James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1898

1 0 6 LILLYWHITE'S CRICKETERS' ANNUAL. (7) Leicestershire v. Yorkshire. Leicester , Aug. 23, 24 and 25. Cricket was only possible on the first dayowing to the rain . Whatbatting there was fell to Yorkshire , whohad only lost six wickets whenplay ceased on the first night . Six of the eight Yorkshiremen who went in scored fairly . Hirst got 88, Denton51, Wainwright50, Moorhouse46 not out, Brown45, and Mounsey20 not out . Yorkshire's 323 (6 wickets ) represented the whole extent o fthecricket. B A T T I N GA V E R A G E S . I n n s. T i m e s n o to u t. M o s tin R u n s. a nI n n s. A v e r a g e . K n i g h t 2 5 0 5 0 0 1 1 0 M r .C. J. W o o d 2 5 0 4 9 3 1 0 2 2 0 19.72 P o u g h e r 8 0 1 5 2 4 0 1 9 G e e s o n 2 5 6 3 5 4 4 3 1 8 . 6 3 M r .H .H .M a r r i o t t 1 2 0 2 1 7 4 3 18.08 C o e 2 3 3 3 4 8 5 3 17.40 K i n g 1 0 0 1 6 9 5 6 16.90 T o m l i n 1 9 2 2 8 2 7 0 1 6 . 5 8 . . . Mr.F. W .Stocks 1 1 1 1 5 0 4 0 1 5 Mr.R.C. Joyce 1 4 0 2 0 1 . . . 5 1 1 4 . 3 5 M r .G .E .R u d d 1 1 1 1 1 8 4 7 11.80 M r .C .E .D eTrafford 1 4 0 1 5 9 3 5 11.35 M r .L .B r o w n 1 1 1 1 0 0 3 6 1 1 W h i t e s i d e 2 3 7 9 4 1 7* 5.87 W o o d c o c k 2 3 6 8 3 1 8* 4 . 8 8 Cobley 6 0 2 6 1 2 4 . 3 3 S m i t h... 4 0 4 3 1 Mr. F. Wright (6-12) and German(0-13) batted twice, and Mr. S. R. Wright (9), onceonly. B O W L I N G A V E R A G E S . Maidens. R u n s. Wickets. Average. O v e r s. Mr.F. W .Stocks... 3 0 7 . 1 1 1 1 7 0 5 3 1 2 2 . 7 4 M r .G .E .R u d d 8 4 . 3 7 2 6 7 1 1 2 4 - 2 7 W o o d c o c k 5 2 4 - 2 1 2 4 1 3 7 2 5 1 26.90 G e e s o n 3 5 8 1 0 0 9 4 7 2 8 3 3 . 8 2 C o e 2 3 7:1 5 7 6 6 1 1 8 3 6 - 7 2 Mr.C. J. W o o d 9 9 2 2 3 1 9 6 5 3 . 1 6 Cobley 2 8 8 6 3 1 6 3 K i n g 8 5 1 7 2 2 9 2 114-50 T o m l i n 1 3 2 3 1 0 Mr. R. C. Joyce (9-1-28-2), Mr. S. R. Wright (11-3-25-1), Mr. L. Brown (11-2-34-1), and Smith (35.3-12-80-3) bowled in two innings , and Mr. F. Wright (14-4-40-1) once only . Woodcockbowled3 wides , andMessrs . Stocks andW o o d, Cobley, Geeson, and Coe 1 each., Mr. Stocks delivered 7 no-balls , and Mr. W o o d3.