James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annaul 1897

2 8 6 LILLYWHITE'S CRICKETERS' ANNUAL. scored 265 in his second innings for Melbourne GrammarSchool v. Scotch College . Thehighest individual score in Victorian School matches.--May11, at Cambridge, G. L. Jessop made212 not out while in for Christ College v. Clare College . At Oval, on M a y11, Abel scored 231 for Surrey v. Essex. His third hundred in the first three matches of the season .- O nM a y18, playing for Surrey Colts against Brockwell Park, at Oval , Higgins hit a ball to theoff,killing a sparrow. I na matchbetweenEtonParkv. Sefton Park(extra eleven), F. W. Foster carried his bat through the latter's innings without scoring . The total was 24.-On June 27, at Marlborough, in the match betweenMarlborough College v. Marlborough Blues, the last four wickets of thelatter wentdownwithout a run.- A tBristol , on June 27, F. H. Suggscored 220for Lancashire v. Gloucestershire .-July 4, at Sheffield , Storer scored 122 in second innings of Derbyshire v. Yorkshire . His fourth hundred in con- secutive matches.-Manchester, July 18, K. S. Ranjitsinhji scored 62 and 154 not out for England v. Australia .-Canterbury , July 5, Mr. A. C. McLaren scored 226 not out in second innings of Lancashire v. Kent.-At Taunton, onAugust6, Sussex's score of 559 v. Somersetshire was a record for Sussex in Countycricket .-Leicester , August 6, Leicestershire scored 399 in their first innings against Lancashire , the County's best innings in first -class cricket.- I nthe match Leyton v. Finchley, three of the Leyton team were run out from successive balls .-O nMay25, in a twelve a-side match, between London andWestminster Bankand Three Counties ' Asylum, C. A. Snowtook all 11 wickets in the latter's first innings . At Hadleigh, on M a y25, Vincent, for Hadleigh , against Thirteen , took 11 wickets . The twelfth batsman was run out.-Gloucestershire's second score of 17 against the Australians at Chelten- ham, onAugust 22, was the lowest innings in first -class cricket . August 3, at Brighton , Gloucestershire scored 551 v. Sussex , Gloucestershire's highest innings in first -class cricket . AR e c o r df o rt h eB a i l. A tKennington Oval, on August 22, Mold (Lancashire ) in Surrey's first innings bowledLohmannwith a ball which took the bail 63yards 6 inches from hestumps-a record for the bail .