James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1898

8 8 LILLYWHITE'SCRICKETERS' A N N U A L. 88, of which Capt. Quinton contributed just one-half. Surrey , with a lead of69, again started very badly . Indeed the only noteworthy feature of their innings of 77 was the capital display of Mr. Jephson, who carried out his bat for 33. Wanting146 to win Hampshire fared so well, thanks to Captains Quinton and Wynyard, that 72 were got for the loss of only three batsmen. ThenLees dida fine piece of bowling , with the result that the next five wickets only added seven runs . Fortunately for Hants rain prevented any play on the third day, so that the gamewas drawn, Hants wanting 67 to win with two wickets in hand. Surrey, 157 and 77 ; total , 234. Hampshire, 88 and 79 (8 wickets ) ; total,1 5 7. Mr. Heseltine (Hants) Mr. Steele (1st inns . Surrey) Richardson(1st inns . Hampshire) Lees (2ndinns . Hampshire) O v e r s. M a i d e n s. R u n s. W i c k e t s. 3 0 . 3 8 6 1 9 2 8 - 2 4 6 4 8 2 4 1 1 4 3 7 1 8 . 2 8 2 7 6 (7) Hampshirev. Sussex. Brighton , July 22, 23 and 24. Hampshire, without Capt. Wynyard, Capt. Quinton and Mr. Lacey, had only a moderate side . Theyhad, too, all the worst of the luck , and in winning the toss Sussex practically won the match. The earlier batsmen of Sussex all did well , K. S. Ranjitsinhji scoring 149, Mr. Brann 77, Mr. Murdoch 70, and Mr. N e w h a m61. Rain on the first day had affected the wicket when Hampshire's turn came to bat . Runs, indeed , were difficult to get , and under the circumstances Mr. A. J. L. Hill's first score of 64 not out, and Mr. W, Andrew's second of 54 not out , were worthy of high praise . Sussex wonby an innings and 176 runs . Sussex , 438. Hampshire, 134 and128; total , 262 . Tate(1st inns . Hants) . . . . . . Overs. Maidens. R u n s. Wickets. 2 1 1 0 (8) Hampshirev. Lancashire. Manchester , July 29 and 30. 2 1 5 Thewicket at the outset wasall in favour of the bowlers , and as it was only improving quite at the finish the scores were naturally small . Only one of the first three innings realised three figures , and that was the third , in which Briggs, whose 31 not out was the highest individual score of the match, did fine service for Lancashire . Only two batsmen got over 20 in either innings for Hampshire. They were Capt. Wynyard, with 22 in the first , and Webbwith 29 in the second. Lancashire w o nby ten wickets . Lancashire , 116 and 28 (no wicket) ; total , 144. Hampshire, 55 and 88 ; total , 143 Overs. Maidens. R u n s. Wickets. Briggs (Lancashire) Mold(2nd inns . Hants) .. 3 4 6 . 2 6 1 8 0 1 4 1 2 4 (9) Hampshirev. Leicestershire . Leicester , Aug. 5, 6 and 7. Hampshire'sgood luck in winning the toss assured them a victory . Going in first nine of the eleven got double figures . All the most reliable batsmen cameoff , Capt. Quinton contributing 73, Capt . Wynyard 58, Mr. Lacey 53, andBarton47. Leicestershire h a dto bat on a wicket all in favourof the bowlers , and fared badly in consequence . Geeson (10 and 20 not out ), indeed , wasthe highest scorer , though Mr. C. J. B. Wood(14 and 11) ran himclose . Hampshirewonby an innings and 195 runs . Hampshire, 378. Leicestershire , 91and92; total, 183.