James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1898

T H EC O U N T I E SIN 1 8 9 7. 6 9 (1) Derbyshirev. Lancashire. Derby, M a y10, 11 and 12. The Derbyshire Eleven made such a disappointing show against Mold's bowling in the first innings that under any circumstances they would have found it hard to save the game. A s it was, Lancashire got such a big advantage that the result was never in doubt. Albert Ward(162) and Panl (65) put on 171 for Lancashire's first wicket , and nine others got into double figures , with a collective result of 420. A snowstorm during the night made the wicket almost unplayable , and Mold bowled with even greater success than on the first day. Derbyshire's highest score in their second innings was Bagshaw's 20. Lancashire won by an innings and 220 runs. Lancashire , 420. Derbyshire , 127 and73 ; total , 200. Mold(Lancashire ) Overs. M a i d e n s. 6 8 3 7 (2) Derbyshirev. Surrey. Oval, M a y24, 25 and26. R u n s. 8 4 W i c k e t s. 1 2 Surrey madesuch good use of the choice of innings that the total at the fall of the fifth wicket was 342. Haywardscored 88, Abel 64, and Brockwell 59 . Storer ,theDerbyshire wicket -keeper , however, went on with slows , and with such surprising success that only 66 were added by the remaining batsmen. Far andawaythe best display of batting on the side of Derbyshire was Bagshaw's first innings . Going in first he carried out his bat, scoring 114 of 210 from the bat. Next to Bagshaw Mr. L. G. Wright (31 and 43) was Derbyshire's best run-getter . Surrey won by an innings and three runs . Surrey , 408 . Derbyshire , 218 and187 ; total , 405. (3) Derbyshirev. Warwickshire. Derby, M a y31, June1 and 2. Heavyrain on the second day prevented a definite finish . Derbyshire , going in first , had the best of the wicket , and their lead of 105 on the first innings would very nearly have wonthemthe match hadthe weather held up. A sit was, the Warwickshire batsmen could do little with Davidson's bowling, and his seven wickets cost less than 11 runs apiece . Mr. E. Maynard Ashcroft, who only made his début in first -class the week before against Surrey , played particularly good cricket . He scored 50 not out in the first , andwas not out (8) again in the second innings . Mr. H. W. Bainbridge's 33 wasthe best figures in Warwickshire's first total of 159. Derbyshire , 264 and 52 (4wickets , innings declared ) ; total , 316. Warwickshire , 159 and 35 (3wickets ); total,1 9 4. Davidson(Derbyshire ) .. O v e r s. 5 2 Maidens. 2 3 R u n s. 7 4 Wickets. 7 (4) Derbyshirev. Lancashire. Liverpool, June 3, 4 and 5. After having a little the worst of the first innings Lancashire , by plucky cricket , won after a most exciting finish with the last two batsmen in. Rain kept the wicket in favour of the bowlers throughout , and only the fourth innings realised a total of over 140. W. Sugg's second score of 48 was, indeed , D