James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annaul 1897

8 0 L I L L YW H I T E ' SC R I C K E T E R S' A N N U A L. (1) Derbyshirev. Surrey. Derby, May 14, 15 and 16. Aremarkable game, as Derbyshire , after scoring 349, were beaten in a n innings . Lohmannhad not as yet returned from South Africa , and as Richard- sonfor once was quite ineffective on the excellent wicket , Derbyshire , who beganthe batting , scored heavily . Mr. L. G. Wright(94), who went in first , was chief scorer . Davidson (61) also played well , and towards the end Porter (55) maderuns fast . Derbyshire began well , too , whenSurrey went in , as Mr. W .W .Read, Abel, and Holland between them only scored nineteen . It was Haywardwho first madea victory for Surrey possible . Fromthe first he played fine cricket , and he ultimately carried out his bat for 229. Brockwell (72) and Lockwood (65) were both also seen at their best . Though Surrey's big total of 512 gave them a lead of 163 , as the innings did not close until the third morningit hardly seemedlikely that Derbyshire wouldbe beaten. Asit was, Richardson this time was more successful , and, as Lockwoodbowled well too, Chatterton (47) and Davidson (28) alone made any stay . Surrey won by aninnings and 15 runs. Surrey, 512. Derbyshire , 349 and 148 ; total , 497 . (2) Derbyshirev. Notts. Nottingham , May18, 19 and 20. Getting first use of an excellent wicket , Notts did fairly well to make314. Ofthis , Gunn, whowas in splendid form at the commencementof the season , contributed 135. ThoughMessrs . Wrightand Evershed were got rid of cheaply , as well as Davidson, Chatterton (66) and Storer (55) played such fine cricket that 161 was put up with only these three out. Thencamea collapse , and so completethat whenthe tenth wicket fell the total was only 189. In the follow onMessrs. Wright(88) and Evershed (22) made a promising start ,but again Chatterton (26) and Storer (34) were the best of the later batsmen, and the total only reached 246. With 122 to win Notts lost Shrewsbury, Robinson, andGunnfor seven between them. Mr. Jones (59) and Flowers (54), however , knockedoff the runs wanted themselves , so that Notts wonby seven wickets . Notts, 314 and 123 (3 wickets) ; total , 437. Derbyshire , 189 and246 ; total , 435. (3) Derbyshirev. Hampshire. Southampton , May25 , 26 and 27. Derbyshire did a good performance in winning as easily as they did, after going in against a big score of 307. Nine of the HampshireElevengot double figures , though Mr. H. F. Ward (113) and Soar (50) were together responsible for more than one -half . This total the Derbyshire Eleven headed by seven , thanks mainly to W. Sugg (88), Mr. Evershed (57 ), and Davidson and Hulme(each 44). Hampshire's second innings was a failure by comparison with the first . This time Barton (40) was the principal run -getter , with Mr. Lacey (30) and Soar (26) the best of five other doubles . Derbyshire , at the finish , had 145 to win, ard thanks again to Sugg (62), and in a lesser degree to Mr. Wright (36), got themfor the loss of three wickets . Derbyshire ,342 and146 (3 wickets ); total , 488. Hampshire, 307 and 179 ; total , 486. (4) Derbyshirev. Surrey. Oval, June 4 and 5. Rainhadaffected the wicket at the outset , and the Surrey Captain, think- ing it wouldimprove, put Derbyshire in. It proved a wise case, as Lohmann w a sin rare form, and the whole side were out for 96. T h e wicket was improving as Surrey went in, and they took full advantage of their opportuni- ties . Abel(109) made his fourth hundred , and Lockwood (76) and Hayward (61)lent himeffective help . In their second innings Derbyshire began badly . Chatterton (40) and Davidson (70 not out) made a plucky stand , but by that timetheresult had been assured . Surrey w o nby an innings and 57 runs. Surrey , 341. Derbyshire , 96 and188 ; total , 284. Lohmann(Surrey ) Overs. Maidens. 5 4 2 1 R u n s. 1 0 5 Wickets. 1 0