James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1898

7 0 LILLYWHITE'SCRICKETERS' ANNUAL. the highest of the match. Atthe finish Lancashire had 184 to get to win, a difficult task as the ground had been. A s it was, the wicket played better than at any period of the match, and, thanks to Mr. S. M. Tindall (42) and seven other double figures , whenthe rinth wicket fell the total was 168. Even then, with Mold the last man, Derbyshire's chance was still good. Fortunately for Lancashire , Mold stayed while Cuttell made runs , and it was the latter's excellent score of 17 not out that gave his side the victory by one wicket . Lancashire , 53 and 185 (9 wickets ); total , 238. Derbyshire , 99 and 137; total , 236. Davidson(1st inns . Lancashire ) Briggs (1st inns, Derbyshire ) O v e r s . 2 1 3 9 M a i d e n s . R u n s. W i c k e t s. 1 4 1 6 2 2 7 0 6 8 (5) Derbyshirev. Hampshire. ' Southampton , June 7, 8 and 9. Rainprevented any play on the third day, so that the matchcould not be brought to a definite issue . In the first two days twenty-six wickets fell for an aggregate of 734 , and at the finish Derbyshire were 92 runs on with four wickets still in hand. This was a very creditable show considering that they were 147 to the bad on the first innings . Mr. F. E. Lacey (121) played such fine cricket for Hampshire as to emphasise the regret that he is not more often seen in first -class cricket . O n the other side Bagshaw's second score of 105 eclipsed all the rest of the batting . Derbyshire , 174 and 239 ( 6 wickets ) ; total , 413. Hampshire, 321 . (6) Derbyshirev. Yorkshire. Derby, June14, 15 and 16. Avery even match throughout , wonby Yorkshire after an exciting finish with only a wicket to spare . Their victory was due in a great measure to the tail , whoshowed up well in both innings . Thechief feature of the early part of the gamewas the stand of Chatterton (77) and Davidson (90 not out) for the fourth wicket in Derbyshire's first innings . At the finish Yorkshire wanted 154 to win, and with nine wickets downfor 89 their chances appeared to be hopeless . As it was, Hirst (49 not out) found a reliable partner in Hunter (16 not out) , with the result that 65 were got for the last wicket , a specially goodperformance . Yorkshire , 265 and 154 (9 wickets ) ; total , 419. Derby- shire, 234 and184; total , 418. Peel (2ndinns .Derbyshire) . . . O v e r s. M a i d e n s . R u n s. 2 3 - 2 8 3 7 (7) Derbyshirev. Essex. Leyton, June 28, 29 and 30. Wickets. 5 Thoughthey only got a lead of 18 runs on the first hands Essex won with plenty in hand at the finish . Derbyshire's first innings was only remarkable for the stand of Chatterton (120) and Storer (59). Theyput on 139 for the fifth wicket, andtogether scored 179 of 202 from the bat. Storer , too , was seen to great advantage in the second innings , contributing 68, or just one-half of the total . Messrs . A. P. Lucas (89) and A. J. Turner (61) were the principal scorers w h e n Essexwere in for the first knock. T h elatter , too, was in whenthe gamewas won. Essex got the 139 wanted to win for the loss of only three batsmen , thanks to Messrs . Perrin (71) and Turner (26), both of them not out. Essex wonby seven wickets . Essex, 234 and 119 (3 wickets ) ; total , 353. Derbyshire, 216 and 136; total , 352.