James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1898

1 0 2 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. (13) Lancashirev. S u r r e y. Oval, Aug. 19, 20 and 21 . The County match of the season in point of excitement , apparently determining the Championship of the year. Thoughthe wicket from the first rather favoured the bowlers , thanks to F. Sugg(57) and Mr. MacLaren(37) , Lancashire had scored 140 by luncheon time on the first day for the loss of only four batsmen. Thencame a great change, so great that the six remaining wickets went downbefore Lees and Richardson for an addition of only 14 runs. Surrey in their turn began badly, losing three of their best bats for 29. Hayward(62) and Mr. Jephson (67) put on 73 for the next wicket , and thanks subsequently to Braund(32) and Lees (34), Surrey at the close had a lead of 62 runs . W h e nthey went in again Lancashire had a piece of very bad luck in losing Sugg,whohad to retire hurt just as he was well set andhad made37. A sit was, Briggs was the highest scorer with 39. At the end Surrey had 89 to get to win, and as they got these for the loss of four batsmen they wonan interesting match by six wickets . Surrey, 216 and 90 (4 wickets ) ; total , 306. Lancashire, 154 and151; total , 305. Richardson (Surrey) . . Overs. Maidens. 5 2 1 3 (14) Lancashirev. Notts. Manchester, Aug. 26, 27 and 28. R u n s. Wickets. 1 0 5 1 1 This time Lancashire had all the luck, and the toss practically decided the result . Mr. MacLaren(45) and Ward(42) laid the foundation of a good score, butthe honoursfell to Mr.Crosfield and I'Anson. T h eformer, w h oh a d not taken part in first -class cricket for some time, carried out his bat for an excellent score of 58. I'Anson made his 50 in an hour. Heavyrain fell during the night and soaked the ground by the time Notts had to go in, and withthesunbaking the wicket they fared very badly, as was only to be expected . Cuttell's bowling in particular was effective ; indeed his figures were quite out ofthe common. Attewell's 37 was the only score over 20 in the first innings of Notts, and Guttridge's 23 and W. Gunn's 21 in the second . Lancashire won byan innings and40 runs . Lancashire , 284. Notts , 120 and 124 ; total , 244. Cuttell Overs. Maidens. R u n s. Wickets. 5 6 . 1 2 5 8 1 1 2 (15) Lancashirev. Philadelphians. Manchester, June 10, 11 and12. T h ewicket was in favour of the bowlers throughout , so that the scoring generally was only moderate . The Philadelphians winning the toss made a fairly goodstart , G. S. Patterson (18), A. M. W o o d(34), and J. A. Lester (24) , the first three batsmen, all shaping well . Subsequently , with the groundgetting worse, Cuttell and Briggs did muchas they liked , with the result that only 47 were added. At the end of an innings Lancashire were 26 runs on, a great advantage as the wicket was . The Philadelphians , anyhow, found their deficit a serious matter, and, as in their second innings , J. A. Lester was the highest scorer with 24. Lancashire had little difficulty in winning ,which they did with seven wickets to spare . Lancashire , 149 and 64 (3 wickets ) ; total , 213. Phila- delphians , 123 and86 ; total , 209 . Cuttell(Lancashire) Overs. Maidens. R u n s. 1 2 6 5 3 3 . 4 Wickets. 1 0