James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1899

T H E COUNTIESIN 1898. 9 3 was particularly brilliant . H e was only at the wickets an hour and three- quarters , while Douglas was batting four hours and a half for his 153. The bowling of J. T. Hearne and A. E. Trott also contributed largely to the easy victory of Middlesex. The former took 12 wickets at a cost of under 11 runs apiece . Middlesex wonby an innings and 96 runs. Middlesex , 448. K e n t, 187 and165; total , 352. O v e r s. M a i d e n s. R u n s. W i c k e t s. J. T. Hearne(Middlesex ) 7 5 3 6 1 2 7 1 2 B A T T I N GA V E R A G E S . T i m e s M o s tin I n n s. n o to u t. R u n s. a nI n n s. A v e r a g e. Mr.J. R. M a s o n 3 2 1 1 1 9 7 1 5 2 3 8 . 6 1 Mr.C. J. B u r n u p 1 9 2 6 5 1 1 3 1 3 8 - 2 9 A .H e a r n e 3 4 4 1 0 9 8 1 1 7 3 6 - 6 0 M r .W .H .Patterson 2 3 3 6 8 7 1 1 7 3 43 5 Rev. W. Rashleigh 2 0 1 4 7 1 1 0 5 24-78 M r .B .D .B a n n o n 1 9 0 4 3 3 7 8 22-78 Mr.S. H . D a y 1 2 1 2 4 5 7 9 2 2 - 2 7 E a s b y 1 4 3 2 3 8 5 9* 2 1 . 6 3 M r .F. M a r c h a n t... 1 4 0 2 9 4 4 9 2 1 Mr. G. J. V. Weigall 2 0 3 3 3 5 8 6 19.70 M r .W .L. K n o w l e s 4 1 5 2 3 5* 17.33 M a r t i n 2 5 4 3 3 9 5 6 1 6 . 1 4 W .W r i g h t... 2 6 1 0 2 5 0 4 4 1 5 . 6 2 Mr.L. J. LeFleming 7 0 8 7 3 2 1 2 . 4 2 M r .R . N .R. B l a k e r 4 1 2 8 1 7* 9 . 3 3 H u i s h 2 3 9 1 0 7 2 0* 7 . 6 4 Mr. W .M. Bradley 1 6 1 8 0 1 9 5.33 M r .H .C.S t e w a r t 3 0 1 1 6 3 . 6 6 E. A. Willson batted twice (1-8) ; J. Le Fleming twice (16-9). C. R. Worthington, H o n. J. R. Tufton, and E. A. C. Druce each played in one match, butdid notbat. B O W L I N G A V E R A G E S . Overs. Maidens. R u n s. Wickets. Average. M a r t i n 6 6 1 . 1 2 1 2 1 3 2 7 6 6 2 0 . 1 0 A .H e a r n e 757-1 3 0 7 1 3 7 4 5 7 24.10 Mr. J. R. M a s o n 6 5 7 - 2 2 3 6 1 5 0 5 6 1 24.67 Mr.W .M . Bradley 4 3 6 . 3 9 9 1 2 8 5 5 2 2 4 - 7 1 W .W r i g h t 5 8 0 . 4 2 0 3 1 2 3 9 4 4 28-15 Mr.F. Marchant 9 2 3 0 1 3 0 Mr.C. J. B u r n u p 1 8 3 5 3 1 5 3 Easby 5 8 1 8 1 3 2 2 6 6 E. A. Willson bowled twice 18-3-46-1; E. A. C. Druce once 14-4-36-0, J. L eFlemingonce 3 0 - 8 - 0, and S. H. Dayonce 3-1-0-19-2. Masondelivered 11 no-balls , Martin and Wright2 each, and Bradley 1. Mason bowled6wides, Wright3, Druce 2, andAlec HearneandBradley 1 each. L A N C A S H I R E . OFFICERS FOR 1898.-President : A. N. Hornby. Committee : W.E. Openshaw, H. Thornber, E. B. Rowley, R. Walker, S. M. Crosfield , R. Gorton, A. Appleby, G. Walsh, A. F. Pope, E. Roper, C. G. Hulton, C. H. Benton, O. P. Lancashire , J. Stanning , H. Fairclough , W .H. Pennington. Hon. Secretary : S. H. Swire. T o retain the Championship necessitates a consistency as well as a high quality of all -round cricket , which Lancashire certainly was not able to show in 1898. Withthe bad luck that followed themit was hardly a surprise to find their record vastly inferior to that of the previous year . The stars in their courses fought against them. They could hardly do right , indeed , throughout the season . Hallamwas lost , in the first place , to the County, and the loss of his bowling was bound to be severely felt . Then Mold injured himself , and he, too , was obliged to stand down, still further weaken- ing the attack . Briggs , too , was nothing like so deadly as of old , so that