James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1898

THE COUNTIES IN 1897. 1 4 1 S T A F F O R D S H I R E . H o n. Sec.-P. E. Mainwaring, WhitmoreRectory , Newcastle , Staffs . R e s u l t so f M a t c h e s . Matches played , 8 ; won, 4 ; drawn, 3 ; lost , 1. Club. Opnts. Where played . Whenplayed . 1st 2nd 1st 2nd W o nb y. Opponents. I n s. I n s. Ins. I n s. MatchesW o n(4) . C h e s h i r e N o t t s C h e l f o r d S t o k e M a y26, 27 J u n e3,4 N o r t h a n t s C h e s h i r e July 12, 13 Matches Drawn(3) . Northampton Northampton June7, 8 W a r w i c k s h i r e S t o k e July 29, 30 2 6 5 N o t t s N o t t s A u g .23, 24 2 7 2 MatchesLost (1) . Warwickshire Birmingham June10, 11 AstonUnity June28, 29 S t o k e 246*170 150 264 2 wkts.; *8 w d 1 1 9 6 2 1 0 4 4 3 3 6runs 98 *8 8 81 104 6 wkts.; *4w d 319 *16 116 2141 0wkts; now d R e m a r k s. 8 5*1 2 0256 *9wktsd 1 6 5*206*5 w k t sd *2w k t sd L o s tb y. 8 21 6 2212 *36 10wkts;*now d *103 B A T T I N GA V E R A G E S . T i m e s M o s tin I n n s. n o to u t. R u n s. anInns. Average. Hollowood 5 0 1 6 1 2 5 3 50.60 Rev. P. E. Mainwaring 9 0 5 0 2 4 1 26-77 H .D. Stratton 1 0 1 6 5 2 1 3 2 3 . 6 6 G r i m s h a w 1 3 0 5 4 2 1 6 16.61 D a y s... 5 1 2 8* 6 2 1 5 . 5 0 T u r n e r 1 0 3 3 8 1 0 0 1 4 . 2 8 G .M c H a r g 1 1 3 3 5 9 1 1 3 B r o w n 1 0 1 3 6 1 1 4 12.76 W .E.W a l k e r 1 0 1 1 6 8 8 9 - 7 7 Filliston 6 1 2 4 4 1 8 . 2 0 Thefollowing also batted in one or more matches :- C. W .Woodall, 36-4* ; W .E. Harrison, 0-86; S. E. Thomas, 18-12; A. H. Wardle, 4 2 0 - 1 2; H. J. Phillips , 0-30* ; J. McCartney , 0*-46; P. Briggs , 27 ; Widdowson, 6-18; H. C. Gardner , 26-8*-13; J. Poole, 13; H. Wright, 4-12; Eagland, 3-8; P. G. Toler, 11 ; R. C. Page, 0-11; R. N . Shaw, 8-12 ; A. H. Heath , 2-4-0-4* ; Pitchford , 0*-0*- 6; R. C. Clark , 1-2; W. Eve, 0 - 4; G. Booth, 1* ; Darlow, 1* ; Soult, 0 - 1; T. Hedges, 0 - 0; Lightfoot , 0-0. B O W L I N G A V E R A G E S . Overs. Maidens. G r i m s h a w T u r n e r W .E. W a l k e r Eagland Pitchford D a y s... R u n s. Wickets. Average. 1 2 6 - 2 3 6 2 6 8 2 0 13.40 3 0 6 . 3 1 1 7 6 1 9 4 6 13.45 1 4 2 - 2 3 9 3 4 6 2 3 1 5 : 0 4 1 3 2 5 4 3 1 8 4 1 1 3 7 9 3 2 6 . 3 5 5 6 1 6 1 3 2 3 4 4 T h efollowing also bowled:-Darlow, 14.4-0-42-2; Booth, 7-0-24-1; Hollowood, 18-6-51-2; Lightfoot , 13-3-43-1; Brown(W .), 16-1-51-1; McCartney, 12-0-56 - 2; A. H. Wardle, 9-0-43-1; Soult , 20-6-52-1; W. Eve, 2-0-11-0; P. Briggs , 5-0-26-0; andThomas,4-0-29-0.