James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1899

T H EC O U N T I E SIN 1898. 1 0 3 by Haigh, Wainwright and Rhodes bowled throughout the match. Of Leicestershire's batting little need be said , except that C. J. B. Woodcarried his bat for 21 in the second innings . O n the other hand, Yorkshire's two amateurs bore the brunt of the batting , Lord Hawkecontributing 57 (one morethan the Leicestershire Eleven in their first knock) and F. W. Milligan 24. Yorkshire wonby aninnings and 24runs . Yorkshire , 178. Leicestershire , 56 and98 ; total , 154. Wainwright(Yorkshire) R h o d e s O v e r s. 5 6 . 1 4 8 M a i d e n s . 2 4 2 3 R u n s. W i c k e t s. 8 5 5 3 1 2 7 (5) Leicestershire v. Middlesex. Leicester , July 4, 5 and 6. O npaper Leicestershire's chances seemed to be of the smallest . It was therefore to their credit that they made such a good show against their formid- able opponents , for the first half of the game at least . Against the bowling of J. T. Hearne, Rawlin, Trott , andC. M. Cunliffe it was certainly a good perform- ance for them to score 312. Thebatting too, showed uniformity , though King(77) , Brown(51), and C. E. De Trafford (43) were responsible for more thanhalf the total . Leicestershire missed Pougher's bowling , and excepting A. E. Stoddart , who, though he played brilliant cricket , ought with good fielding to have made many less than 157-got rid of a strong batting side fairly well . Leicestershire's second innings was a great disappointment after the first , andtheir failure enabled Middlesex to win easily with nine wickets to spare . A. E. Stoddart made192 for Middlesex for once out. Middlesex , 347 and 93 (1 wicket ) ; total , 440. Leicestershire , 312 and 127 ; total , 439 . (6) Leicestershire v. Surrey. Oval, July 14, 15 and16. Though they hadwhat little luck the gameoffered Leicestershire were seen to disadvantage at all points . Winningthe toss on an excellent wicket they lost seven wickets for 119. Fortunately , F. W. Stocks (58) and Agar (48) madea plucky stand for the eighth wicket , which brought the total up to the respectable sum of 226. Richardson spoiled Surrey's batting record , being the only one of the Eleven not to get double figures . Lockwoodplayed fine cricket for 100, and the later batsmen, for once, all showedup well. D. L. A. Jephson scoring 60, Baldwin 51 not out, and K. J. Key42. At the com- mencementof Leicestershire's second innings C. E. D e Trafford (26) and Knight played well . The latter carried out his bat for an extremely good innings of 63. But no one except Brown (19) stayed with him, and the tail madesuch a poor show against the bowling of Richardson and Hayward that they never looked like saving the innings . Surrey wonby an innings and 43runs. Surrey , 409. (7) Leicestershire , 226 and 140; total , 366. Leicestershire v. Warwickshire. Leicester , Aug. 22, 23 and 24. Leicestershire , though they won the toss , allowed Warwickshire to get such a long lead on the first innings that the result was hardly ever in doubt. The chief features of Leicestershire's batting was the fine hitting of C. E. D eTrafford (90) in the second innings and the excellent cricket of C. J. B. W o o d(61 and 35) each time on a difficult wicket . Pougher was not playing for Leicestershire . and the bowling was hardly of a kind to trouble the Warwickshire batsmen. Most of them, indeed , scored fairly well in one innings or the other . At the same time , W. G. Quaife (39 and 29 not out), A. C. S. Glover (7 and 56), Santall (52 not out ), and Kinneir (59) had the best figures . Warwickshire won by seven wickets . Warwickshire , 256 and 136 (3wickets ) ; total , 392. Leicestershire , 156 and 235 ; total , 391 . 2