James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1898

2 7 0 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. H i g hS c o r i n gf o rt h elastW i c k e t. In a Pennant match between Melbourne and North Melbourne, C. Ross andRocheput on 106 for Melbourne'slast wicket. M a t c h e so f O n eT h o u s a n dR u n s. Derbyshire v. Notts , Derby , August 9, 1,008 .-Gloucestershire v. Yorks , Bristol , M a y13, 1,028 .-Kent v. Notts , Gravesend, June 17, 1,067 .-Surreyv. Kent, Oval, June 22, 1,086 .-Sussex v. Essex, Brighton , July 29 , 1,074.- Lancashire v. Sussex , Manchester, July 15, 1,150 .-Surrey v. Notts , Oval, August 2, 1,021 .-Surrey v. Philadelphians , Oval , July 29 , 1,136 .-Notts v. Yorkshire , Nottingham, June 24, 1,087 .-Surrey v. Essex, Oval, M a y 10, 1,028 .-M.C.C. and Groundv. Sussex , Lord's , M a y13, 1,156 .-Somersetshire v. Yorkshire , Taunton, M a y17, 1,002 .-Surrey v. Sussex , Oval, M a y20, 1,207.- Oxford University v. A. J. Webbe's XI., Oxford , M a y24, 1,040 . C l o s eF i n i s h e s. Yorkshire beat Derbyshire at Derby on June 16by one wicket .-Lancashire beat Derbyshire at Liverpool on June 5 by one wicket .-Essex beat Yorkshire at Huddersfield on July 24 by one run.-M.C.C. and Ground beat Derbyshire at Lord's on June11 b y two wickets.-Warwickshirebeat Gloucestershire at Birmingham on July 21 by two wickets .-Surrey beat Middlesex at Oval on July 29 by nine runs . Sussex beat Somersetshire at Brighton on June 11 by o n ew i c k e t. R a p i dScoring. J. C. Toller scored 206 for HampsteadHockey Club v. Hampsteadon June 27. H e m a d e32 off the first two overs, and his first 100 in anhouranda quarter .-F. G. J. Ford, for Middlesex against Philadelphians at Lord's , on June 23, scored his 100 in the second innings in fifty -five minutes .-G. L. Jessop , for Gloucestershire v. Philadelphians , on July 15, made 140 in ninety -five minutes . In a match in South Australia in February, between St. Mary's and St. Paul's, A. H. Hill andH. Bellhousescored betweenthem28 off one over. A H i tfor E i g h t. O nJune 23 Kersley , playing for the Surrey Colts against Mitchamat the Oval , hit a ball for eight without an overthrow . H i g hS c o r i n g.. In a match on M a y 22, at Widemarsh (Herefordshire ) between St. Martin's and W y e, 476 runs were scored in three hours and twenty minutes for 4 wickets . St. Martin's closed their innings at 286 for 3 wickets , and W y egot 190 with only one batsman out. In a match between East Sydney and Paddington, at Sydney, at end of April , 473 were madewith only 3 bats- menout . Paddington , after making 269 for two wickets , closed their innings , butcould only get one East Sydneybatsmanout for 84. Thetotal of 531 made at Ostacamundon M a y1 is the record for the ground. In an electorate match at Sydney on February 13 and 20, H. Donnanscored 308. H ewas seven hours at thewickets. S m a l lS c o r i n g. In first innings of Gloucestershire v. Middlesex , at Lord's on June4, Roberts was in fifty -five minutes for two runs. 17