James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1899

T H EC O U N T I E SIN 1898. 1 0 7 (4) M iddlesexv. Notts. Nottingham , Aug. 18, 19 and 20. Superior on the form of the matchat all points the Middlesex Eleven had a neasy victory . Notts got first knock, but the batting generally failed , and inboth innings Trott's bowling proved singularly effective . Shrewsbury failed eachtime for Notts, andonly seven of the side got into double figures in each innings . The only scores of any real account were W.Gunn's (57 and 32) and A. O. Jones' 11 and 50. O nthe other hand, several of the Middlesex Eleven punished the moderate bowling of Notts severely . P. F. Warner (88) and F. G. J. Ford (102) took the edge off it completely , and subsequently R. N. Douglas (64), Rawlin (61), andTrott (77) scored freely off it. It was Trott's dayaltogether . Besides his innings of 77 he took thirteen wickets of Notts. Middlesexwonby aninnings and136 runs . Middlesex , 484. Notts , 171 and 177; total , 348. Trott (Middlesex) O v e r s. 9 0 . 1 M a i d e n s. 3 1 R u n s. Wickets. 1 7 8 1 3 (5) Middlesexv. C a m b r i d g eUniversity. Manchester , May19, 20 and 21. Thefirst time that Middlesex had metCambridge. Unfortunately rain reduced the cricket to such an extent that a definite result was never at any period probable . O nthe first day play was only possible uptill luncheon , andin that time six Cambridge wickets had fallen for 63. A resumption was not possible until the third morning, and then the wicket was so muchin favour of thebowlers that the gamelost a good deal of its interest . Nineteen wickets fell for an aggregate of 193, and at the finish Cambridge were 52 on with five wickets to fall . Thehighest , as well as by far the best innings of the match, was J. R. Head's 43 for Middlesex . Trott , owing to an injury , was unable to bat or to bowl in Cambridge's second innings . Rawlin's bowling for Middlesex was perhaps the best feature of the match. Cambridge University , 109 and 45 (5 wickets ) ; total , 154. Middlesex , 102 . B A T T I N G A 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 nInns. M r .A .E .Stoddart 2 2 3 1 0 0 5 1 5 7 Average. 52-89 Mr.J. Douglas M r .F. G. J. Ford... M r .C.M .W e l l s 1 3 2 4 5 1 1 5 3 4 1 2 7 1 1 0 5 5 1 0 5 40-57 1 0 0 3 8 2 1 0 1 3 8 . 2 0 Mr.H. II. Cobb 5 2 1 0 8 5 5* 3 6 M r .P.F .W a r n e r 2 7 3 8 1 4 8 8 3 3 - 9 1 . . . Mr. R. N. Douglas.. 9 1 2 5 8 6 4 3 2 : 2 5 M r .H .B. H a y m a n 1 9 2 4 5 7 1 0 4* 2 6 . 8 8 M r .C. P. Foley 5 2 6 9 2 8* 2 3 . 0 0 R a w l i n 2 1 1 4 4 6 6 1 2 2 . 3 0 SirT. C. O'Brien 5 0 1 1 1 6 2 2 2 - 2 0 Trott(A. E.) 1 8 0 3 8 9 7 7 2 1 - 6 1 M r .F. H. E. Cunliffe 1 3 3 1 6 7 6 2 1 6 . 7 0 M r .A. J. W e b b e 9 1 1 3 2 3 4 16.50 M r .R . W .Nicholls 5 0 6 8 2 0 1 3 . 6 0 M r .G. M c G r e g o r 1 1 1 1 3 1 3 1 13.10 M r .E. H . Bray 7 1 6 8 2 3 1 1 . 3 3 J. T .H e a r n e 2 3 7 1 5 2 2 9* 9 . 5 0 Mr. H. R. Bromley-Davenport 7 2 4 5 1 5 9 M r .J. R .H e a d 3 0 2 4 1 3 8 M r .H .Philipson 4 0 2 9 1 1 7 - 2 5 Dr.G.Thornton 7 0 2 9 1 0 4 : 1 4 S.W e b b 1 0 3 2 2 1 7 3 . 1 4 The following also batted :- R. P. Lewis , 2*-9-0; B. J. T. Bosanquet , 17-0 ; and A .T. Coode, 4.