James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1898

5 0 LILLYWHITE'SCRICKETERS' ANNUAL, performances , too , it should be pointed out that they were very unlucky in losing the services of two of their very best bowlers , Hulmeand Porter , whe were unable to play , owing to illness , at any part of the season . So muchfor the first -class Counties Championship . The relative positions will be gathered from the following table . The places , it maybe stated are apportioned in proportion to the percentage of wins in finished g a m e s. Played. W o n. Lost. D r a w n. Points Finished Percent- i n G a m e s. a g e. L a n c a s h i r e 2 6 1 6 3 7 1 3 1 9 6 8 - 4 2 Surrey 2 6 1 7 4 5 1 3 2 1 61.90 E s s e x 1 6 7 2 7 5 9 5 5 - 5 5 Y o r k s h i r e 2 6 1 3 5 8 8 1 8 4 4 : 4 4 Gloucestershire 1 8 7 5 S u s s e x 2 0 5 6 6 9 2 1 2 16.66 9 - 1 1 1 - 9 ' 9 9 W a r w i c k s h i r e 1 8 3 4 1 1 - 1 7 - 1 4 - 2 8 M i d d l e s e x 1 6 3 4 9 - 1 7 - 1 4 - 2 8 Hampshire 1 8 4 7 7 - 3 1 1 - 2 7 - 2 7 N o t t s 1 6 2 5 9 - 3 7 - 4 2 - 8 5 Somersetshire 1 6 3 9 4 - 6 1 2 - 5 0 K e n t 1 8 2 1 0 6 - 8 1 2 - 6 6 - 6 6 Leicestershire 1 4 1 1 0 3 - 9 1 1 - 8 1 - 8 1 Derbyshire 1 6 0 9 7 - 9 9 - 1 0 0 F o r Against R u n s. Wickets. Average. R u n s. Wickets. Average. Lancashire Surrey E s s e x 8 6 2 3 3 3 3 2 5 - 8 9 7 9 7 3 4 4 4 1 7 - 9 5 9 9 7 5 3 4 4 2 8 . 9 9 9 0 5 2 4 9 3 1 8 . 3 6 6 0 5 7 2 1 7 2 7 . 9 1 6 1 5 2 2 6 7 23-04 S u s s e x M i d d l e s e x Y o r k s h i r e Gloucestershire... Warwickshire H a m p s h i r e N o t t s Somerset ... K e n t Leicestershire Derbyshire 1 0 9 8 8 3 6 2 30-35 9 5 0 8 4 1 9 2 2 . 6 9 6 4 4 5 2 7 4 23-52 6 9 7 4 2 9 0 24.04 8 1 0 4 3 2 5 2 4 . 9 3 7 7 4 0 2 7 2 2 8 - 4 5 6 8 5 7 2 4 1 28-45 7 4 2 1 2 2 5 32-98 6 4 9 5 2 5 6 21.46 6 2 4 2 2 5 0 24.96 5 8 7 4 3 0 0 1 9 . 5 8 5 9 9 7 2 2 5 2 6 - 6 5 6 3 7 3 2 3 2 27.46 6 5 8 7 2 2 1 2 9 - 8 0 5 4 8 1 2 7 9 19.64 5 9 3 2 2 4 1 24-61 6 5 4 2 3 1 0 21-10 6 8 6 7 2 5 9 26-51 3 7 3 6 2 4 2 15-43 5 0 3 3 1 6 2 31.06 5 7 6 8 2 6 6 21.68 5 8 4 0 2 1 3 27-41 T o t a l 9 7 3 1 8 3 9 8 1 2 4 . 4 4 9 7 3 1 8 3 9 8 1 2 4 : 4 4 Worcestershire's claim to the Championship of the Minor Connties was fully established by the unbroken successes of the Eleven . The positions of the others will be gathered from the official table which follows :- Played. W o n. Lost. Drawn. Points Finished Percent- i n. G a m e s. a g e. Worcestershire 1 0 7 0 3 7 7 1 0 0 Glamorganshire 8 4 1 3 3 5 6 0 D u r h a m 8 3 1 4 2 4 5 0 B u c k s 8 5 2 1 3 7 42-85 Wiltshire 1 0 5 2 3 3 7 4 2 : 8 5 N o r f o l k 8 4 2 2 2 6 3 3 - 3 3 B e r k s h i r e 1 0 3 4 3 - 1 7 - 1 4 - 2 2 Northamptonshire 8 1 2 Hertfordshire 8 1 5 5 2 - 1 3 - 3 3 - 3 3 - 4 6 - 6 6 - 6 6 Northumberland 8 2 2 4 0 4 Thebrilliant record of the Worcestershire Eleven would seem to suggest the advisability of a more pretentious programme with a view to possible promotionto the list of first -class shires .