James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1898

1 3 0 LILLYWHITE'SCRICKETERS' ANNUAL. A Tthe outset it looked as if the YorkshireElevenwouldin all likelihood retain the honours they won in 1896 as the champions of the year. Thefirst doubt wasoccasioned by their reverse at the hands of Essex at Leyton. Adefeat the very next week by the Cambridge Eleven at Cambridge emphasised the fear thattheir all-r o u n dcricketh a db e e na little over-rated. I nthee n dn o less than five matches spelt disaster for them, exclusive of that at Cambridge referred to . Altogether Yorkshire had a very powerful combination beyond a doubt. Inbatting ,on paper it was decidedly stronger . Still , as a side , perhaps , they were not such dangerous run-getters as in 1896, notwithstanding the fine performances of manyof the team. But it wasmore in the bowling that the team showed weakness , if at all . Peel's loss weakened themmaterially , of course , during a great part of the season . In his absence , on the excellent wickets that prevailed , the bowling wason the whole not particularly deadly , andto this defect maybe partially attributed the failure , comparative that is, o ftheside. R e s u l t so f M a t c h e s . Matches played , 26 ; won, 13 ; drawn, 8 ; lost , 5 . Bristol T a u n t o n Opponents. Matches Won(13) . Gloucestershire Somersetshire Club. Opnts. Whereplayed . Whenplayed . 1st /2nd 1st 2nd W o nb y. I n s. I n s. Ins. I n s. M a y13,14,15 494 *21 155 358 10wkts; *now d M a y17, 18,19 385*118 Leicestershire L e e d s M a y24, 25, 26 435 223 276 5 wkts.; *5wd 1 2 41 8 2 I n n s. &129runs Hampshire B r a d f o r d M a y31,J1 &2 279 *19 K e n t H a l i f a x J u n e10,11 2 7 9 94 201 10wkts; *now d 102 7 4 Inns.&103runs Derbyshire D e r b y June14, 15,16 265*154 234 184 1w k t; *9w d Surrey L e e d s June21, 22,23 90 256 75 171 100runs H a m p s h i r e SouthamptonJuly5, 6, 7 293*138 251 179 10wkts; *now d S u s s e x Sheffield July12,1 3,14*681 164 210 Inns.&307rns.; *5w d, in. c. Somersetshire W a r w i c k s h i r e K e n t Derbyshire MatchesD r a w n(8) . W a r w i c k s h i r e M i d d l e s e x B r a d f o r d Sheffield L e e d s July26, 27 3 5 6 1 8 81 4 6 I n n s. & 2 2 r u n s Birmingham Aug.2, 3, 4 374*104 172 305 Canterbury Aug.5, 6, 7 366 *8 1 7 0 202 9 wkts.; *1 wd 10wkts; *now d> Aug.19,20,21 83 *166 128 120 5 wkts.; *5w d R e m a r k s . J u n e7, 8, 9 *337 *5w d L o r d ' s J u n e17,18,19 439 311*222*4 w d N o t t s Nottingham June 24,25,26 364 *233 O v a l D e w s b u r y B r a d f o r d Sheffield Leicester L e y t o n Harrogate Brighton Manchester Aug.12, 13,14 Surrey N o t t s Lancashire M i d d l e s e x Leicestershire Matches Lost (5). E s s e x E s s e x Gloucestershire S u s s e x, Lancashire E x t r aMatches. (1) CambridgeUniv. (2) Philadelphians Huddersfield July 22,23 , 24 276 225 370 271 175 269 327 *119 Cambridge M a y27, 28, 29 100 162 138 *126 4wkts.; *6w d Sheffield D r a w n; 4 w d J u n e28, 29,30*104 2 2 5 July1, 2, 3 197*309 July15,16,17 139 *358 July19,20, 21 345 6 6 A u g .16,17,18 366*182 A u g .23, 24, 25*323 490 *5w d 185+244 *9 w d,i.c.; +6w d 260 151 *9wd, i.c.; +8w d 3 5 4 +219 *6wd,i.c.; +2w d *6wd Lostby. M a y20, 21 1 5 41761 9 9*132 3wkts.; *7w d 135 297 139 294 1 run July29, 30,31 100runs A u g .9,10, 11 6wkts; *4 w d 160 100 286 Inns . & 26runs