James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1898

THE MARYLEBONECLUB IN 1897. 5 9 (6) M.C.C.a n dG r o u n dv. E s s e x. Lord's, M a y24, 25 and 26. ThoughM.C.C. hadon paper a very moderate side Essexhad really not a look in at anypoint of the game. Inthe second innings Messrs . H. G. Owen (67) and Kortright (66 not out) showed up well, but their stand was the one redeeming feature of the County's batting . At the same time it should be stated that Essex missed Mr. F. G. Bull's bowling very badly, and that they also hadthe worst of the wicket . Mr. R. W. Nicholls (75 and13) andBoard (15 and 52) were the chief scorers for the Club. M.C.C. wonby 111 runs. M.C.C. andGround, 193 and 230; total ,423. Essex, 86 and 226; total , 312. (7) M.C.C.a n dG r o u n dv. Leicestershire. Lord's , May31 and June 1. Luckbefriended Leicestershire in the matter of the weather, and with all the worst of the wicket the not over strong eleven of M.C.C. fared badly. Woodcock's fast bowling was indeed too muchfor most of them, and the only score over 40 on the side was Russell's second of 66. Leicestershire , thanks mainly to Mr. C. J. Wood(70) and Coe (64), made a respectable first innings of 251, but even then had great trouble to win, losing six of their eleven before they got the 42 wanted to win. Leicestershire wonby 4 wickets . Leicester- shire , 251 and 42 (6 wickets ) ; total , 293. M.C.C. and Ground, 118 and 172 ; total, 290. Woodcock(Leicestershire ) Overs. 5 1 Maidens. R u n s. Wickets. 1 2 5 1 3 1 2 (8) M.C.C. andGr o undv. CambridgeUniversity. Cambridge, June7, 8 and9. Raindid not admit of any play at all on the second or third days. As it w a s389 runs were scored , and with only eleven wickets down. Though particularly strong in batting M.C.C. did fairly well , thanks mainly to Mr. Hornsby(52) andA. E. Trott (45), who contributed more than one half of the runsfromthe bat. Cambridge's 129 for one wicket were got by C. J. Burnup (70) and H. H. Marriott (71) (both of themnot out), F. Mitchell (32), with six extras. (9) M.C.C. andGroundv. Oxford University. Oxford, June 10 and 11. T h ewicket was never, perhaps , really favourable for batting , and Oxford, withthebest of the luck in going in first , had a little the best of the game throughout . F. L. Fane, of Oxford, (44 and 20) wasthe highest scorer of the match, although G. F. Vernon(6 and 57 not out) did really the better per- ormanceunder the circumstances . A s it was M.C.C. were most unlucky in losing the valuable help of Sir T. C. O'Brien in the second innings , owing to an injury, and as they were only beaten by 13 runs his assistance might easily havealtered the result . Oxford, 167 and 117; total , 284. 1 0 1a n d170; total , 271. J. T. Hearne(M.C.C.) .. Overs. Maidens. 5 7 2 5 M.C.C. and Ground, R u n s. 1 1 0 Wickets. 1 5 (10) M.C.C. and Groundv. Derbyshire. Lord's, June 10 and 11. Aclose and interesting match throughout , and won in the end by M.C.C. through a fine performance of two of its bowlers . Mr. L. G. Wright (55 and 6 8) wasfar andawaythe most successful batsmanfor the County. Though M.C.C. had a lead of 29 runs in the first innings , they madesuch a badshow in the early part of the second that Derbyshire seemed to be winning easily . W h e nAlbert Trott and Meadcame together 74 were still wanted to win with