James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1898

9 8 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. L A N C A S H I R E . OFFICERS FOR 1897.-President : A. N. Hornby. Committee : W. E. Openshaw, Harry Thornber , E. B. Rowley , E. Challender , R. Walker , S. M. Crosfield , R.Gorton, A. Appleby, G. Walsh,A. F. Pope, C. G. Hulton, O. P. Lancashire , C. H. Benton, John Stanning , Henry Fairclough , EdwardRoper. Hon. Secretary : S. H. Swire . Hon. Treasurer : J. MacLaren. Assistant Secretary : F .Reynolds, 26, BartonArcade, Manchester. THE Lancashire Eleven wonthe County Championship, and, it m a yfairly be added, on their merits . O nthe whole, their all-round cricket was certainly equal to that of the most successful of the other shires . The batting ,perhaps , wasnot quite so reliable , and on occasions the tail was hardly up to the stan- dard of recent years . It wasto their out-cricket more than anything that they owedthe chief part of their success . In bowling Lancashire was undoubtedly the strongest County of the year. Moldwas, unfortunately , handicapped for some portion of the season owing to an accident , and this only served to emphasise their strength as a bowling side . As it was, even with Mold away, theyhad three really good bowlers in Briggs , Cuttell , and Hallam. The figures of this trio will compare more than favourably with those of three bowlers of any other shire of 1897. The bulk of the run-getting was done by Mr. MacLaren, Albert Ward, Baker, Tyldesley , and FrankSugg. Opponents. R e s u l t so f M a t c h e s . Matches played , 26 ; won, 16 ; drawn , 7 ; lost , 3. MatchesW o n(16) . (*) Derbyshire (*) Hampshire (*) Leicestershire (2) Middlesex * Derbyshire (4) Somersetshire * Gloucestershire * E s s e x (9) Somersetshire * * Gloucestershire H a m p s h i r e (*)Kent (10) Leicestershire (11) Yorkshire (1 2) Sussex (1 4) Notts Matches Drawn(7) . (1) Notts (*) Kent (5) Warwickshire (6) Warwickshire (7) Sussex (8) Yorkshire (*) Middlesex Matches Lost (3). (3) Surrey (*) E s s e x (18) Surrey E x t r aM a t c h 15) Philadelphians Club. Opnts. Whereplayed . Whenplayed . 1st 2nd 1st 2nd D e r b y M a y1 0,11, 12 Southampton M a y20,21, 22 Leicester M a n c h e s t e r Liverpool T a u n t o n Bristol M a n c h e s t e r M a n c h e s t e r Liverpool M a y27, 28 M a y31,J. 1, 2 June3, 4, 5 June21,22,33 June24, 25 July1, 2. 3 July22, 23 July26, 27, 28 Manchester July 29, 30 Canterbury A u g .2, 3, 4 Birmingham July 5,6, 7 Ins. Ins. Ins. Ins. W o nb y. 420 372 *63 181 253 8 wkts.; *2 w d 9 3 54 Ins. & 101 runs 1 2 7 73 I n s. & 220r u n s 2 4 8 176 105 135 100 46runs 5 3*185 99 137 1 w k t.; *9 w d 180*203 233 149 4 wkts.; *6wd 273 *4 137 137 10 wkts; *now d 167 297 210 188 66runs 3 7 4 1 4 01 5 9 I n s. & 75r u n s 312 *14 138 186 10wkts; *now d 116 *28 55 88 10wkts;*n o w d 399 199 181 Ins. & 19 runs 79 172 9 wkts.; *1w d 160 100 Ins. & 26 runs 131 171 Ins. & 186runs 120 124 Ins. &40runs R e m a r k s. M a n c h e s t e r Aug.9, 10 200 *5 3 M a n c h e s t e r A u g .12,13,14 286 Brighton A u g .16,1 7,18 488 M a n c h e s t e r A u g .26,27 2 8 4 Nottingham M a y24, 25, 26 318 *6 4 *3w k t s. d. M a n c h e s t e r J u n e7 *1 0 3 1 9 2 *4 w k t s. d. M a n c h e s t e r June28,29, 30 349 227 *221 *6wkts. d. 2 9 2*276 305+154 *9w d,in.c.; +3 w d M a n c h e s t e r July15, 16, 17 420 B r a d f o r d L o r d ' s July19,20,21 Aug.23,24,25 354 3 4 56 6 176 *34 132 A u g .19, 20,21 96 181 301 168 251 290*131 154 151 216 *90 June 10,11,12 149 *64 123 M a n c h e s t e r L e y t o n O v a l Manchester J u n e1 7,18,19 A u g .5,6,7 (*) B e e ntreatedin previous reviews. 4 7 6*254*6 w k t s. d. *4wkts. d. I n s.& 2 4r u n s 6 wkts.; *4w d 6 wkts.; *4w d W o nb y 8 6 7wkts.; *3 w d