James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1898

T H EC O U N T I E SIN 1 8 9 7. 7 5 (1) E s s e xv. S u r r e y. Oval, M a y10, 11 and 12. t TheSurrey Eleven were perhaps fortunate in escaping with a draw. The weather was very cold , but as the wicket was in fine order the scoring was above the average . Essex began well with a score of 316. For this they were indebted to Messrs . McGahey(94), Perrin (63), who put on 137 for the third wicket, and later on to A. P. Lucas (59 not out) and Mead. Mr. Lucas (57) wasnot out, too, in the second innings , and his batting was quite one of the best features . Mr. Owenclosed his second innings a little too late it was thought . At all events Surrey stayed in for the four hours and ten minutes thatremained, andhadscored 269 of the 362 wantedto winwith three wickets to spare. Abel (8 and 95), Hayward(66 and 9), Mr, Chinnery (25 and46), and Mr. Key(37 and 27 not out), were the principal run-getters for Surrey. Mr. Key's coolness at the finish saved Surrey from possible defeat . Essex, 316 and 244 (8 wickets , innings declared ) ; total , 560. Surrey , 199 and 269 (7 wickets) ; total , 468. Mr.Bull (1st inns . Surrey) Overs. Maidens. R u n s. Wickets. 3 5 . 2 1 2 9 3 9 (2) Essexv. Warwickshire. Birmingham, May17, 18 and 19 . Arun-getting wicket throughout , hence scoring above the ordinary . Alto- gether 988 runs were made, and as only 30 wickets fell , the average was nearly 33 runs . O nthe side of Warwickshire the best figures were W . G. Quaife's 120 and 62. Still , Carpenter outdid this , as he made141 and 35 not out , so that his aggregate might have been considerably larger . It was a good performance of Carpenter and Mr. McGaheyat the finish . Theamateur this time scored the faster , and of the 90runs ,got without the loss of a wicket , his share was 51. The gamewas drawn. Warwickshire, 281 and 271 (8 wickets , innings declared ) ; total , 552. Essex, 346 and 90 (no wickets ) ; total , 436. (3) E s s e xv. Yorkshire. Leyton , May20, 21 and 22 . Thewicket did not play particularly well , and the scoring was certainly not up to the average . Not one of the four innings produced a total of 200, and the highest individual score was Mr. Jackson's second of 57 for Yorkshire . A tthefinish Essexwanted132 to win, andwith CarpenterandMessrs. Perrin, Lucas, McGahey, and Owenall out for 53, Yorkshire appeared to have the game well in hand. Russell , however, again played well , and Mr. Kortright and Mead offered such a determined resistance that at the time for drawing on the second daythey were still in with 17 to win and three wickets to fall . Asit happened thefinish w a snot deferred till the following morning. T h eresult was that Mr. Kortright (33) and Mead (14) both kept up their wickets , and Essex wona very creditable victory with three wickets to spare . Essex, 199 and 132 (7 wickets) ; total , 331. Yorkshire , 154 and 176 ; total , 330 . Hirst (Yorkshire) Overs. Maidens. R u n s. 5 6 . 4 2 2 1 1 2 (4) E s s e xv. S u s s e x. Leyton, M a y27, 28 and29. W i c k e t s. 1 0 Rainprevented a definite finish . Though they won the toss Sussex had the worst of the wicket . As the ground was, their first total of 226 was indeed a very creditable performance . Ranjitsinhji's 79 was, underthe circumstances , particularly worthy of praise . Essex began well whenthey went in, but after the fall of the third wicket Killick's bowling proved very successful , and not one of the last seven batsmen got over 15. W h e nrain finally stopped Sussex were 73 on with six wickets to fall . Sussex , 226 and 37 (4 wickets ) ; total , 263. Essex, 190. Killick (Sussex) Overs. Maidens. R u n s. Wickets. 4 3 2 7 4 7 6