James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1898

1 8 LILLYWHITE'SCRICKETERS' A N N U A L. C H A M P I O NC O U N T YSINCE FORMATIONOF CHAMPIONSHIP:- Played. W o n. L o s t. D r a w n. 1873.-Nottinghamshire 7 5 1873.--Gloucestershire 6 4 1874.-Derbyshire 4 3 1875.-Nottinghamshire 1 0 6 1 2 1 3 1 0 0 1 2 1876.-Gloucestershire 8 5 0 3 1877. Gloucestershire 8 7 0 1 1878. Middlesex 6 3 0 3 1879.-Nottinghamshire 1 2 5 1 6 1879.-Lancashire 1 0 5 1 4 1880.-Nottinghamshire 1 0 6 1 3 1881.-Lancashire 1 3 1 0 . . . 0 3 1882.-Nottinghamshire 1 2 8 1 3 1882.-Lancashire 1 4 1 0 1 3 1883.-Nottinghamshire 1 2 4 1 7 1884.-Nottinghamshire 1 0 9 0 1 1885.-Nottinghamshire 1886.-Nottinghamshire 1887.-Surrey 1888.-Surrey 1889. Surrey 1889.-Lancashire 1889.-Nottinghamshire 1890.-Surrey 1 2 6 1 5 1 4 7 0 7 1 6 1 2 2 2 1 4 1 2 . . . 1 1 1 4 1 0 3 1 1 4 . . 1 0 3 1 1 4 9 2 3 . . . . . . 1 4 9 3 2 1891. Surrey 1892.-Surrey 1893.-Y o r k s h i r e 1894. Surrey 1895.-Surrey 1896.-Yorkshire... 1897.-Lancashire 1 6 1 2 2 2 ٩ ٠ ٠ . . . 1 6 1 3 2 . . . 1 1 6 1 2 3 1 1 6 1 3 2 1* 2 6 1 7 4 5 2 6 1 6 3 7 2 6 1 6 3 7 *Tie-gamev. Lancashire at the Oval, August 18. HOLDER OF THE SHEFFIELD SHIELD .-1892-3 , Victoria , won four , lost none, drew none; 1893-4, South Australia , wonthree , lost one, drewnone ; 1894-5 , Victoria , wonthree , lost one, drew none ; 1895-6 , N e wSouth Wales, wonthree , lost one, drew none ; 1896-7 , NewSouth Wales, won four , lost none, drewnone. ENGLANDV. AUSTRALIA RESULTS.- 4 6matches have been played between Englandand Australia , of which numberEnglandhas won25, lost 15, and left six unfinished ; 27 of these matches were played in Australia , of which the Colonials won 12 and England 13 , the remaining two being left un- finished. CENTURIES IN ENGLAND V. AUSTRALIA MATCHES.-(a) By England : 152 , W. G. Grace , at the Oval , September 6, 1880 ; 140 , Ulyett (G. ), at Mel- bourne , March 10, 1882 ; 135 not out, A. G. Steel , at Sydney, February 17 , 1883 ; 148 , A. G. Steel , at Lord's , July 22, 1884 ; 117 , W. W. Read , at the Oval , August 13, 1884 ; 134 , Barnes (W.), at Adelaide , December 13, 1884 ; 121 , Briggs (J. ), at Melbourne , January 1, 1885 ; 105 not out , Shrewsbury (A. ), at Melbourne , March 23 , 1885 ; 164 , Shrewsbury (A.), at Lord's , July 19 , 1886 ; 170 , W. G. Grace , at the Oval , August 12, 1886 ; 132 not out , Abel (R.) , at Sydney , January 29, 1892 ; 134 , A. E. Stoddart , at Adelaide , March 24 , 1892 ; 106 , Shrewsbury (A.) , at Lord's , July 17 , 1893 ; 103 , F. S. Jackson , at the Oval , August 14, 1893 ; 102 not out, Gunn ( W.), at Man- chester , August 25, 1893 ; 117 , Ward (A.), at Sydney, December 18, 1894 ; 173 , A. E. Stoddart , at Melbourne , December 31 , 1894 ; 120 , A. С. MacLaren, at Melbourne , March 2, 1895 ; 140 , Brown (J. T.), at Melbourne ,