James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1899

1 0 2 LILLYW H I T E ' SC R I C K E T E R S' A N N U A L. (1) Leicestershire v. Warwickshire. Birmingham, May9, 10 and 11 . W h a tlittle cricket was permitted by the rain showed an advantage to Warwickshire. Still , it was only slight , as whenthe gamehad to be prematurely given up Leicestershire were seventeen on with eight wickets to fall . At the endof an innings Warwickshire were able to claim a lead of 32 runs , a result mainly due to Lilley , whoplayed the forcing gamesuccessfully to the tune of 66. Leicestershire began their second innings fairly well , and had made 49 for two wickets on the second day whenrain stopped play, and, as events proved, the match. Leicestershire , 139 and 49 (2 wickets ) ; total , 188. Warwickshire, 171 . (2) Leicestershire v. Surrey. Leicester , June2, 3 and 4. Agame considerably interrupted by rain throughout . The earlier stages showedlittle advantage to either side . Leicestershire , though they went in second , were only 24 to the badonthe first hands. So far the chief feature of the cricket had been the batting of Brockwell , who carried his bat through Surrey's first innings for 76, a really fine performance as the wicket was. With three wickets downfor 80 the Surrey Captain closed his second innings on the outside chance of getting Leicestershire out. Fora time it seemed as if he might succeed . Brown, however , stayed when things were looking a little awkwardfor Leicestershire , and the gamewas saved. D. L. A. Jephson and Haywardwere absent from the Surrey Eleven . Surrey , 158 and 80 (3 wickets , innings declared ) ; total , 238. Leicestershire , 134 and 27 (5 wickets ) ; total , 161 . L o c k w o o d(Surrey) O v e r s. M a i d e n s. R u n s. W i c k e t s. 4 9 2 7 (3) Leicestershire v. Yorkshire. Leicester, June 23 and 24. 5 6 9 Theluck of the toss ruined any small chance Leicestershire might ever havehadof even saving the game. In the first place they had a long outing , fielding while Yorkshire ran upa total of 419. For this aggregate Yorkshire had to thank F. S. Jackson, whomadehis 147 in two hours and forty minutes, andDenton(99). Heavyrain during the first night ruined the wicket for the rest of the game. Undersuch conditions Rhodes and F. S. Jackson were irresistible , and of the Leicestershire Eleven Brown(15) andKnight (11) alone gotdouble figures . In the follow on Lord Hawketried his other bowlers at first . Buthe soon brought themon again , and though Leicestershire madea better show they were too severely handicapped even to makea moderate total . It was F. S. Jackson's day and no mistake . Besides scoring 147 he took eight Leicestershire wickets for 54 runs . Yorkshire wonby an innings and 266 runs. Yorkshire , 449. Leicestershire , 57 and 126; total 183. Rhodes (Yorkshire) F. S. Jackson (Yorkshire ) .. Overs. Maidens. R u n s. Wickets. 3 2 . 4 32-3 1 0 6 7 1 3 5 4 9 8 (4) Leicestershirev. Yorkshire. Dewsbury , June 30, July 1 and 2. This time, though Leicestershire wonthe toss , the result was very much thesameas in the previous match, though their defeat wasnot as decisive . F. S. Jackson,whoseall -round cricket hadbeen so remarkably successful at Leicester , was, however, absent from the Yorkshire Eleven, which would account for a good deal . Still , his bowling was not muchmissed , for , except for eight overs