James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1899

1 1 0 L I L L YW H I T E ' SC R I C K E T E R S' A N N U A L. (3) N o t t sv. S u s s e x. Nottingham , June 16, 17 and 18 . Anotherdrawngame, like its predecessor at Brighton. Thelater stages , too, wereidentical , in that Notts declared their second innings and Sussex had to play out time . Here , though , the scoring was pretty high all through . A. O. Jones (70) and Shrewsbury (126) began by putting on 126 for Notts before they were separated , and W. Gunn, though ill, played in his very best style for his 70. Sussex started in a different way, losing Marlow with the total at five . G. Brann (105) and W. L. Murdoch, however, added 176 for the second wicket , and the latter carried out his bat for 121. Notts , with alead of 84, closed their second innings with the total 141, of which Guttridge h a d contributed 75 by vigorous hitting . Sussex , with no possible chance of winning, hadto play out time as in the previous match, and finished in the samewayby losing five wickets . Notts , 397 and 141 (3 wickets , innings declared ); total , 538. Sussex , 313 and 136 (5 wickets ) ; total , 449 . (4) Notts v. Yorkshire. Leeds, June 20, 21 and22. Notts, on a good wicket , madea very bad start . The four best batsmen A. O. Jones , Shrewsbury , W. Gunn, and J. A. Dixon , only made 49 between them, and the chances of a big score were then very small. Fortunately W .Attewell cameto the rescue with a useful , if lucky , innings of 80. Against a total of 226 Yorkshire , at the end of the first day, hadlost Tunnicliffe , Moor- house , and F. S. Jackson for 103. Onthe third morning ,when play was resumed , rain had affected the wicket considerably , and though Brown, who was not out 41, increased his score by 19 and Denton played pluckily for 35, the total after all , only reached 143. Witha lead of 82 Notts declared whenthey had made105 for the loss of half their wickets , But there wasno chance, as it proved, of getting Yorkshire out, and Notts were only able to dismiss six batsmen. Still , Notts had all the best of the draw. Notts, 215 and 105 (5 wickets , innings declared ) ; total , 320. Yorkshire , 143 and 56 (6 wickets); total , 199 . (5) Nottsv. Surrey. Oval, Aug. 1, 2 and 3. A nexceptionally brilliant second innings by William G u n nnot only saved Notts from probable defeat , but enabled the side to leave off with all the best of the draw. Surrey , winning the toss , were in all the first day, barring twenty minutes . The run-getting maintained a good pace throughout , and most of the team scored , although Lockwood (74) and Brockwell (71) were most successful . In Notts ' first innings most of the principal batsmen failed , and indeed Guttridge , whohas often maderuns against Surrey, was, after Shrews- bury(30), the only one to do well , carrying out his bat for 43. Following on in aminority of 172 Notts began none too well , Richardson bowling Shrews- bury for a single . There , asit happened , Surrey's successes ended. A. O. Jones and W m. Gunnboth played fine cricket , and at the end of the second dayNotts were 31 on with seven wickets to fall , Gunnnot out 74 and Guttridge , w h ohad again hit freely , not out 62. The interest in the third day's cricket centred in the performance of W m. Gunn. H e never madea mistake during theday, andfinally carried out his bat for 236. At the finish Notts were 376 o nwith one wicket still in hand. In the three days 1,034 runs were madefor 29 wickets . Notts , 157 and 548 (9 wickets ) ; total , 705. Surrey , 329 .