James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1898

1 1 4 L I L L YWHITE'SC R I C K E T E R S ' A N N U A L . 1 S O M E R S E T S H I R E . OFFICERS FOR 1897.-President : Hon. Sir Spencer Ponsonby-Fane, K.C.B. Committee : The President , the Vice-Presidents , the Captain , the Secre- taries , and Treasurer , W. H. Fowler, J. H. Fox, R. Ford, A. Hammett, E. L. Hancock, J. C. Heathcote , V. T. Hill , T. Kelway, P. W. Mayo, A. E. Newton, A. Steevens , J. E. W. Wakefield , and one representative from each affiliated club . Hon. Secretaries : S. M. J. Woods, Bridgwater ; H. E. Murray-Anderdon, Hemlade, Taunton. Hon. Treasurer : Gerald W .Fowler. Captain : S. M. J. Woods. SOMERSETSHIRE cricket was of a very uncertain quantity in 1897. Of their double victory over Surrey too muchcannot be said , as they wonboth matches thoroughly well , and the first (at the Oval) quite on their merits by excellent all -round cricket . But, with the exception of their defeat of Kent at Taunton, their successes ended there . They won, in fact , only three of their sixteen Inter -County matches. Altogether their cricket showed a great falling off in comparison with the previous year. It was mostly in the batting , perhaps , that the teamfailed . Mr. L. C. Palairet was away for a time in the middle of the season , to the great loss of his side . H ewas again at the head of the Bat- ting Averages, but with considerably reduced figures . Otherwise , too , the batsmen generally failed to show up as well as in 1896. Thebowling , which has not been particularly deadly of late years , kept up its character , but here there was, perhaps , no great cause for disappointment . Still , it would at times have been much more successful had the fielding , which was somewhat variable , been a little more reliable . R e s u l t so f M a t c h e s . Matches played , 16 ; won, 3 ; drawn , 4 ; lost , 9. Club. Opnts Where played . Whenplayed . 1st 2nd 1st 2nd Opponents. W o nb y. I n s. I n s. I n s. Ins. MatchesW o n(3) . (3) Surrey O v a l J u n e14,15,1 6 349 274 249 150 224runs (*)K e n t T a u n t o n A u g .12,13, 14 276*169 179 186 80rs.; *8wd, i.c (6)Surrey... T a u n t o n A u g .26, 27,28 110 193 93 144 6 6runs Matches Drawn(4) R e m a r k s. M i d d l e s e x L o r d ' s J u n e7, 8 *2 3 3 3 7 7 *8 w k t s. d M i d d l e s e x T a u n t o n A u g .2, 3, 4 3 1 7*123 363 190 *9 wkts. d Gloucestershire Clifton A u g .19,20, 21 218 *51 283 576*2 w d; t 6 w d,i.c . (*)Hampshire T a u n t o n Aug.30,31,S.1 *32 2 0 2 *2w k t s. d Matches Lost (9). Lostb y. (1) Yorkshire T a u n t o n M a y17, 18,19 223 276 385 *118 5 wkts.; *5 w d (2) Sussex Brighton J u n e10,11 Lancashire T a u n t o n June21,22 , 23 Gloucestershire T a u n t o n H a m p s h i r e K e n t Lancashire (4) Yorkshire (5) Sussex E x t r aMatches. (7) OxfordUniversity (8) Philadelphians J u n e28, 29 Southampton July12,13,14 B l a c k h e a t h July15, 16,17 Manchester July22, 23 L e e d s T a u n t o n O x f o r d July26,27, 28 A u g .5,6,7 7 5 213 18 *103 1 w k t; *9 w d. 6 wkts.; *4 w d 233 149 180 *203 255 5 7 294 *19 10wkts.; *n o w d 271 105 222 *156 253 151 282 335 140 159 374 188 146 356 165 77 207 *37 M a y27, 28, 29 213 189 270 *135 3wkts.; *7 wd 213runs I n s. & 7 5runs I n n s. & 2 2runs 9 wkts.; *1 wd Lostb y. 7 wkts.; *3 w d D r a w n . B a t h July19, 20, 21 200 *171 *5w k t sd