James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annaul 1897

T H EC O U N T I E SIN 1896 8 5 E S S E X : OFFICERS FOR 1896.-President : Lord Rayleigh. Hon. Treasurer : C. M. Tebbut. Committee : G. Buxton, Rev. R. C. Guy, F. R. Pelly , R. Y. Bevan, R. Cook, A. J. Edwards, R. C. Gosling, F. W. Holton, G. Pagenstecher , W .Comerford, A. S. Johnston, A. P. Lucas, A. A. Timbrell , J. J. Read, C. R. Higgins . Secretary : O. R. Borradaile . A L T O G E T H E Rthe EssexElevenh a d little cause to be dissatisfied with their performances in 1896. To begin with , they wonmore matches than they lost . But, beyondthat , most oftheir victories were decisive , and no better proof could be seen of their all -round cricket than that they beat Yorkshire and Surrey, as well as Derbyshire , Leicestershire and Warwickshire. Witha very useful batting side already , they received additional strength by the introduc- tion of a young amateur, P. Perrin , whoplayed really good cricket throughout . Mr.F.G.Bull bowled with great success throughout , and with Meadand Mr. Kortright in addition Essex had three bowlers all of w h o mcould be thoroughly relied on. Essexhad altogether a good working all -round side , and there is noreason whythey should not be seen better . Opponents. R e s u l t so f M a t c h e s . Matches played, 14 ; won, 6 ; drawn, 3 ; lost , 5. Matches W o n(6). Club. O p n t s. Where played . Whenplayed . 1st 2nd 1st 2nd W o nby. I n s. I n s. I n s. I n s. (2) Leicestershire. (4) Warwickshire L e y t o n Leyton M a y25,26,27 J u n e29, 30 (5) Yorkshire L e y t o n (9) Surrey L e y t o n (11) Derbyshire ... D e r b y 285 *82 141 225 7 wkts.; *3wd 249 *40 168 118 6 wkts.; *4w d July 13,14,15 205 134 203 133 4wkts.; *6wd Aug.6, 7 327 126 82 Aug.17,18,19 227 285 155 156 Inns.&119runs 201 runs Matches Drawn(3). R e m a r k s . O v a l (6) Warwickshire Derbyshire... (8) Leicestershire MatchesLost(5). (1) Surrey (3) Yorkshire (7) Hampshire .. (10) Hampshire.. E x t r aMatches. (11) Australian Team... (*) M.C.C. &Ground. M a y11,12,13 J u n e11,1 2, July20, 21 B r a d f o r d L e y t o n SouthamptonAug.24,25,26 M a y1 8,19 1 8 4 Birmingham July 16, 17,18 395 242 347 *236 L e y t o n July 23,24,25 292 *179 356 +264 *2 wkts.d *3 w d; +5 w d, i n.cl . Leicester Aug.3,4, 5 216*280 181 +200 1 7 4 236 430 109 5 5 8 0 *85 160 8 7 188 *61 98 85 296 *7 w d, in. cl .; + 7w d Lostb y. I n n s. & 2 0runs 7 wkts.; *3wd 8wkts.; *2wd I n n s.&113r u n s Leyton L o r d ' s (*)Havebeentreated in review of M.C.C. M a y14,15,1 6 166 149 223 *9 3 7wkts.; *3wd W o nb y. 4 1 1 2 2 I u n s. & 2 1r u n s