James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annaul 1897

T H EC O U N T I E SIN 1 8 9 6. 8 1 (5) Derbyshirev. Lancashire Derby, June 8 and 9. Abowler's wicket throughout , and with Mold and Briggs Lancashire had thebest of it at the finish . Though Derbyshire went in second they were lucky enough to get a lead of 42 runs on the first hands. So far the two best scores hadbeenboth for Derbyshire in Chatterton (38) and Mr. L. G. Wright (35). In their second innings the Lancashire Eleven were seen to better advantage . Mr. E. Rowley was chief contributor with 49, Sugg (38) and Briggs (33) the most successful of the rest . At the finish Derbyshire had only 117to win, but Briggs and Moldbowled so well that Davidson (28) alone got over 20, and in the end Lancashire wonby 37 runs. Lancashire, 111 and 158 ; total , 269. Derbyshire , 153 and79 ; total , 232. Mold(Lancashire ) Overs. Maidens. 5 3 1 8 (6) Derbyshirev. Notts. Derby, June 15, 16 and 17. C H A T T E R T O N ' SB E N E F I T. R u n s. Wickets. 1 0 4 1 2 Nottswere in all the first dayfor atotal of 466. Forthis they were chiefly indebted to Gunn, whowent in first wicket down, and carried out his bat for 207, a splendid innings . Hefound his best partner in the last man, Hardstaff , w h osurprised everybody bymaking60. Rainprevented Derbyshire batting on the second day,and on the third day they only had time to complete their innings before the gamehad to be abandoned. It was Hardstaff's match, as in addition tohis score of 60 he took eight wickets for 53 runs. Notts, 466. Derbyshire, 93. (7) Derbyshirev. Yorkshire. Derby, June 25, 26 and 27. A match unusually prolific of scoring throughout . Thefirst day was indicative of the general success of the batsmen. Seven Yorkshire wickets onlyhadfallen for 403, and this was about the average of the scoring for the threedays. Thegreat feature of the matchwas a hundred in each innings by Storer for Derbyshire. H e got one hundred exactly each time, and in the second innings wasnot out. Bagshaw's score of 115 in Derbyshire's second innings wasthe highest score of the match. In the three days 1,190 runswere madefor 27 wickets . Derbyshire , 281 and 450 (8 wickets , innings closed ) total , 731. Yorkshire , 416 and43 (1 wicket ) ; total , 459 . (8) Derbyshirev. Leicestershire . Leicester , June 29 and 30. Goingin first the Derbyshire Eleven were seen to advantage at all points . Their total of 396 was mostly contributed by Storer (142 not out),Bagshaw(71), and Chatterton (69). It was Storer's third successive hundred for Derbyshire . Leicestershire's batting was even more disappointing than its bowling . Tomlin (43and 3) was the highest scorer on the side , and the aggregate of the two innings from the bat was only 235. Derbyshire won by an innings and 147 runs. Derbyshire , 396. Leicestershire , 139 and 110 ; total , 249. Overs. Maidens. R u n s. 8 1 Davidson(Derbyshire) . . . . . . 5 1 . 3 2 0 Wickets. 9