James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annaul 1897

A F E WL O O S ET R I N G S . 2 8 3 GrammarSchool v. St. Dunstan's College , altogether making 103 in seventy minutes.-O nAugust 15, at Lessness Park, Rev. C. E. Kindersley and Mr. J. Shuter made first 160 runs for Lessness Park v. 2nd Lincolnshire Regiment, in seventy minutes .-On April 23, at the Oval , for the Young Amateurs of Surrey v. Young Professionals , V. F. S. Crawford scored 218 before luncheon , in two hours and forty minutes , out of a total innings of 296. On July 2, he made 189 out of a total of 267 for the Whitgift GrammarSchool v. St. John's College . ForKensington v. Fareham, he made122, of which the first hundredwasmadein forty minutes . H i g hScoring withoutLoss of Wicket.. Brownand Tunnicliffe went in for Yorkshire against Middlesex, at Lord's , on May23, with 146 to win, and got them without loss of wicket.- Mr. H. W. Bainbridge and W. G. Quaife made 110 wanted by Warwick- shire to beat Hampshirewithout loss of wicket . C l o s eF i n i s h e s. Manchester , May 6, Yorkshire beat Lancashire by 2 wickets .-Lord's , June 9, Kent beat M.C.C. by 2 runs . Lord's , May 15, M.C.C. and Ground beat Leicestershire by 2 wickets .-Lord's , M a y29, Derbyshire beat M.C.C. and Groundby 1 wicket .-Leicester , May30 , Leicestershire beat Warwick- shire by 1 wicket . Oval , July 8, Gentlemen beat the Players by 1 wicket . H i g h e s tInningsin a FirstClassM a t c h. Yorkshire scored 887 against Warwickshire , at Birmingham , May 8. HighestScore (Authenticated). Carlton scored 922 against Melbourne University at Melbourne , on February8. Worrall made415 not out. L o n gS t a n d sfor FirstW i c k e t. F. W . Stancomb and James, 250 for Wiltshire Club and Groundv. Marlborough College , June 5.-B. N. Bosworth -Smith and F. G. Η. Clayton , 230 for Oxford v. Freshmen's Match, May4.-A. O. Jones and Shrewsbury , 223 for Notts v. Kent, August 10.-H. B. Haymanand A. Ε. Stoddart , 218 for Middlesex v. Yorkshire , May21.-Bean and Marlow, 211 for Sussex v. Gloucestershire , May 26. Hearne (A.) and J. R. Mason, 195 for Kent v. Notts , August 11.-J. Douglas and A. E. Stoddart , 178 for Middlesex v. Yorkshire , August 17.-H. Donnan and F. A. Iredale , 167 for Australians v. Hampshire , July 6.-J. Douglas and A. E. Stoddart , 166 for Middlesex v. Kent, August 27.-J. Douglas and A. E. Stoddart , 158 for Middlesex v. Notts , August 20. -Brownand Tunnicliffe , 147 * for Yorkshire v. Middlesex , May 23.-Board and Wrathall , 145 for Gloucestershire v. Surrey , May 22.-F. S. Jackson and Tunnicliffe , 143 for Yorkshire v. Sussex , August 20.-Brown and Tunnicliffe , 139 for Yorkshire v. Leicester- shire , June 18.-A. O. Jones and Shrewsbury , 138 for Notts v. Cambridge University , June 8.-H. B. Haymanand A. E. Stoddart , 134 for Middlesex v. Lancashire , June 29.-E. Rowley and Ward(A. ), 128 for Lancashire v Warwick, June 12.-F. S. Jackson and Tunnicliffe , 127 for Yorkshire v