James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1898

1 2 L I L L YW H I T E ' SC R I C K E T E R S' A N N U A L. G u n nand Shrewsbury, Nottinghamshire v. Sussex , at Brighton, July 9, 1891 ; 308 (for fourth ), Davidson and Storer , Derbyshire v. Lancashire , at Manchester , August 10, 1896 ; 306 (for third ), Abel and Holland , Surrey v. Cambridge University , at the Oval , May 24, 1895 ; 305 (for third ), W. W. Read and W. E. Roller , Surrey v. Lancashire , at Manchester , June 16 , 1887 ; 303 (for first ), G. L. Wilson and Marlow, Sussex v. Oxford University , at Brighton , June 24, 1895. Best in Australia :-310 (for third ) , Shrews- bury and Gunn, Non-Smokers v. Smokers, at East Melbourne, March 18, 1887 ; 252 (for fifth ), A. C. Maclaren (181 ) and N. F. Druce ( 126 ), England v. 13 of Queensland and N e wSouth Wales, at Brisbane , November29. 1897 ; 245 (for fourth ), W. L. Murdoch and S. P. Jones , NewSouth Wales v. Victoria , at Sydney, February , 1889 ; 244 (for second ), J. J.Lyons and G. Giffen , South Australia v. NewSouth Wales , at Sydney , January 8, 1892 ; 243 (for second ), G. H. S. Trott and A. C. Bannerman, Australian XI. v. New South Wales , at Sydney, December , 1888. Best by Australians in England :-276 (for third ), W. L. Murdoch and G. H. S. Trott v. Cambridge University , Past and Present , at Leyton , August 9, 1890. Best against Australians in England:-241 (for fourth ) , Abel and Read (M.) , Surrey v. Australians , at the Oval, July 30 , 1886 . LONGESTPARTNERSHIPS IN MATCHESOTHERTHAN FIRST -CLASS (NOT FIRST WICKET ).- 623 (for second ), Captain Oates (313 not out ) and Private Fitz- gerald (287 not out) , 1st Royal Munster Fusiliers v. ArmyService Corps , at the Curragh , June 12, 1895 ; 605 (for second ), G. F. Vernon ( 259 ) and A. H. Trevor (338) , Orleans Club v. Rickling Green, at Rickling Green, Angust 4, 1882; 492, F. M. Atkins (364) andAlec Hearne, Mote Parkv. Shorncliffe Camp, July 25, 1887 ; 464 , Capt . Young and Lieutenant Dumbleton (325), Royal Engineers v. Royal Marines , at Portsmouth , August 16 , 18843463 (for eighth ), S. E. Gregory and J. Noble , Sydney v. Warwick, 1891 ; 454 (for third ), Barnes (266) and Midwinter (187 ) , M.C.C. and Ground v. Leicestershire , at Lord's , June 1, 1882 ; 436 (for third ), L. W. Pye (239) and J. C. Wilson (195 ), Central Cumberland v. Hawkesbury Dis- trict , October 4, 1897 ; 421 (for fourth ) , C. H. Ross and R. McLeod, Melbourne v. Williamstown, 1892 ; 419 (for second), G u n n (219 not out ) and Attewell (200), M.C.C. and Groundv. Northumberland, at Lord's , August 10, 1889 ; 383 (for fourth ), A. E. Stoddart (485 ) and E. Swift (92), Hampstead v. Stoics , at Hampstead, August 4, 1886 ; 345 (for fourth ), G. Giffen (296) and J. E. Gooden (149 ), Norwood v. South Adelaide , at Adelaide December, 1890 ; 334 (for fourth ), A. H. Dickinson and M. F. Maclean , Trinity (2) v. King's (2), at Cambridge , May 2, 1892 ; 328 , A. Grant -Asher (215) and R. H. Johnston (163 ), for Grange v. M.C.C. and Ground, at Lord's , July 11 , 1892 ; 321 , F. Mitchell and J. H. Stogdon , Mr. H. Wood's XI. v. Houghton , at Houghton , 1897 ; 320 (for sixth ), Brockwell (161 not out) and Ayres (158 not out ), Surrey Club and G. v. Wanderers , at the Oval , 1893 ; 319 (for fifth ), J. C. Noack (248 ) and J. Bushell , South Adelaide v. North Adelaide , at Adelaide , 1896 ; 315 (for fifth ), V. Thompson (238 not out ) and S. M. Michael (211 ), East Melbourne v. Richmond, at East Melbourne , November 28 , 1896 ; 314 (for second ), F. J. Hiscock (185 ) and L. W. Evan (165 ), Adelaide v. Hindmarsh , ndmarsh, at Adelaide , November 29, 1890 ; 307 (for fourth ), W .Blackman (277 ) and G. Brann (176 ), Ardingly College v. M.C.C. and Ground, at Ardingly College Ground, June 11 , 1883 ; 305 (for fifth ), Hayward and Carpenter , All England Eleven v. XVIII . of Radcliffe -on- Trent, July 21 , 1870 (the longest partnership against odds) .