James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1898

T H EC O U N T I E SIN 1 8 9 7. 1 1 3 77 was the result of sound cricket , but it was quite eclipsed by Abel's performance . He was batting in all for five hours and thirty -five minutesfor his 215, andbarring a chance whenhe had made37 his batting was faultless . Unfortunately for Notts, William Gunn, owing to illness , was unable to bat in their first innings , and though he did go in for the second he was obviously off colour . Shrewsbury was in his best form , and his scores of 55 and 69 were both in every wayworthy of him. Guttridge and J. G u n n added 83 for the ninth wicket , which, in W . Gunn's absence , wasthe last in the first innings of Notts . Of these Guttridge contributed 60 by vigorous hitting . Altogether 1,021 runs were scored in the match for 31 wickets . Surrey, 451 and 61 (1 wicket) ; total , 512. Notts, 212 and 297 ; total , 509. (7) Notts v. Philadelphians. Nottingham , July 12, 13 and 14. Mr. Dixon was away from the County Eleven , as were Shrewsbury , W. G u n n, andAttewell. I ntheabsenceofAttewelloccasion wastakento re- intro- duce the veteran Alfred Shaw, who showed that he could still keep a good length and keep the runs down . Under the circumstances the Philadelphians were seen to great advantage , particularly with the bat . G. S. Patterson was easily first with 162, and A. M. Wood (100 ) and F. H. Bohlen (61 ) as -his best assistants . Notts , too , had an innings of a hundred in J. Gunn's secondscore of 107. A tthefinish Nottswere72 runsonwithtwowickets still to fall . Philadelphians , 421. Notts , 244 and 249 (8 wickets ) ; total , 493 . B A T T I N GA V E R A G E S . W .G u n n Mr. J. A. Dixon Shrewsbury... Mr.A. O. Jones D e n c h W .Attewell Guttridge P i k e J. G u n n H .B .D a f t M r .P. M a s o n Mr. P. W .Oscroft Mr. C. W . Wright H e n s o n . . . 1 T i m e s M o s tin I n n s. n o to u t. R u n s. a nI n n s. A v e r a g e . 2 3 3 9 8 7 2 2 0 4 9 . 3 5 2 4 1 1 0 3 0 2 6 8* 4 4 . 7 8 2 4 3 8 0 6 8 3 3 8 . 3 8 2 4 0 7 0 2 1 6 2 2 9 - 2 5 2 4 2 6 1 9 7 5 2 8 . 1 3 2 2 0 5 3 7 1 0 2 2 4 . 4 0 2 1 6 3 3 4 7 3 22-26 . . . 2 3 7 3 1 1 4 5 19.43 1 1 4 9 9 2 9 1 4 : 1 4 2 3 2 2 9 6 6 3 1 4 . 0 9 1 9 1 2 3 1 7 1 12.83 4 0 3 4 1 4 8 . 5 0 9 0 6 4 2 7 7 - 1 1 3 0 1 9 1 6 6 . 3 3 Thefollowing also batted :-Gregory, 0*-1-1-4* ; Hardstaff , 7*- 0; Wass, 3-15 ; Oates, 0-3* ; S. Brown, 13; and Hawley, 1. B O W L I N G A V E R A G E S . Overs. M d n s. R u n s. W k t s. A v e r a g e . W .Attewell 900.1 3 9 1 1 5 0 8 7 3 2 0 . 6 5 H .B .D a f t 2 6 7 7 5 6 0 7 2 3 2 6 - 3 9 Guttridge 4 6 7 . 4 1 1 8 1 1 6 9 3 9 29.97 J. G u n n 1 8 4 . 2 5 5 4 3 9 1 4 3 1 . 3 5 P .M a s o n 2 8 7 6 7 2 3 3 . 5 0 H e n s o n 8 2 . 1 2 5 1 7 2 5 34.40 Mr.J. A. D i x o n 1 2 1 2 3 3 2 8 9 3 6 . 4 4 D e n c h 2 6 7 - 2 7 1 6 7 4 1 8 3 7 - 4 4 Mr.A . O. Jones 2 2 4 3 0 7 9 5 2 1 3 7 - 8 5 S. B r o w n 78.3 2 7 1 3 3 3 44.33 H a r d s t a f f 6 5 2 2 1 4 6 3 4 8 . 6 6 Gregory 8 1 . 3 3 0 1 7 5 3 5 8 . 3 3 Hawley(24-3-67-1) bowled in 2 innings , and Mr. P. W. Oscroft (12-5-27-1), W .Gunn(4-0-22-0) ; andWass(6-1-26-0) once only . Attewell andGuttridge each delivered 3 no-balls and 2 wides , and Mr. J. A. Dixon andMr.P. W .Oscroft1 wideeach.