James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annaul 1897

T H EC O U N T I E SIN 1 8 9 6. 1 5 3 N O R T H A M P T O N S H I R E . Sec.-P. W. Dale , 15, St. Michael's Avenue , Northampton . R e s u l t so f M a t c h e s . Matches played, 11 ; won, 2 ; drawn, 7 ; lost , 2. Opponents. MatchesW o n(2) . D u r h a m Worcestershire Matches Drawn(7). Surrey (2nd X I) M.C.C. Surrey(2ndX I) Northumberland. D u r h a m W o r c e s t e r s h i r e Buckinghamshire Matches Lost (2) . Buckinghamshire N o r t h u m b e r l a n d Club. O p n t s. Whereplayed . Whenplayed . 1st 2nd 1st 2nd NorthamptonM a y27, 28 Stourbridge O v a l L o r d ' s June19, 20 J u n e15,1 6 July6, 7 NorthamptonAug. 7,8 Newcastle A u g .1 2, 1 3 Darlington A u g .1 4,1 5 NorthamptonAug.21, 22 NorthamptonAug. 28, 29 Aylesbury July1 3,1 4 Northampton Aug. 5,6 I n s. I n s. I n s. I n s. 4 1 2 260 140 1 6 2*35 82 114 1 7 4*1 9 9 4 5 2 229 1921 7 4*187 8 22 1 3 1 2 5*107 236101 264 *32 1 6 9 225 2 0 8 W o nb y. Inns. &12runs 4wkts.; *6wd Remarks. *8w k t s. d *5 wkts. d *5 w k t s. d *4 wkts. d 167 *30 193 79 *1 w k t. d 1 1 6159 211 1 0 9 6 1 339 Lostb y. I n n s.& 169runs 8 0*412 230+263 5 wkts.; *7 w d, B A T T I N GA V E R A G E S . in. cl.; +5wd 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. Average. C.J. T. Pool C o l s o n 7 0 3 0 9 1 5 7 4 4 : 1 4 2 1 1 6 6 1 1 1 9 3 3 : 0 5 G .J. T h o m p s o n 2 0 1 4 1 6 7 7 2 1 . 8 9 H .E .Kingston 1 1 0 2 1 5 5 9 1 9 . 5 4 W .H .Kingston 1 4 2 2 1 9 6 2* 1 8 . 2 5 E .Briggs 1 0 0 1 7 4 6 0 1 7 . 4 0 B .C. Smith... 2 0 3 2 8 4 5 3 1 6 . 7 0 G. Scriven ... 1 7 3 2 3 0 3 8 1 6 . 4 2 G .E .W a l t o n 7 0 9 6 3 0 1 3 - 7 1 E a s t 2 0 2 2 3 6 6 3 * 1 3 . 1 1 T .H o r t o n 2 0 2 1 9 5 4 7* 1 0 - 8 2 T. H . G. Welch 5 0 5 0 3 1 10.00 T. G.Beale... 6 0 5 9 3 1 9 . 8 3 L a w 1 5 6 4 4 1 2 4 . 8 8 Smith, 3-2-46-33-46; E. Mason, 2-1-19-15-19; S. Field , 3-0-29-28- 9.66; C. C. Eales , 4-0-29-13-7-25; C. C. Marshall, 3-0-21-10-7; J. F. Steps , 2-0-7-7-3.50; H. H. E. Westley, 2 - 0 - 0 - 0; C. A. Kingston, 4 - 0 - 0 - 0, also batted . B O W L I N GA V E R A G E S . Overs. Maidens. H .E. Kingston E a s t G. J. Thompson L a w Colson C .C .E a l e s S m i t h R u n s. Wickets. Average. 90.1 1 8 3 0 5 1 7 1 7 - 9 4 178.1 5 3 4 6 7 2 5 1 8 . 6 8 3 9 0 . 3 1 1 5 1 1 3 2 6 1 18-55 2 6 8 8 3 6 5 5 3 2 2 0 - 4 3 8 8 1 6 3 1 3 9 3 4 - 7 7 3 8 9 1 1 3 3 3 7 - 6 6 6 8 1 4 2 4 1 6 4 0 - 1 6 S. Field , 80-3-18; E. Briggs , 4-0-21; T. G. Beale , 11-C-33 ; and T. Horton 1 2 - 1 - 4 3, failed to takea wicket.