James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annaul 1897

2 2 0 LILLYWHITE'S CRICKETERS' ANNUAL. C a p eT o w n Port Eliz'th . PortEliz'th . Pretoria Johannesb'g Kimberley C a p eT o w n T h emost successful all -round cricketers of the team were Mr. A. J. L. Hill and Hayward. The latter looked like having the best batting average , but wasbeaten " on the post " by Mr. Hill with a fine innings of 124 in the final test match . As it was, Mr. Fry, as already stated , was the most con- sistent batsman . Considering the number of times they were pitted against odds , the difference between the wickets they had to play onas compared withthose they are accustomed to at home, and the climatic influences of light and heat , the batting averages were generally very good . Lohmann's bowling was quite out of the common. Altogether he took 157 wickets at an average cost of under seven runs. W h e nit is noticed that the nearest approach to himin the aggregate of wickets was Mr. H. R. Bromley-Daven- port with 46 the full force of his remarkable performance will be felt . Detailsof t h etourfollow:- Opponents. Matches W o n(7) . X I I I. of CapeColony XVIII. of E. Province .. SouthAfrica X V. of Pretoria... SouthAfrica X V. of Grequaland , W. S o u t hA f r i c a Matches Drawn(7) . Club. Opnts. Where played . When played . 1st 2nd 1st 2nd 4 0 5 118 162 Inns. & 125r. 162 42 93 108 8wkts .; *3w d 185 226 93 30 288 runs 158 98 167 87 5wkts.; *5w d 482 151 34 Inns. & 197r. W o n b y. Ins. Ins. Ins. Ins. Jan.1, 2, 3 Feb. 8, 9, 10 Feb. 13,14 Feb.27, 28 Mar. 2, 3, 4 Mar.7, 9, 10 95 231 1 4 4 1 6 9 1 3r u n s Mar.21,22,23 265 116 117 Inns. & 33runs R e m a r k s . X V. of Johannesburg Johannesb'g Jan. 13,14,15 178 *268 193 +195 *8wd, i.c .; +8 wd X V. of Natal P'maritzb'g Jan. 18,20,21 229 *433 310 *9 wkts. d XXII.ofKingWilliams- t o w n K . W ' m s t n . Jan.27, 28 109*155 200 *9wkts. d X X I I. of GrahamstownGr'mstown Feb.1, 2, 3 1 1 0#7 4 7 8 *7 w k t s. d X X I I. of MidlandDist. Cradock Feb.5, 6 3 9 2 1 7 0 *8 4*1 4w k t s. d X V. ofF r e eState BloemfonteinFeb.18,1 9 1 9 2*2691 6 5 *7 w k t s. d X I. of WesternProvince CapeTown Mar.1 7,1 8 *224*168 122 *9 w k t s. d Matches Lost (2). Lostb y. XV.ofWesternProvince X V. of Natal CapeT o w n D u r b a n Dec.26, 27 7 9 9 2 1 1 51 3 0 7 4r u n s Jan. 23,24,25 154 173 100 228 *9wkts.; *5 w d FIRST M A T C H. L o r dH a w k e ' sE l e v e nv. F i f t e e no f W e s t e r nP r o v i n c e. Cape Town, Dec. 26 and 27 . Fifteenw o nb y74 runs. L O R DH A W K E ' SL E V E N . FirstInnings. Second Innings . Mr.S. M .J. W o o d s, b Middleton... 3 c Francis , b Smith 4 5 Mr.A. J. L. Hill, runout Hayward, c Willoughby , b Middleton Mr. C. B. Fry, e Richards , b Middleton Mr. C. W . Wright(capt.) , b Rowe Lohmann, lbw, b Middleton Mr.H. R. Bromley-Davenport, e Richards , b M i d d l e t o n Butt, cSmith , b Middleton ... Tyler, notout Mr. C. Heseltine , st Prince ,b R o w e Mr. A. M. Miller , cMilton, b Middleton... B2, w1, n b1 1 b Middleton 3 1 b Willoughby 1 7 5 lbw, b Willoughby 3 5 b Willoughby 2 11 c Middleton, b Smith 4 29 b Willoughby 0 0 cWilloughby, b Smith 4 0 b Willoughby . . . 1 6 b Willoughby 4 not out... 4 B5, nb 2 2 0 5 2 T o t a l 7 9 Total 9 2