James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1899

T H EC O U N T I E SIN 1 8 9 8. 1 0 1 L E I C E S T E R S H I R E . OFFICERS FOR 1898.-President : Sir H. de Trafford , Bart. Hon. Treasurer : J. Parsons. Hon. Secretary : T. Burdett, 3, D eMontfort-square , Leicester . LEICESTERSHIRE'S record was identical with that of 1897 in one respect , that victory greeted themonly once during the season . Thoughthey played six- teen instead of fourteen matches only ten were lost , as in the previous year, so that the two additional fixtures went to the account of drawn games. Like Somerset, Leicestershire won one, drew five , and lost ten matches. Unfortu- nately for the side the captain , C. E. De Trafford , never got into form, and the loss of his brilliant hitting had naturally a prejudicial effect on the batting generally . The injury Pougher suffered in 1897 prevented him getting the old devil into his bowling , another andvery serious loss . Thebowling on the whole wasvery weak. Thebatting , on the other hand, though uncertain at times , showed considerable promise , and, with mostly young players , another year ought to see a material development. In this respect the season was not withouthope. R e s u l t so f M a t c h e s . Matches played , 16 ; won, 1 ; drawn, 5; lost , 10. Opponents. MatchesW o n(1) . (*) Derbyshire Matches Drawn(5). (1) Warwickshire (*) Lancashire (*) Essex.. (2) Surrey (*) Hampshire Matches Lost (10). (*) Hampshire (3) Yorkshire Derbyshire (4) Yorkshire (5) Middlesex (6) Surrey (*) Lancashire E s s e x M i d d l e s e x (7) Warwickshire Club. O p n t s. Where played . Whenplayed . 1st 2nd 1st 2nd Ins. Ins. Ins. Ins. W o nby. 156 87 Ins. & 103 runs R e m a r k s. Leicester Aug.15, 16,17 346 Birmingham M a y9,10, 11 Manchester L e y t o n 139 *49 171 M a y19, 20 M a y29, 30, 31 318 *90 219 *45 *2 wd *5wd 2 2 8 *1w d June2, 3, 4 Aug.4, 5, 6 134 *27 158 333 *40 180 229 *1 wd Lostb y. 145 runs L e i c e s t e r Leicester Southampton June16,17,18 Leicester D e r b y D e w s b u r y Leicester O v a l Leicester J u n e23, 24 June27, 28 June30,Jul. 1 July4, 5, 6 July21, 22, 23 +80 *5 w d; 13wd, i.c. 167 240 261 290 5 7 1 2 64 4 9 7 11 1 2214 56 98 178 I n s. & 266runs Ins. & 31 r u n s I n s. & 2 4r u n s 312127 347 *93 9 wkts; *1 wd July14, 15,16 226 140 409 Ins. & 43runs 172 288 484 Ins. & 2 4r u n s Leicester A u g .1, 2, 3 288 156 515 I n s. & 71 r u n s Aug.11,12,13 160 200 479 Aug.22,23,24 156 235 256 1 3 6 7 w; *3 w d L o r d ' s Leicester * Thesehavebeentreated in previousreviews. I n s. & 1 9 9r u n s E