James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1898

8 4 L I L L YW H I T E ' SC R I C K E T E R S' A N N U A L. was, whenW. G. Grace closed Gloucestershire's second innings , there was no chance of getting Somersetshire out , in fact there was only half an hour left for batting , W. G. Grace's bowling was again very successful . H e took five wickets in Somersetshire's first innings for 52 runs. Gloucestershire , 283 and 57 (6 wickets , innings declared ) ; total , 340. Somerset, 218 and 51 (2 wickets ) ; total, 269. (17) Gloucestershirev. S u r r e y. Clifton , Aug. 23, 24 and 25. Thecontinuous rain on the second day was all against Gloucestershire , w h ohadhad to field practically throughout the first day while Surrey made an innings of over 300. Surrey's total was the work mainly of four batsmen, Hayward(38), Mr. Druce (46), Baldwin (81) and Mr. Jephson (82). The two last namedadded 157 for the fifth wicket . O n the third day the bowlers had everything in their favour. Richardson and Haywardutilised the chance fully , so muchso that in Gloucestershire's two innings there were only four scores over twenty, andbut one (Mr. Townsend's second of 36 not out) over thirty . Richardson's bowling had very muchto do with the result . Surrey wonby an innings and 134 runs. Surrey, 304. Gloucestershire , 53 and 117 ; total , 170. Overs. Maidens. R u n s. Wickets. 3 7 . 4 2 0 5 4 1 2 Richardson(Surrey) (18) Gloucestershire v. Philadelphians. Bristol , July 15, 16 and 17. The Philadelphians were so far unlucky in finding not only Mr. W. G. Grace but also Mr. Jessop both at their best. W.G., as it happened, was t h em o r esuccessfulall r o u n d. I nadditionto hisscoreof1 1 3h et o o kseven wickets for 91 runs . Mr. Jessop knocked up 101 in an hour and a half , and besides got three wickets at acost of 49 runs . Still , the best bowling on the English side was that of Roberts . His figures in the Philadelphians ' second innings are given below. The Philadelphians were not at their best by any m e a n swith the bat. G. S. Patterson(59 not out and53), and J. A. Lester (10 and62) both played well, but the rest did little . Gloucestershire wonby an innings and29 runs. Gloucestershire , 363. Philadelphians , 181 and153 ; total, 334. Roberts (2nd inns. Philadelphians ) Overs. Maidens. R u n s. Wickets. 2 3 . 2 1 0 B A T T I N GA V E R A G E S . 3 2 6 T i m e s. M o s ti n I n n s. n o to u t. R u n s. a nI n n s. Average. Mr.S. A .P. Kitcat 4 1 1 8 5 9 5* 6 1 . 6 6 Mr.W .G. Grace, sen. 2 9 2 1 0 7 9 1 3 1 3 9 . 9 6 Mr.F. N. Townsend 4 0 1 1 5 5 6 2 8 - 7 5 M r .G. L. Jessop 2 0 0 5 7 1 1 2 6 28-55 M r .R .W .R i c e 1 4 1 3 4 6 1 0 6 26.61 Mr.C. L. T o w n s e n d 2 8 3 6 4 3 1 0 9 25.72 P a i n t e r 5 1 1 0 2 5 4 25.50 B o a r d 2 9 1 6 7 8 1 2 6 24-21 Mr. F. H. B. C h a m p a i n 1 7 1 3 6 4 9 7 22-75 Mr.A. G. Richardson 1 7 0 3 7 1 8 9 21.82 M r .H .S. G o o d w i n 1 6 5 2 3 9 4 4* 21.72 H a l e 9 2 1 5 1 4 7* 21.57 W r a t h a l l 2 9 0 5 6 0 8 0 19.31 M r .G .S.D eW i n t o n 7 2 6 9 2 9 1 3 . 8 0 Mr.W .S. A .B r o w n 1 6 4 1 5 8 4 7 1 3 . 1 6 M u r c h 1 0 2 9 8 4 4 12-25 Mr.W .G. Grace, j u n. 9 1 9 6 2 5 1 2 M r .E. C. Wright 4 1 3 4 1 8* 1 1 . 3 3 Mr. W .M c G. Hemingway 1 9 1 1 7 4 4 7 9 . 6 6 R o b e r t s 2 1 1 1 5 6 1 5 5.60 Mr. F. C. Bracher, 4-15; Mr. E. L. Thomas, 9-14; and Mr. F. C. Weaver, 1-18*, batted in twoinnings ; and Mr. A. J. Dearlove, 19, once only.