James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1898

T H E COUNTIES IN 1897. 1 1 9 O v a l O v a l O v a l O v a l Leicester M a n c h e s t e r Birmingham O v a l L o r d ' s K e n t O v a l Derbyshire D e r b y R e s u l t so f M a t c h e s . Matches played , 26 ; won , 17 ; drawn, 5 ; lost , 4. Opponents. MatchesW o n(17). Leicestershire (1) Warwickshire (2) Sussex Derbyshire Leicestershire L a n c a s h i r e (4) Warwickshire M i d d l e s e x M i d d l e s e x Club. Opnts. Where played . When played . 1st 2nd 1st 2nd M a y20, 21, 22 295 *448 232 232 218 187 Ins. & 3 runs 96 181 Ins. & 24 runs 1 6 3211 Ins. & 1 9 4r u n s 57 271 209 8wkts.; *2 w d 217 252 Ins. & 148runs *4 143 235 10wkts.; *no w d W o nb y. I n s. I n s. I n s. I n s. M a y3,4, 5 6 0 1 9 7 7 8 I n s. & 2 8 5r u n s M a y13, 14,1 5 602 1 5 3 227 I n s. & 222r u n s 279r .; *5wd,in.c . M a y24, 25, 26 408 J u n e1 0 1 6 4 35 3 5 I n s. & 9 4r u n s June17,18 ,1 9 301 June24,25 ,26 568 June28, 29 1 1 21 6 4179 8 8 9 r u n s July15,16, 17 424 July22, 23, 24 617 July 26, 27, 28 377 N o t t s.... H a m p s h i r e E s s e x K e n t L a n c a s h i r e Gloucestershire Matches Drawn(5). E s s e x N o t t s.. ! (5) Yorkshire H a m p s h i r e (6) Sussex MatchesLost (4) . Gloucestershire Somersetshire (3) Yorkshire Somersetshire E x t r aMatches. (7) Oxford University (8) Philadelphians Oval O v a l L e e d s O v a l A u g .2, 3, 4 451 *61 212 297 O v a l A u g .9,1 0,11 579 149 127 Leyton A u g . 1 2,1 3 2 6 4*1 0 143 130 B e c k e n h a mAug.16,17 1 7 1 2 1 3 1 1 61 1 2 9 wkts.; *1w d Ins. & 303 runs 10wkts.; *now d 1 5 6runs O v a l Aug.19,20, 21 216 *90 154 151 C l i f t o n A u g .23,24,25 304 53 117 6wkts.; *4 w d Ins. & 134runs R e m a r k s. O v a l Nottingham June7, 8 O v a l Brighton Southampton July 19, 20 A u g . 3 0, 31 May31,June2 June14,15,16 June21, 22, 23 A u g .27, 28 T a u n t o n O x f o r d O v a l J u n e3,4. 5 July 29, 30,31 316 +244 *7w d.; +8wd,i.c. 275 *1w d. 197 +309 *6w d.; 19 w d,i.c . 88 *79 *8 w d. 154 *251 *7 w d. 157 109 188 *79 5 wkts.; *5w d 249 150 349 274 224runs 75 171 90 256 100runs 93 144 110 193 66 runs 192*101 65 227 5 wkts.; *5 w d 273 372 233 258 154 runs (1) S u r r e yv. W a r w i c k s h i r e . Oval, May13, 14 and 15. Warwickshirehad the good luck to get first use of a fine wicket , but failed to take advantage of the chance . As it happened Richardson bowled at his best , and Warwickshire's highest score in the first innings was Walter Quaife's 33. Surrey started badly by losing Brockwell without a run, but there Warwickshire's successes ended. At the end of the first day Surrey had scored 181 for the loss of only two batsmen , and this sum they increased to 602 before Warwickshire's outing cameto a close . Abel showed more freedom thanusual in getting his 250, Mr. Keyhit with characteristic vigour for his 110not out , and Mr. Leveson-Gowerbatted well for his 81. Warwickshire, to avert defeat , would have had to have been in all the third day. W. G. Quaife (69), Walter Quaife (45), and Mr. Bainbridge (33) madea good start for them, andwith better support might have saved the game. A sit was the tail did little , and Surrey wonin the endby an innings and 222 runs . Surrey, 602. Warwickshire, 153 and 227; total , 380. Richardson(1st inns. Warwickshire) Overs. Maidens. R u n s. Wickets. 2 7 . 4 1 2 6 1 7 M a y10, 11,12 199 *269 *77 July1, 2, 3 185*244 157 77 1 5 9