James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1898

1 1 2 L I L L Y W H I T E ' S C R I C K E T E R S ' A N N U A L . (3) Notts v. Yorkshire. Nottingham , June 24, 25 and 26. Yorkshireh a dnotits best side with Messrs. F. S. Jackson and Ernest Smith as well as Tunnicliffe away. Still , they had little the worst of a run- getting draw . Brown (119 ) and Moorhouse (53) gave Yorkshire a good start , and with useful assistance from Lord Hawke, Mr. Milligan , and Wainwright , the total eventually reached 364. This , as it happened , was nothing like enough for Notts . Nine of the eleven got double figures , and Gunn(110 ), Shrewsbu Shrewsbury (83 ), Attewell (86), Dench, a Colt (75), and Mr. Dixon (64), all scored heavily . Going in a second time , 126 to the bad , Yorkshire lost five of its best wickets for 85, and as two hours then remained for play there was plenty of time for them to lose . Anydanger of defeat was, however , soon averted by Lord Hawke(91) and Peel (56). These two batsmen were still in at the finish , and Yorkshire was 107 on with half its wickets in hand. In the matchaltogether 1,087 runs were scored for 25 wickets . Yorkshire, 36. and 233 (5 wickets ) ; total , 597. Notts, 490. (4) N o t t sv. S u s s e x. Hastings , July 8, 9 and10. Thewicket was hardly of the best , and the scoring generally was below the average of the Sussex County Ground. Only one of the four completed innings indeed exceeded 200 , and the highest individual score of the match was Mr. J. A. Dixon's second of 80 for Notts. Only three batsmen on the Sussex side got over 50, Mr. Murdoch (52) and Bean (69) in the first , and K. S. Ranjitsinhji (57) in the second . Mr. Murdoch's 52 and 31 represented the best aggregate , and singularly Mr. A. O. Jones (58 and 25) and Mr. J. A. Dixon (3 and 80) tied for the best with the same figures . Dench, of Notts , again played good cricket for 55 in Notts ' second innings . Guttridge , who used to play for Sussex by residence , took twelve wickets for Notts . At the same time, his bowling was greatly helped by the fiery wicket. Notts w o nby 69 runs . Notts, 146 and 268 ; total , 414. Sussex, 190 and 155; total , 345. (5) N o t t sv. Yorkshire. Dewsbury, July 15, 16 and17. Theearlier stages of the gamewere all in favour of Notts, so muchso indeed that for a long time it looked as if Yorkshire were going to be beaten . Notts were in for the greater part of the first day, though on a good wicket they were only able to reach a total of 260. The Yorkshire batsmen, after a time, broke down hopelessly against the bowling of the Colt , J. Gunn, and the result was that they had to follow on 121 to the bad. In the follow on Brownwas soon bowled , but Wainwright (103 ), Mr. F. S. Jackson (77),Tunni- cliffe (58), and Mr. Milligan (55) made light of the Notts bowling , and the innings was finally declared . The only hope of Notts then was a draw, and, thanks to a fine innings of 86 not out by W. Gunn, they just managed to avert defeat . Notts , 260 and 151 (8 wickets ) ; total , 411. Yorkshire , 139 and 358 (9 wickets , innings declared ) ; total , 497 . Overs. Maidens. 1 8 . 2 8 R u n s. Wickets. 2 2 6 J. G u n n(1st inns . Yorkshire) (6) Notts v. Surrey. Oval, Aug. 2, 3 and 4. Winningthe toss , on an excellent wicket Surrey were seen to advantage. A tthe sametime, though nine of the eleven got double figures , the credit of their long innings belonged mainly to Abel and Mr. Jephson . The latter's