James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annaul 1897

T H EC O U N T I E SIN 1 8 9 6. 1 4 7 O T H E RC O U N T I E S . B E R K S H I R E . H o n. Sec.-W.O. Nares, Sonning, Reading. R e s u l t so f M a t c h e s . Matches played , 9 ; won, 1 ; drawn, 6 ; lost , 2. Club. O p n t s. Where played . Whenplayed . 1st 2nd 1st 2nd Opponents. W o nb y. I n s. I n s. I n s. I n s. Matches Won(1). O x f o r d s h i r e T h a m e A u g .3, 4 2 3 7 1 1 2 87 Inns. & 38runs Matches Drawn(6) . R e m a r k s. Wiltshire H e r t s O x f o r d s h i r e H e r t s B u c k s M.C.C.& G r o u n d B u c k s . . . Trowbridge Aug. 7, 8 1 3 0192 70*124 *6 wkts. d W a t f o r d A u g .12,1 3 149 *225 154 +116 *4wd. i.c; +4wd R e a d i n g A u g .1 9, 20 2 1 4 234 *102 *7 wkts. d R e a d i n g A u g .21, 22 2 4 0 214 *13 *2wkts. d Reading A u g .24, 25 1 6 9 *117 *6w k t s. d Lord's A u g .31, Sp. 1 200 *2 1 9 *8wkts. d Matches Lost (2) . L o s tb y. Aylesbury A u g .10,1 1 153 4 61 0 71 5 1 5 9r u n s W i l t s h i r e R e a d i n g A u g .17, 18 140 6 0 1 4 8 1 5 3 101r u n s B A T T I N GA V E R A G E S . T i m e s M o s ti n I n n s. n o to u t. R u n s. a nInns. C.Y .N e p e a n 1 2 0 3 4 3 7 4 Average. 2 8 . 5 F.M .Ingram 8 1 1 9 8 8 9* 2 8 - 2 M . J. Dauglish 6 2 8 7 5 4 2 1 - 7 E .F .Hill 5 0 1 0 5 6 4 2 1 L. G. A. Collins 8 1 1 4 2 6 0* 2 0 . 2 F.E. C h a p m a n 8 1 1 3 4 3 5 1 9 . 1 R.E. S. Barrington 6 0 1 0 7 4 1 1 7 . 8 A .C. M .C r o o m e 1 2 0 1 9 7 3 8 1 6 . 4 A .D a f f e n 1 3 0 1 9 5 5 1 1 5 R .P.Daft 5 0 7 3 2 8 1 4 . 6 F. J. P o r t m a n 4 1 3 7 2 2 * 1 2 . 3 B a r k e r 1 2 5 8 5 2 6* 1 2 - 1 W .B. L. Barrington 7 0 7 2 3 3 1 0 - 2 C. C. Clarke 5 0 3 0 1 0 6 F. W .Finch 1 2 2 4 9 1 5 4 . 9 W .G. Heasmanplayed in three innings , 3-2-20; andeach of the following in two:- A.L. Burgess , 10*- 1; H. D. Wells , 40-7 ; and Watts , 9*- 7; whilst one innings each was played by W.Beach Thomas (43), J. H. Dowell , S. H. Maurice , and H. V. Plum. B O W L I N G A V E R A G E S . Overs. Maidens. Runs. Wickets. Average. B a r k e r . . . A .C. M. Croome F. W .Finch A .D a f f e n W .B. L. Barrington 2 9 3 . 4 1 2 8 5 0 5 4 6 1 0 . 9 1 9 7 6 6 4 0 7 3 3 1 2 . 3 168.1 5 1 3 9 2 1 9 2 0 . 6 1 8 8 6 3 4 1 9 1 8 2 3 - 2 2 4 1 1 6 2 2 3 1 Thefollowing bowled on less than four occasions :- F. J. Portman, 16-2-58-2; W . G.Heasman, 3-0-14-0; A. L. Burgess , 27-4-8-72-7 ; F. M. Ingram, 2-0-8-0; L. G. A. Collins , 3-2-5-0; C. Y. Nepean, 8-3-2-17-1 ; and H. D. Wells , 19-11-31-2.