James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1898

2 2 LILLYWHITE'S CRICKETERS' ANNUAL. FOURWICKETS IN FOUR BALLS IN A GOOD CLASS MATCH.-1862, J. Wells, Kentv. Sussex, at Brighton ; 1882 , G. Nash, Lancashire v. Somerset- shire , at Manchester ; 1888 , J. E. Shilton , Warwickshire v. Leicestershire , at Birmingham ; 1890 , J. Hide, Sussex v. M.C.C. and Ground, at Lord's ; 1891 , W. H. Lockwood , Surrey v. Warwickshire , at the Oval ; 1893 , F. Shacklock , Nottinghamshire v. Somersetshire , at Nottingham; 1895 , A. Mold, Lancashire v. Nottinghamshire , at Nottingham ; 1895 , F. Martin , M.C.C. and Ground v. Derbyshire , at Lord's . [NOTE : - H. F. Boyle, for the Australians v. 18 of Elland, at Leeds, 1878, took seven wickets in eight balls .] SIX WICKETS OR MORE WITH CONSECUTIVE BALLS.- 8, J. Walker, Ashbourne Park v. Turnstall , September , 1882 ; 7, W. H. Bromham, Hammersmith v. Old Kensington , June 7, 1890 ; 7, W. Sark , Noel Park v. Dartmouth Park (2nd elevens ), at Noel Park, June 14, 1890 ; 7, James Turner, Southport v. XVIII. of Southport and District , at Southport , April 8, 1896 ; 7, T. Richardson , Andover v. Basingstoke , at Basingstoke , July 4, 1896 ; 6, J. Wisden, All England v. XXII. of Canada , 1859 ; 6, Brown, Gormanchester v. Willingham (Cambs.), 1874 ; 6, D. Taylor , Whitechurch v. Blythewood , 1882 ; 6, J. Briggs , A. N. Hornby's XI. v. XIV. of Minshull Vernon , at Parkfield , Nantwich , June 8, 1887 ; 6, J. Rogers , South Brisbane v. Marylebone , at Brisbane , October 27, 1888 ; 6, H u m m, Commiles v. St. George's , at Clapham , May3, 1890 ; 6, Kirkland , Bloxwich v. Cannock and Rugeley , May 10, 1890 ; A. Elliott , in an Adelphi Junior (South Australia ) match , 1892 ; 6, Fotheringham , Brooks and Co. v. Collier and Co. (Victoria ), 1892 ; 6, J. Isted , Terting v. Great Waltham, July 19, 1892; 6, J. Carlton, NorthMelbourne Trades v. South Melbourne, 1893 ; 6, Pipe -Major Sutherland , Sergeants of the Station v. Sergeants of the 11th Hussars , at Sialkote , August , 1893 ; 6, Shaw, of Rastrick , in local match , September , 2, 1893 ; 6, T. R. O'Brien , Donald v. Albions , in Victoria , December, 23 , 1894 ; 6, W. M. Bradley , Lloyd's Register v. 2nd XI. of Mitcham, at Mitcham, June 15, 1895. -[NOTE : H. F. Boyle , for Australians v. XVIII. of Elland , at Leeds, June 7, 1878, took 7 wickets in 8 balls . W . C. Hall , for Parson Grove v. Gedney Hall , near Peterborough . took 9 wickets in 10 balls , August 11 , 1891. ] A L LTENWICKETSIN AN INNINGS IN A FIRST CLASS MATCH.-Е. Hinkley, Kentv. England , July 11, 1848 ; J. Wisden, North v. South , July 15, 1850 ; V. E. Walker, England v. Surrey , July 21, 1859 ; E. M. Grace , M.C.C. v. Gentlemen of Kent, August 14, 1862 ; G. Wootton , All England XI. v. Yorkshire , July 19, 1865 ; V. E. Walker, Middlesex v. Lancashire , July 22, 1865 ; W. Hickton , Lancashire v. Hampshire , July 21, 1870 ; J. C. Shaw, Sixteen of Nottinghamshire v. England, September 15, 1870 ; S. E. Butler , Oxford v. Cambridge , June 25, 1871 ; James Lillywhite , South v. North , August 7, 1872 ; A. Shaw , M.C.C. and Ground v. North , June 1, 1874 ; E. Barratt , Players of England v. Australians , September 2, 1878 ; G. Giffen , Anglo -Australian XI. v. Combined Australia , February 16, 1884 ; W. G. Grace , M.C.C. and Ground v. Oxford University , June 22, 1886 ; G. Burton , Middlesex v. Surrey , July 19, 1888 ; S. M. J. Woods , Cambridge University v. C. I. Thornton's XI., May 13, 1890 ; T. Richardson , Surrey v. Essex , June 19 , 1894 ; H. Pickett , Essex v. Leicestershire , June 3, 1895 ; E. J. Tyler , Somersetshire v. Surrey , August 22, 1895. [NOTE:- I n1868 , Mr. V. E. Walker took all ten wickets for the Gentlemen of Middlesex v. the Gentlemen of Kent, but this match can hardly be regarded as first class .]