James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annaul 1897

1 4 4 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. THE Yorkshire Eleven won the first place in Countycricket on their merits . As a batting side they were particularly strong , with likely run-getters to the very last m a n. Theybegan none too promisingly with a narrow victory by two wickets over Lancashire , but after that they scored heavily , and their record , during the latter part of the season in particular , was an almost unbrokensuccession of triumphs . Out of 26 matches 16 were won, seven drawn, andonly three lost . Thethree defeats were at the hands of Essex, Notts , and Surrey, and the last -namedwas the only Countynot beaten by Yorkshire . Of the seven drawn games one at least -that with Hampshire-was amoral defeat . In batting , as already remarked, the eleven were decidedly strong , and it is noteworthy that five of them had aggregates of over a thousand runs . York- shire's innings of 887 against Warwickshire, it m a ybe added, is a record for first -class cricket . Thebowling on good wickets wasnot so deadly, and in this connection it deserves to be noted that Storer for Derbyshire and K. S. Ranjitsinhji for Sussex each got two hundreds in a match against Yorkshire . InHaigh the County introduced a bowler of great promise , as his figures will show. Towards the end of the season he fell off , but still , on good wickets , he bowled consistently well in the middle of the season , and is sure , with ordinary luck, to be a great acquisition to the side . R e s u l t so fM a t c h e s . Matches played , 26 ; won, 16 ; drawn, 7 ; lost , 3. Opponents. Matches W o n(16). L a n c a s h i r e Somersetshire Gloucestershire S u s s e x M i d d l e s e x K e n t E s s e x Leicestershire Derbyshire Warwickshire L a n c a s h i r e Somersetshire Gloucestershire Hampshire Leicestershire K e n t Club. Opnts. Where played . Whenplayed . 1st 2nd 1st 2nd W o nb y. I n s. I n s. I n s. I n s. Manchester M a y4, 5, 6 123*168 150 139 2wkts.; *8w d T a u n t o n M a y11,12,13 400*132 323 208 5wkts.; *5 wd Bristol M a y14, 15 234 *57 131 158 9 wkts.; *1 wd B r a d f o r d M a y18, 19,20 543 *22 265 296 10wkts; *now d L o r d ' s M a y21, 22, 23 381 *147 384 142 10wkts; *now d L e e d s 459 *23 205 275 9 wkts.; * 1 ' w d Bradford June11,1 2 Leicester Sheffield L e e d s L e e d s Dewsbury M a y28, 29, 30 J u n e18,19,20 July2, 3, 4 July20, 21,22 Scarborough Aug.13,14,15 8 0 *85 109 55 7 wkts.; *3 w d 660 165 193 Inns. &302rung 298 *86 151 232 9 wkts.; *1 w d 329 167 148 Inns. & 14 runs 190 209 169 107 123 runs 2 5 1 7 8 1 6 7 I n n s. & 6 r u n s 141 296 79 92 266runs 266 *32 176 121 10wkts; *now d 184 *130 93 59 162r.; *8w d,i.c . 184*124 98 103 *108r.; *7wd, i.c. J u l y6, 7 July23, 24 Sheffield July26, 27 Harrogate A u g .6, 7 Tonbridge Aug.24, 25 Matches Drawn(7). Warwickshire Birmingham M a y7, 8, 9 8 8 7 N o t t s 4 5 0 B r a d f o r d June9,1 0 D e r b y June25,26,27 Aug.17,18,19 Brighton Matches Lost (3). Surrey Derbyshire Hampshire M i d d l e s e x S u s s e x N o t t s E s s e x Surrey Nottingham June1, 2, 3 Southampton July 16,17,18 B r a d f o r d R e m a r k s . 2 0 3 *48*1 w d 2 7 93 2 8 135 134 147 +75 *7w d,i.c .; +6w d 416 *43 281 +450 *1wd; +8w d, i.c. 307 *235 515 *8w d 363 *143 263 332 *1 w d Aug.20,21,22407 Huddersfield July 9, 10,11 L e y t o n July13,14,15 Oval 191*260 *2w d July 30-A . 1 90 193 226 *58 203 133 205 *134 172 206 439 H a v eall beentreated inprevious reviews . Lostby. 4 wkts; *6 w d 4 wkts.; *6 w d Inns. & 61 runs