James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annaul 1897

8 2 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. (9) Derbyshirev. Yorkshire. Sheffield , July 2, 3 and 4. Thoughbeaten by nine wickets , the Derbyshire Eleven, considering that Yorkshire had first knock on a good wicket , did fairly well . Yorkshire , as the pitch was, did well to make298, and of this sumDenton contributed 113 andBrown64. On a run -getting pitch Derbyshire ought to have made more than 151. Thetail did very little , for the last five batsmen only added eight betweenthem. Norwas the scoring , with one exception , in the second innings at all up to the mark. The exception was Storer , whoscored 122 of 220 from thebat. Yorkshire wonby nine wickets . Yorkshire , 298 and 86 (1 wicket) ; total , 384. Derbyshire , 151 and 232 ; total , 383 . Haigh (Yorkshire ) O v e r s. M a i d e n s. R u n s. 4 9 . 1 1 6 1 1 5 (10) Derbyshirev. Leicestershire . Derby, July 6, 7 and 8. W i c k e t s. 1 2 Pougher was unable to bowl owing to an injured finger , so that Derbyshire's chances of a big score were greatly increased . They won the toss , with in the result a total of 436. Of413 from the bat Bagshawcontributed 121, Davidson 88, and Storer 52. If Pougher could not bowl he showed that he could bat. His 121, considering the difficulties under which he laboured , was a fine performance . The other players of any account were Mr. L. R. Wright (65) andHolland (34). With Mr. Hillyard absent Leicestershire did not do so badlyto make271. Thematchwasdrawn. Derbyshire , 436. Leicestershire , 271 and43 (2 wickets ) ; total , 314. (11) Derbyshirev. Warwickshire. Derby, July 13, 14 and 15. Storer was playing for the Players against the Gentlemen at Lord's , and his batting and wicket -keeping were alike needed by Derbyshire . Still , Warwickshire, though they hadthe luck to win the toss , showed to small advantage at all points . Lilley made132 of their first total of 221 from the bat, andMr. Bainbridge's 35 was the highest contribution in the second. The early batsmenof Derbyshire , with the one exception of Davidson, batted well, particularly Mr. Evershed (73) and Chatterton (64). With 73 to win , Derby- shire got the numberwithout the loss of a wicket , Chatterton making 39 and Sugg 30 of them. Lilley , the Warwickshire wicket -keeper , was put on as a last resource in Derbyshire's first innings , and took six wickets for 46 runs. Derbyshirewonby ten wickets . Derbyshire ,297 and 73 (no wicket) ; total ,370. Warwickshire, 232 and137; total , 369. Overs. Maidens. 2 1 H u l m e(2nd innings Warwickshire) 37 (12) Derbyshirev. Essex. Leyton, July 23, 24 and 25. R u n s. 4 4 Wickets. 7 Arun-getting matchthroughout . Derbyshire secured a big advantage in going in first , but only got a lead of 64 on the first hands. So far the batting ofEssexhadbeen the more even . Mr. Owen(48) was the best scorer in their total of 292. Onthe other hand, Chatterton (111) and Storer (92) contributed more than one -half of Derbyshire's 356. In the second innings of Derbyshire Chatterton wasagain the biggest scorer , andhe was not out with 85 runs when the innings was closed at 264 for five wickets . As the pitch was in favour of run-getting to the last Essex did not look like getting out. Indeed they had made 179 for three wickets (Mr. P. Perrin 73 and Mr. McGahey not out 76) whenplay finally ceased . In the match1,091 runs were scored for 28 wickets . Derbyshire, 356 and 264 (5 wickets , innings declared ) ; total , 620. Essex, 292 and179 (3 wickets ) ; total , 471.