James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1898

THE COUNTIES IN 1897. 8 1 (5) Gloucestershire v. Lancashire. Bristol , June 24, 25 and 26. Mr. Jessop was not able to play for Gloucestershire , and, needless to say his all -round cricket was greatly missed . As the game went, indeed Gloucestershire were quite out-played. Thebatting in particular was most disappointing . Oddly enough their total was the sameeach time. Mr. F. H. B. Champain, of the Oxford Eleven, was responsible for 97 of their first score o f1 3 7,andMr. W. G. Grace 56 out of 121 from the bat in the second innings . Baker (55), A. Ward, and Sugg, who each got 51, accounted for 157 of Lancashire's total of 273. Lancashire wonby ten wickets . Lancashire , 273 and 4 (no wicket ) ; total , 277. Gloucestershire , 137 aud 137 ; total , 274. (6) Gloucestershire v. Somersetshire. Taunton, June 28 and 29. The first part of the match seemed to augur a closely contested game. Somerset went in first , but were headed on the first innings , though only to the extent of 39 runs . Thewicket wasvery queer whenSomerset went in a second time. Robertsand Mr. Townsend, too, m a d esuch full use of their opportunities that only two batsmen, Mr. H. T. Stanley (16) andRobson(10) got into double figures . Messrs. G. Fowler (61) and A. G. Richardson (89) were the principal run-getters for Somerset and Gloucestershire respectively . Mr. F. N. Townsend(56) and Painter (54), too , shaped well under great disadvantage towards the close of Gloucestershire's first innings . Gloucestershire won by ten wickets . Gloucestershire , 294 and 19 (no wicket ) ; total , 313. shire, 255 and57; total , 312. Roberts (2nd inns. Somerset) . . . Overs. Maidens. R u n s. 1 0 4 2 1 (7) Gloucestershire v. Warwickshire. Birmingham, July 19, 20 and 21 . Somerset- Wickets. 6 Awell-contested match, wonby Warwickshire after a good finish . Rain had affected the wicket in the earlier part of the game, and Warwickshire going in second had rather the best of it . As it was Walter Quaife (101 ) had mostto do with the lead they got of 70 runs on the first innings . Gloucester- shire again began badly , and at one time it looked as if they would be easily beaten . Some very fine plucky batting by Mr. Jessop changed the whole aspect of the game. In just over an hour and a half he scored 126 runs . the endWarwickshire had 218 to get to win, and it was entirely owing to Mr. Bainbridge's 101 that they were able to pull through . Warwickshire won by two wickets . Warwickshire, 222 and219 (8 wickets ) ; total , 441. Gloucester- shire, 152 and 287; total, 439. (8) Gloucestershire v. Notts. Nottingham , July 22, 23 and 24 . I n Avery even gamewith the interest sustained up to the very finish . Notts opened well with a useful score of 311, but Gloucestershire , thanks chiefly to W. G. Grace's 126, got within seven runs . Shrewsbury, who hadmade64 for Notts on the first day, in the second innings again showed to advantage with 58. Otherwise A. O. Jones and J. A. Dixon alone got over 30, and as a result Gloucestershire had only to go in for the fourth innings with 214 to get to win. E v e nthensix ofthebest wickets wered o w nfor 101, andthe chanceswerefor the time all in favour of Notts. Fortunately for Gloucestershire , Messrs . C. L. Townsend(67 not out) and A. G. Richardson (45) withstood the Notts bowling successfully , and the former was still in when Gloucestershire hadwon, which they did with three wickets to spare . Gloucestershire , 304 and 214 (7 wickets ) ; total , 518. Notts, 311 and206 ; total , 517.