James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1898

9 2 LILLYWHITE'S CRICKETERS' ANNUAL. IF in somerespects there was some slight improvement in comparison with 1896 , still , Kent's record for 1897 gave little real gronnd for satisfaction , much less hope . The nineteen matches they played only produced three victories against ten defeats . At the best Kent can put a strong batting side at least into the field , but even as run-getters they were disappointing , on several important occasions particularly so . Mr. C. J. Burnup's departure for South Africa after the Inter -University match deprived the Countyin its later matches of one of quite its most reliable batsmen. O nthe other hand, in another Malvernian , S. H. Day, the captain of the School Eleven, Kent introduced a youngster likely , on the exceptional promise he showed in his first match, to be of great use. Kent's great source of weakness was in its bowling. O n the run-getting wickets prevalent throughout the summer Martin, Wright, and Mr. Shine were none of them formidable . Mr. W. M. Bradley , who only played very rarely , on one occasion at least was of great service . That was against Middlesex at Tonbridge, when his fast bowling played no unimportant part in one of Kent's few successes . O n the whole the out-cricket was capable of great improvement, for the fielding was at times very faulty . Opponents. R e s u l t so f M a t c h e s . Matches played, 18 ; won, 2; drawn, 6 ; lost , 10. MatchesW o n(3) . (7) Middlesex (8) Somersetshire Club. O p n t s. Whereplayed . Whenplayed . 1st 2nd 1st 2nd B l a c k h e a t h Tonbridge Matches Drawn(6) . (1) Notts (2) Lancashire (4) Warwickshire (5) Notts (1 4) Warwickshire (1 5) Sussex Matches Lost (10). (*) Gloucestershire (3) Yorkshire (6) Sussex (9) Surrey (1 0) Lancashire (1 1) Yorkshire (*) Gloucestershire (12) Somersetshire (1 3) Surrey (*) Middlesex E x t r aM a t c h. (16) Philadelphians I n s. I n s. I n s. I n s. June24,25, 26 293 *76 132 236 July15,16,17 282 335 253 151 Nottingham M a y31, J. 1,2 219 177 231 M a n c h e s t e r J u n e7, 8, 9 W o nb y. 4wkts.; *6 w d 213 runs R e m a r k s. 1 9 2 *1 0 3 *4 w k t s. d Birmingham June 14,15,16 285 *194 207 +186 *8 w d, in. cl .; + 4wd 1 6 84 9 3 2 9 5 *9 wd, in. c. 3 2 01 1 6 G r a v e s e n d Tonbridge Brighton June17,18,19 406 Aug.19, 20,21 *393 Aug.23,24, 25 340 M a i d s t o n e M a y27, 28 1 2 7203 236 *95 H a l i f a x Tonbridge O v a l June10, 11,12 June21,22,23 July 22, 23,24 217 252 617 199 181 399 Canterbury Aug.2, 3,4 Canterbury A u g .5, 6, 7 Cheltenham Aug.9, 10, 11 T a u n t o n Aug.12, 13,14 B e c k e n h a mAug.16,1 7 L o r d ' s M a i d s t o n e 102 74 279 156 211 172 *196 170 202 366 *8 190 201 205 249 179 186 276 *169 116 1121 7 1213 Lostb y. 9 wkts.; *1 wd I n s. & 1 0 3r u n s 6 wkts.; *4w d I n s. &1 4 8r u n s I n n s. & 1 9r u n s 10w.; *n o w d 63 runs 80runs ; * 8wd, i n. cl. 1 5 6r u n s. Aug.26,27,28 123 149 112 213 53 runs July26, 27,28 454 (*) Havebeen treated in previous reviews . (1) K e n tv. Notts. Nottingham , May 31, June 1 and 2. 1 6 82 7 7 W o nb y. I n n s. & 9 r u n s. Raininterfered with the match on the second morning, and there was afterwards no chance of a definite result . Kentdid fairly well each time, making 396 in the two innings . The batting , too, was fairly level , Wright's first score of 45 being the highest on the side . Theground wasvery wet when Nottswere batting on the second day. The bowlers could not get a foothold , andboth Gunn(74) and Daft (63) took full advantage of their opportunities . Thegamewas drawn. Kent, 219 and 177; total , 396. Notts , 231.