James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1898

1 0 LILLYWHITE'SCRICKETERS' ANNUAL. 7 1890 ; 28 , Victoria v. New South Wales, at Melbourne , March, 1856 ; 28, A nEngland XI. v. Australians , at Stoke , July 12, 1888 ; 28, Lancashire v. Australians , at Liverpool , August 29, 1896 ; 29 , Sussex v. M.C.C. and Ground, at Lord's , 1861 ; 29 , Sussex v. Gloucestershire , at Cheltenham, August 19, 1878. -[NOTE : In a match v. X V I. of Derbyshire , at Winks- worth, September 4, 1873 , Nottinghamshire were dismissed for 14, whilst th eBexley Club (with Lord F. Beauclerck and Mr. J. Hammond), on August 25, 1805 , disposed of Kent for six runs .] BIG STANDS FOR THE FIRST WICKETIN FIRST CLASS MATCHES.-379, Abel and Brockwell , Surrey v. Hampshire , at the Oval , August 9, 1897 ; 378 , Brown and Tunnicliffe , Yorkshire v. Sussex , at Sheffield , July 12, 1897 ; 346 , H. T. Hewett and L. C. H. Palairet , Somersetshire v. Yorkshire , at Taunton , August 26, 1892 ; 303 , G. L. Wilson and Marlow, Sussex v. Oxford University , at Brighton , June 24, 1895 ; 288 , H. W. Bainbridge and Quaife (W. G.), Warwickshire v. Hampshire , at Southampton , August 12, 1897; 283, Dr. W . G. Grace and B. B. Cooper, Gentlemenof South v. Players of South , at the Oval, July 15, 1869 ; 266 , A. E. Stoddart and Shrewsbury , England v. M.C.C. and Ground, at Lord's , June 13 , 1887 ; 243 , K. J. Key and W. Rashleigh , Oxford v. Cambridge , at Lord's , July 5, 1886 ; 238 , Dr. W. G. Grace and T. G. Matthews , Gloucestershire v. Yorkshire , at Sheffield , July 29 , 1872 ; 231 , Abel and Brockwell , Surrey v. Sussex , at the Oval, May20, 1897 ; 228 , A. E. Stoddart and T. C. O'Brien , Middlesex v. Surrey , at Lord's , July 23, 1893 ; 226 , Dr. W. G. Grace and Abel , South v. North, at Scarborough , September 7, 1889 ; 223 , A. O. Jones and Shrewsbury , Nottinghamshire v. Kent, at Nottingham , August 10, 1896 ; 218 , A. E. Stoddart and H. B. Hayman, Middlesex v. Yorkshire , at Lord's , M a y21 , 1896 ; 217 , G. L. Wilson and Bean, Sussex v. Gloucestershire , at Brighton , May23 , 1893 ; 211 , Bean and Marlow, Sussex v. Gloucestershire , at Brighton , May 27, 1896 ; 208 , Lords Harris and Throwley , Kent v. Sussex , at Gravesend, June 22, 1882 ; 206, W. W. Read and Jupp, Surrey v. Yorkshire , at the Oval, August 23, 1877 ; 205, A. E. Stoddart and A. J. Webbe, Middlesex v. Kent, at Gravesend , August 13, 1886 ; 205 , L. C. Н. Palairet and G. Fowler , Somersetshire v. Gloucestershire , at Bristol , May16, 1895 ; 204 , Abel and Brockwell , Surrey v. Warwickshire , at Birmingham, June 24, 1897 ; 203 , Dr. W. G. Grace and A. J. Webbe, Gentlemen v. Players , at Lord's , July 6, 1875 ; 202 , Brown and Chatterton , North v. South, at the Oval, August4, 1894 ; 200, F. H. Bohlen and G. S. Patterson , Philadelphia v. F. Mitchell's XI., Haverford , September 25, 1895. The following are the Best in Australia :-196, W . Bruce and Shrewsbury , Non- Smokers v. Smokers , at East Melbourne , March 17, 1887 ; 184 , J. Darling . and J. J. Lyons , South Australia v. Victoria , at Adelaide , February 28, 1897 ; 156 , A. C. Bannerman and S. P. Jones , NewSouth Wales v. Victoria , at Sydney, January , 1889 ; 151 , H. Graham and J. Harry, Victoria v. South Australia , cralia at Adelaide , November 12, 1895. Against Australian bowling in this country the best stands for the first wicket are : 176 , A. E. Stoddart and F. S. Jackson , C. I. Thornton's XI., at Scarborough , September 4, 1893 ; and 170 , Dr. W. G. Grace and Scotton , for England, at the Oval, August 12, 1886 . BIG STANDS FOR FIRST WICKETIN MINORMATCHES.-472, S. Colman (209) and P. Coles (247 not out), Devonshire Park v. G. W. Morrison's XI. , at Eastbourne , August 31 , 1892 ; 470 (no wicket ), L. Wilson (246 not out) and W. G. Wyld (203 not out ), Beckenham v. Bexley , at Beckenham,