James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1898

THE COUNTIES IN 1897. 8 3 shire had meanwhile had one innings , which realised 178. Of this sum Messrs . W .G. Grace (51) and Jessop (43) contributed more than one half . T h e game was drawn. Gloucestershire , 178. Middlesex , 175 and 218 (9 wickets); total , 393 . (13) Gloucestershire v. Kent. Cheltenham , Aug. 9, 10 and 11 . Thefirst match of the Cheltenham Week. Gloucestershire going in first , got a lead of fifteen on the first innings . For the rest of the gamethey had a little in handalways , and wonin the end with 63 runs to the good. Messrs . W . G. Grace (11 and 58), Rice (57 and 24), and A. G. Richardson (51 and13) werethe most successful run-getters . On the other side the most notable pérformance was that of the Malvern captain , S. H. Day. In the second innings he made101 out of 186 from the bat, and was, in addition , not out at the finish . As it was his débût in first -class cricket the performance was the more remarkable . Gloucestershire , 205 and 249 ; total ,454. Kent, 190 and 201 ; total , 391. (1 4) Gloucestershirev. Notts. Cheltenham , Aug. 12, 13 and 14. Thematch was a veritable triumph for Mr. W. G. Grace in every way. Itwasnot only his batting that turned the scale . His innings of 131 was up tohis very best standard , but besides this he took eight Notts wickets at a cost of just over seven runs apiece . Neither Shrewsbury, Gunn, nor Pike wereable to play for Notts, and the absence of the first two was a very serious loss to the batting . The wicket , too, was very considerably in favour of the bowlers whenNotts had to bat a second time, so that their failure was hardly surprising . Mason, the Colt (71 and 4), Mr. A. O. Jones (57 and 3), and Daft (23 and 32), were the chief scorers for Notts. Gloucestershire won by an innings and 40 runs . Gloucestershire , 359 (9 wickets , innings declared) . Notts, 198and121; total , 319. 2 5 R u n s. W i c k e t s. 5 0 8 Overs. Maidens. Mr. W .G. Grace (Gloucestershire ) 52-2 (15) Gloucestershire v. Warwickshire. Gloucester , Aug. 16, 17 and 18. Somegood batting on both sides in the early part of the game gave promiseof a run-getting match. Warwickshire , with the advantage of going in first , were fairly well got rid of for 231, of which Lilley contributed 57. Their total Gloucestershire headed by 36, a success , due mainly to Mr. R. W. Rice , whose166 was the first 100 he had ever made. In the second innings , though W . G. Quaife and Lilley both failed , Mr. J. F. Byrne (63 not out), W. Quaife (32), Messrs . R. Williams (38), and H. W. Bainbridge (25 not out ), made such a goodshowthat 180 were got for the loss of half the side . Here rain stopped play,and, as it proved , permanently , with Warwickshire 144 on and five wickets in hand. Warwickshire , 231 and 180 (5 wickets ) ; total , 411. Gloucestershire , 2 6 7. (16) Gloucestershire v. Somersetshire. Clifton , Aug. 19, 20 and 21 . Rainprevented anyplay on the second day, and there wasno chance then of finishing the match. Meanwhile the game had shown a very even appearance , Somersetshire having made 141 for four wickets against Gloucestershire's total of 283. Mr. Jessop (90) and Board(67) haddone the bulk of the run-getting for Gloucestershire . The former's runs were made in 55 minutes. Still , Somersetshire claimed the highest scorer in the match in Mr. F. A. Phillips , whose 92 wasan innings of great merit . After the heavy rain of the second daythe batsmen were seen to great disadvantage . As it