James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1898

2 3 8 L I L L Y W H I T E ' SC R I C K E T E R S' A N N U A L. T H EB O W L E R S . THE grounds during the greater part of the season were all against bowlers , so that it was not surprising to find even the best of them comparatively unsuccessful . B yfar the most noteworthy performance in a run-getting season was that of Richardson. If J. T. Hearne outdid him in 1896 the positions w re quite reversed last summer. His record in 1897 was phenomenal . He tooka hundred wickets more than any other bowler of the year, and consider- ing the conditions which prevailed throughout his average of under fourteen and half runs for 273 wickets was remarkable , even if in point of wickets it did not quite comeup to his figures of 1895. A noteworthy feature in the averages of 189 7was that Lancashire had three bowlers , Cuttell , Briggs , and Hallam, among the thirteen who took over a hundred wickets . Of the younger generation , G. L. Jessop , Bland, and F. G. Bull have comevery prominently to the fror tas the result of the year's cricket . A. E. Trott , the Australian , too , madea great reputation for himself , and is likely to be of material help to M i d d l e s e x . O v e r200 Wickets: Overs. 1 6 0 3 . 4 Maidens. 4 9 5 3 9 4 5 2 7 3 R u n s. Wickets. Average. 14-123 Richardson O v e r100a n dunder200Wickets: Cuttell Briggs Hearne(J. T.) G.L. Jessop H a y w a r d H a l l a m A t t e w e l l B l a n d F .G .B u l l Wainwright H i r s t... T a t e U n d e r1 0 0wickets: Trott(A .E.) C.E . M .W i l s o n W e b b(Middlesex) N i c e C .H e s e l t i n e M o l d H .W .d eZoete 1 1 2 1 . 4 4 4 2 1 9 7 4 1 2 0 1 6 . 5 4 1 2 8 9 3 8 7 2 5 6 0 1 5 5 1 6 . 8 0 1 6 1 9 - 3 6 4 7 3 0 6 6 1 7 3 17-125 9 8 8 . 3 2 9 6 2 0 7 1 - 1 1 6 17.99 8 3 2 . 3 2 4 4 2 0 7 3 1 1 4 18-21 1 0 4 2 4 4 9 1 8 2 0 1 0 0 1 8 - 2 0 1 1 9 4 5 2 1 2 0 2 9 1 0 2 1 9 . 9 1 1140-2 3 3 7 2 7 9 8 1 2 9 2 1 . 8 9 1 0 0 7 2 4 3 2 6 3 4 1 2 0 2 1 - 1 1 4 1041.4 3 2 6 2 3 3 0 1 0 1 2 3 - 7 1111-1 3 9 6 2 3 4 6 1 0 1 2 3 - 2 8 1207.1 4 2 0 2 5 6 2 1 0 1 25-37 2 7 3 - 4 7 5 6 9 2 5 0 1 3 . 4 2 2 7 1 9 4 4 5 8 3 3 13-29 9 9 - 1 3 3 2 1 3 1 4 1 5 . 3 1 0 5 . 2 4 1 1 9 8 1 3 1 5 . 3 3 0 7 - 1 7 8 7 0 9 4 1 1 7 - 1 2 838-4 2 8 3 1 7 6 9 9 8 1 85 2 6 1 6 7 6 8 6 3 8 1 8 . 2 F. W .Stocks 4 5 3 1 6 8 9 9 4 5 5 1 8 . 4 H a i g h 786.4 2 6 0 1 7 1 3 9 1 18-75 P e e l 7 6 4 2 7 5 1 4 0 5 8 2 19-37 F.H .E. Cunliffe ... 655-4 2 1 2 1 4 7 3 7 5 19.48 C. J. Kortright 505.1 1 1 8 1 4 4 2 7 1 20-22 C a p t. W .C. Hedley 2 9 0 9 0 6 5 6 3 2 2 0 . 1 6 W .S. A .B r o w n 1 5 1 . 3 6 5 2 7 2 1 3 2 0 - 1 2 E. C. W r i g h t 313-2 1 1 7 6 3 2 3 0 2 1 - 2 A . J. L. Hill 3 6 8 . 2 1 0 8 8 4 8 4 0 2 1 . 8 M e a d 9 2 7 . 4 3 2 2 1 9 0 5 8 9 2 1 . 3 6 L e e s 722-2 2 3 9 1 6 7 6 7 8 2 1 - 3 8 W o o d c o c k ... 6 5 7 - 2 1 5 3 1 6 9 0 7 8 21.52 F .S. J a c k s o n 708-4 2 0 9 1 6 2 8 7 5 2 1 . 5 3 E.B. Shine 710-3 2 0 6 1 7 1 7 7 9 2 1 . 5 8 D .A .Steele 2 3 9 . 3 5 4 6 2 0 2 8 2 2 . 4 W .G.Gracesen. 594.1 1 8 1 1 2 4 2 5 6 22-10