James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1898

1 1 6 L I L L Y W H I T E ' SC R I C K E T E R S' A N N U A L. (4) Somersetshire v. Yorkshire. Leeds, July 26, 27 and 28 . Mr. L. C. Palairet as well as Captain Hedley were absent from the Somersetshire Eleven, and both were greatly missed. Yorkshire , too , got a great advantage in going in first , and in fact had all the best of the wicket . Thechief feature of their one innings was the fine cricket of Brown, whomade 107 in a little over two hours. Mr. W o o d s' resolute hitting redeemed Somersetshire's first innings from total failure . H e was responsible for 111 out of 181 fromthebat, andin all he wasundertwohours at the wickets. In the follow on seven batsmen got into double figures . Still , the best score was Mr. R. C. N. Palairet's 35, andwiththe wholeside out for 146 Yorkshire w o n by an innings and 22 runs . Yorkshire , 356. Somersetshire , 188 and 146 ; total , 334. Overs. Maidens. R u n s. Wickets. Wainwright(1st inns . Somerset) 16.2 6 (5) Somersetshire v. Sussex. Taunton , Aug. 5, 6 and 7. 4 0 6 T h eloss of Mr. S. M. J. W o o d sweakenedSomersetshireall roundcon- siderably . The wicket , too , favoured the bowlers , and what luck there was certainly favoured Sussex . Though the latter went in second they were able to claim a lead of 42 at the end of an innings , a success due in a great measure tothe batting of Mr. Murdoch(53), Marlow (34), and Bean(33) . Therain , which stopped the gameon the second day, madethe wicket very difficult for Somerset whenthey went in a second time . As a result Blandand Tate bowled with great success , so muchso that Mr. Lionel Palairet was the only batsmanable to makeany stand , and he was responsible for 42 of 75 from the bat. Sussex wonby nine wickets . Sussex , 207 and 37 (1 wicket) ; total , 244. Somersetshire , 165 and 77 ; total , 242 . Bland(Sussex) Overs. Maidens. R u n s. Wickets. 4 6 . 4 1 3 1 0 6 1 0 (6) Somersetshirev. Surrey. Taunton, Aug.26, 27 and28. A match of great importance to Surrey as it happened, to the extent , indeed , of practically losing them the championship . Rain prevented a commencementon the first day, and the wicket never got right during the game. Somerset ,whowent in first , made such a bad start that five wickets fell for 19. Unfortunately for Surrey Hayward, whohad taken three wickets for 11 runs , hereabouts injured his hand, and was unable to take further part in the game. His bowling was naturally greatly missed, and in his absence the Somersetshire tail came off , particularly Robson, whose 48 was most useful . Surrey's innings opened worse than hadSomerset's . At the fall of the sixth wicket the total was only 19, and the innings in the end only reached 93 , of which Lees contributed 41 by vigorous hitting . Somersetshire's second innings of 193 was mostly noteworthy for the free batting of Mr. V. T. Hill , whomade 61. At the finish Surrey had 211 to get to win , but with Hayward unable to bat, as in the first innings , failed before the bowling of Tyler and Robson. W o o dcarried out his bat for 32, and his aggregate for the matchwas 50 without being once out. Somersetshire wonby 66 runs . Somersetshire , 110 and 193 ; total , 303. Surrey, 93 and 144 ; total , 237. Tyler (Somerset)... Robson(Somerset) Overs. Maidens. 4 4 . 1 1 2 . . . 2 1 . 1 1 1 . . . R u n s. Wickets. 1 1 1 3 3 9 4