James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1898

T H ECOUNTIESIN 1 8 9 7. 8 5 B O W L I N G A V E R A G E S . O v e r s. M a i d e n s. R u n s. M r .G. L. Jessop 5 1 9 - 2 1 6 2 1 1 1 3 Wickets. 5 8 Average. 19.18 Mr. F. H. B. Champain .. 3 4 1 3 6 2 3 2 0 . 6 6 Mr.W .S. A.B r o w n 1 5 1 . 3 6 5 2 7 2 1 3 2 0 - 9 2 M r .W .G.Grace, sen. 445.1 1 3 9 8 5 9 3 7 2 3 - 2 1 R o b e r t s 6 7 7 - 2 2 2 6 1 6 1 2 6 5 24.80 M r .C. L. Townsend 6 8 8 . 4 9 1 2 1 9 3 8 8 2 4 . 9 2 Mr.W .G. Grace, jun. 9 1 . 3 2 7 2 0 3 8 25-37 Mr. E. C. Wright 4 2 1 8 8 5 3 2 8 . 3 3 M u r c h 5 0 1 2 1 7 6 4 4 4 H a l e 2 4 6 9 4 1 9 4 Painter, 8.4-3-18-1, bowled in two innings ; and Mr. A. J. Dearlove , 4-0-14-0, Mr. F. C. Weaver, 5 - 3 - 7 - 0; Mr. A. G. Richardson , 3-0-18-0; and Wrathall; 3 - 1 - 4 - 0 , onceonly. Jessop delivered 10 no-balls , C. L. Townsend6, Roberts 4, andChampain1. Murch bowled4wides, Brown3, Roberts 2, andC. L. Townsendand Champain1 each. H A M P S H I R E . OFFICERS FOR 1897. -President : Lord Aberdare. Committee : J. C. Moberly, E. H. Buckland, F. J. Blundell , R. S. Hankinson, C. Lamport, C. Robson, G. F. Mortimer, J. A. Fort, Capt. L. Russell , Major Bethune, Capt. Wynyard, H. Holmes, A. J. L. Hill. Hon. Sec .: Dr. H. W. R. Bencraft . HAMPSHIRE suffered a very severe loss early in the summer by the sudden death of that most promising young amateur Mr. H. F. Ward. That the season wasone of comparative failure was, perhaps , morethe misfortune than the fault of the management . It was rarely possible to collect the full side , and at one time or other the absence of such all -round cricketers as Capt. Wynyard, Capt. Quinton, Messrs. A. J. L. Hill and Lacey, was boundto be heavily felt . Soar, too , owing to aninjury , wasunable to play in a few matches, wherebythe bowling was greatly weakened. The best feature of the year's cricket was, perhaps , the consistently effective batting of Barton . In Mr. W. Andrew, of Bournemouth , the County introduced a player whose all -round cricket bids fair to be of great service . Hampshire's weakness is still in the bowling , and there was little sign of any new development in this respect , it must be a d m i t t e d.