James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1898

THE COUNTIES IN 1897. 7 7 115 while they were together , and Hirst (54) and Mr. Milligan (64), 85 subse- quently . Still , whenBairstow , who was keeping wicket in place of Hunter,came in to join Lord Hawke, eleven runs were wanting with the last two batsmenin.. Ninewere added, and then Bairstow was given out lbw, so that Essex wonby only one run. Essex, 139 and 294 ; total ,433. Yorkshire , 135 and 297 ; total , 432 Hirst (Yorkshire ) . . . Overs. Maidens. R u n s. Wickets. 6 4 . 1 2 3 1 2 0 1 1 (9) Essexv. Sussex. Brighton , July 29, 30 and31. Sussex losing the toss gave Essex first chance on a good wicket , and in consequence hadto play up to save the game. The Essex Eleven were batting till nearly luncheon time on the second dayfor a total of 475. This time Mr. McGahey(140) was the most successful , but three others , Messrs . A. J. Turner (78), Owen(75), and Kortright (74), also scored heavily . Sussex lost seven wickets for 121, but after all , thanks to Butt (5) and Mr. J. C. Hartley (not out 36), came out with a fairly respectable total of 219. In the follow on the Essexbowlers were naturally tired , and the Sussex batsmen enjoyed them- selves thoroughly . K. S. Ranjitsinhji wasat his best in making his 170, and Mr. Brann(60) and Bean(58 not out) helped largely to give Sussex a big score of 380 for five wickets . In the three days 1,074 runs were scored with 25 wickets down. Sussex, 219 and 380 (5 wickets ) ; total , 599. Essex, 475. (10) E s s e xv. Leicestershire. Leicester , Aug. 2, 3 and4. Thoughthey won the toss Leicestershire madesuch a poor show at the start that they lost any advantage they should have had. Knight, with 41, was the best contributor to a total of 167. O nthe other side Mr. McGahey(123) and Mead(50) alone made six more than this sum, and Essex just doubled their opponents first innings . W h e nthey went in again Leicestershire were slightly more successful , thanks mainly to Mr. C. J. B. Wood(66) and Geeson (43). ThoughEssex at the finish had only 56 to get to winthis numbercost themfour good batsmen. Essex won by six wickets . Essex, 333 and 58 (4 wickets ) ; total , 391. Leicestershire , 167 and 221 ; total , 388 . (11) Essexv Lancashire. Leyton, Aug.5, 6 and7. T h eluck of the toss gave Essex first use of the wicket , and as this helped the bowlers a good deal at times it was an advantage . Thebest feature of the first innings wasthe stand of Messrs. McGahey(87) and Perrin (67) , who added 129 while together for Essex. The majority of the Lancashire batsmen found Mr. Bull's bowling too effective . Frank Sugg, whowent in first wicket down, carried out his bat for 88, but the only other double figure was that of Mr. MacLaren (33). In the follow on Sugg again played well , and of the rest A. W a r d(68) was the most successful . Essex at the end had 130 to get to win, by no meansan easy task. As it was, Carpenter's steady cricket w o nthemthe match. Hecarried out his bat for 57, and through himmainly Essexwonwith six wickets to spare . Essex, 290 and 131 (4 wickets ) ; total , 421. Lancashire , 168 and 251; total , 319 . M r .Bull(Essex) . . . Overs. 8 2 Maidens. 2 4 R u n s. Wickets. 1 7 4 1 4