James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annaul 1897

A F E WL O O S ES T R I N G S. 2 8 5 T h r e eW i c k e t sw i t hS u c c e s s i v eB a l l s. S. H. Anson, Sydenhamv. Warlingham, August 22.-S. H.Anson, Syden- hamv. Crawley , September 19.-Braund (L.), Next Seventeen v. Surrey Twelve, May1.-V. F. S. Crawford , Whitgift GrammarSchool v. St. Dunstan's Col- lege , July 22.-W. Foulds , Holy Trinity Church , Folkestone v. Praetoria HouseSchool , July 11.-Hearne(J. T.), Middlesex v. Kent, June 16.-Madden, Fifteen of Natal v. Lord Hawke's Team, January 23.-E. Major, Holy Trinity Churchv. Hill House School , June 3.-Mangold, Eighteen of Port Elizabeth v. Lord Hawke's T e a m, February 8.-Her. Panter, Desborough v. Irchester , May23. Her. Panter , Desborough v. Rushden Town, May 30.-Roberts , Gloucestershire v. Twenty-two Colts , May1.-A. V. Russell , Newport School , Essexv. Bishops Stortford GrammarSchool , June 17.-E. Still , Sydenhamv. Warlingham, June 13.-T. N. Tasker , Perthshire v. Carlton (Edinburgh ), May2.-T. N. Tasker , Perthshire v. Australasians (Edinburgh ), May9, A l lT e nW i c k e t sin a nI n n i n g s. A. E. Baker, Trotton v. Fernhurst .-Carlton , Melbourne v. South Mel- bourne, February 15.-A. E. Damian, Kensington Park v. CaneHill Asylum, June 13.-C. B. Jones , WalthamGreen v. Hounslow Standard, M a y25.- Richardson, Andoverv. Basingstoke , July 4. G o o dP e r f o r m a n c e s w i t ht h eB a l l. Playingfor Viscount Corry's Eleven v. Hon. C. L. Corry's Eleven at Castle CooleonAugust8, M.J. Farry took 9 wickets for 6 runs, the remaining m a n being run out .-Playing for Aldershot Division on July 24th , Capt . Bradford took 9 wickets in first innings of Free Foresters , and, on Division going in to bat, scored 180notout. G o o dW i c k e t-k e e p i n g. O nFebruary 15, at Melbourne, four batsmen of East Melbourne were stumpedfrom successive balls by the Melbourne wicket -keeper . C u r i o u sI n c i d e n t s. January 28,Pietermaritsburg ,R. M.Poore scored 112 for Fifteen of Natal against Lord Hawke'sTeam. Natal score of 310 was highest score in South Africa against anEnglish team, as Poore's was highest individual score up to date. LordHawke's second total of 443 for 9 wickets is highest score byan English team in South Africa , and C. B. Fry's 153 best individual score b yanEnglish cricketer in matches of the kind in South Africa . February 6, Wellington (N.Z.), Midland scored 510 against Rivals . A record for Wellington. O nFebruary 8, at Sydney, in a match between Glebe and South Sydney, Noble placed a ball into his pad at the knee , and allowing the wicket-keeper to take the ball , was naturally given out caught.-A t Singleton (N.S.W), on February 15, A d a mMatherplayed Alf Foster a single wicket match and won, scoring 152 to 12 and 0. Mather has only one eye.-W.Raphael's 298 not out for Lancaster Park " A" v. Midland Second, at Christchurch (N.Z,) is the record for highest individual score in N e wZealand. - O nM a y4, at Oval, Richardson bowled Walter Quaife , of Warwickshire , with his first ball of the season for Surrey . At Melbourne in April , E. C. Miller K