequently by four wickets . Midland Counties , 267 and126 (6 wickets ) ; total , 393. Australians , 138 and 254 ; total , 892 . Y O R K S H I R E . OFFICERSFOR 1896.-President : M. J. Ellison. Vice-Presidents : LordH a w k e andMajor W. H. Shepherd . Treasurer : M. J. Ellison , jun . Committee : M. J. Dodworth , C. Stokes , E. Barber , D. Haigh, C. A. Scott , Dr. H. Lockwood, J. J. Hounsfield (Sheffield ), J. W. Bannister , Ald. Bower, and F. Mudd(Leeds ), R. N. Rhodes , J. W. Cockerham , Seth Waring (Bradford ), A. P. Crosland (Huddersfield ), Sam Shaw (Dewsbury ), H. Ostler (Hull), W . Carr (Barnsley ), J. T. Riley (Halifax ), J. Harrop (Wakefield ), G. M. Robinson (Craven), F. H. Vaughan (York), H. J. Morton (Scarborough ). Secretary : J. B. Wostinholm, 10, Norfolk R o w, Sheffield .