James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1898

C R I C K E TR E C O R D S . 1 5 TIE MATCHES IN FIRST CLASS CRICKET.-Kent v. Hambledon, at Hambledon, July , 1783 ; Surrey v. Kent, at the Oval , July , 1847 (Kent lost the last three wickets whenthe game stood ata tie ) ; Surrey v. M.C.C. and Ground, at the Oval , June, 1868 ; Surrey v. Middlesex , at the Oval , July , 1868; Surrey v. Middlesex , at the Oval , August , 1876 ; Gentlemen v. Players , at the Oval , June , 1883 ; Surrey v. Lancashire , at the Oval , August, 1894.-[NOTE : In August, 1890, at Taunton, Somersetshire v. Middlesex played a tie match, but the Westernshire was not then one of the recognised first -class counties . Before leaving for England , in 1878 , Gregory's Aus- tralian team played a tie -match at Melbourne v. a Combined 15 (N e wSouth Walesand Victoria ).] DOUBLETIE MATCHES IN A N Y MATCH.- 7 1 and 71 v. 71 and 71, Wokingv. Shiere , 1818 ; 51 and 51 v. 51 and 51 , Royal Fusiliers v. Tenby , 1885 ; 56 and 36 v. 56 and 36, East Peckhamv. Yalding, 1833 ; 61 and 41 v. 61 and 41 , Coleorton v. Whitwick, 1853 ; 73 and 38 v. 73 and 38 , Castle Thorpe v. Yardley Cobion , 1863 ; 188 and 94 v. 188 and 94, Cranbury Park v. I Zingari , 1864 ; 49 and 72 v. 49 and 72, Richmond (Yorks ) v. Bedale , 1867 ; 44 and 24 v. 44 and 24, Ifield v. Balcombe, 1869 ; 43 and 49 v. 43 and 49, St. Neots v. Brampton, 1872 ; 14 and 37 v. 14 and 37, J. Wiffen's XI. v. T. Wilson's XI. (Hornchurch ), 1885 ; 33 and 35 v. 33 and 35, Residents v. Visitors , at Cannes , 1888 ; 28 and 23 v. 28 and 23, G u mFlat v. Dinton Vale (in NewSouth Wales ), 1893. -[NOTE : In a match played in 1879 between Billington and Eddlesborough , at Billington , near Leighton Buzzard , each side had three innings . Eddlesborough scored 29, 42 and 38 , whilst Billington responded with 29, 42 and 39 for four wickets , thus winning the matchby six wickets . In the Gentlemen v. Players match at Brighton , 1881 , the Players ' scores were 204 and 112 and the Gentlemen's 204 and 111 . It is said that an error was afterwards discovered in the scores , and that the Gentlemen's total was also 112 in the second innings , makingthe match a tie in both innings .] . T H R E EF I G U R EI N N I N G SO N F I R S TA P P E A R A N C EF O RA F I R S TC L A S S COUNTY.-J. Ricketts , 195 not out , Lancashire v. Surrey , at the Oval , May 30, 1867 ; L. Winslow, 124 , Sussex v. Gloucestershire , at Brighton , June 10, 1875 ; A. C. MacLaren , 108 , Lancashire v. Sussex , at Brighton , August 14, 1890 ; Marlow (F. W.), 144 , Sussex v. M.C.C. and Ground, at Lord's , May 8, 1891 ; K. S. Ranjitsinhji , 150 , Sussex v. M.C.C. and Ground , at Lord's , May 9, 1895 ; S. H. Day, 101 , Kent v. Gloucestershire , at Cheltenham , August 9, 1897. -[NOTE : The scores by Ranjitsinhjiand S. H. Daywere made in the second innings .] T H R E EFIGUREINNINGS ON FIRST APPEARANCEFOR A C O L O N Y.-L. W. Pye, 166 , NewSouth Wales v. Queensland , at Brisbane , April 16, 1897 ; J. M'Ilwraith , 133, Victoria v. NewSouth Wales, at Melbourne , December, 1885 ; J. O'Halloran , 128 not out, Victoria v. South Australia , at Melbourne , January 1, 1897 ; D. M'Leod, 107 , Victoria v. Tasmania , at Hobart , January 26, 1895 ; C. W. Rock, Tasmania v. Victoria , at Melbourne , January , 1889 . A W I C K E TWITH THE FIRST B A L LDELIVEREDBY A P L A Y E RIN A FIRST CLASS COUNTYMATCH.-Barlow (R. G. ) , Lancashire v. Yorkshire , at Sheffield , July 18 , 1871 ; J. J. Parfitt , Surrey v. Yorkshire , at the Oval , August 12, 1881 ; E. C. Streatfeild , Surrey v. Lancashire , at the Oval , August 20, 1890 ; M. Berkley , Essex v. Yorkshire , at Halifax , July 12, 1894 ; L. C. V. Bathurst , Middlesex v. Sussex , at Lord's , July 16, 1894 ; H. G. Curgenven , Derbyshire v. Essex , at Leyton, July 23, 1896 .