James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annaul 1897

T H EC O U N T I E SIN 1 8 9 6. 8 3 (13) Derbyshirev. Hampshire. Derby, Aug. 3, 4 and 5. ThoughHampshire got first innings they lost their opportunities , and were never in it whenthey had been dismissed for 150. Derbyshire in their turn just doubled this , scoring 304 , of which Storer's share was 98 and Mr. S. H. Evershed's 81. I nthe second innings Hampshire made a different show. The improvement was mainly due to Capt. Wynyard(80) and Mr. F. E. Lacey(not out75), whocontributed 155 of 286 from thebat. Derbyshire wanted143 to win at the finish , andgot themeasily for the loss of only two batsmen. Derbyshire , 304 and145 (2 wickets ) ; total , 449. Hampshire, 150 and 296 ; total , 446. Kitchener (1st inns.Derbyshire) Overs. Maidens. R u n s. 2 8 6 8 9 (14) Derbyshirev. Lancashire. Manchester, Aug.10, 11 and12. W i c k e t s . 6 Mold was absent , and his bowling was greatly missed by Lancashire . Derbyshire, too , took full advantage of the opportunity of going in first ona run-getting pitch . Chatterton (104) and Davidson put on 208 runs for the third wicket,and Davidson, whoultimately made274, and Storer (116) added 308 for the fourth . Against a total of 577 Lancashire , handicapped by rain , scored 278, of which F. H. Sugg's share was 96. The match was drawn. Derbyshire , 577. Lancashire , 278 and63 (3 wickets ) ; total , 341. (15) Derbyshirev. Essex. Derby, Aug. 17, 18 and 19. W h a tluck there was favoured Essex rather than Derbyshire . Thelatter hadto bat in the first innings on a wicket influenced by rain, and were seen to muchless advantage than usual , Bagshawbeing the highest scorer with 45. TheEssexEleven,whohadbatted first , scored very evenly in their two innings of 227 and 285. The highest individual contribution wasMr. Owen's 44 in the first , andin the second Mr. McGahey's69. Derbyshire went in for the fourth innings with 358 to win. Theynever looked like getting them, and Davidson (40) and Storer (45) alone made any stay . The tail failed completely , so much so that the last five batsmen only made16 between them. Essex wonby201 runs. Essex, 227 and 285 ; total , 512. Derbyshire , 155 and 156 ; total , 311 . Mr. Bull (Essex) Overs. Maidens. R u n s. Wickets. 5 6 . 1 2 1 1 0 6 9 16 Derbyshirev. W a r w i c k s h i r e . Derby, Aug. 24, 25 and 26. Rainonly permitted enough cricket in the three days to allow of a com- pletion of an innings byWarwickshire . The feature of this was the promising first appearance of Mr. T. S. Fishwick ,whose55 wasthe result of capital batting . Davidsonbowled 52 overs for 70 runs and eight wickets . Warwickshire, 166. (17) Derbyshirev. Australians. Birmingham, July 20 and 21 . O na splendid wicket the Australian team were seen to the greatest advantage. Three of the eleven got hundreds, with the collective result a hugetotal of 625. Of these Donnanwas the most successful with 167, and Trott (141) and Hill (130) were the next in order . Derbyshire , though over- shadowed by the big innings of the Australians , did well to score 292. To this Mr. Wright (81) and Davidson (60) were the chief contributors . Thematch wasdrawn. Australians , 625 ; Derbyshire , 292 and61 (2 wickets ) ; total , 353.