James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1899

T H EC O U N T I E SIN 1 8 9 8. 1 1 1 (6) Nottsv. Yorkshire. Nottingham , Aug. 8 and 9. Thoughwithout F. S. Jackson as well as Wainwright, Yorkshire were able, in winning the toss , to get such a good score on the wet wicket that their position was fairly secured . Going in first the Yorkshiremen were in all the first day. They scored at an unusually slow rate for them, and, indeed , werebatting five hours for 230 runs . E v e nthen they had three three wickets still to fall , and on the second morning these added 47 runs. Ofthe total of 277 F. W. Milligan was responsible for 74, Tunnicliffe 66, and Rhodes 50 not out. W h e nNotts went in, though the wicket was getting difficult , A. O. Jones (32) andShrewsbury(25) madea good start . Thencamea complete collapse , som u c hso that the nine otherbatsmenonly added28betweent h e m. I nthe follow on, though A. O. Jones wassoon out, Shrewsbury(50) andW.G u n n(33) remained in to the endof the second day, whenthe total was90 for onewicket. Inthe absence of anyplay on the third day the gamehad to be left in that state . Yorkshire , 277. Notts, 90 and 90 (1 wicket ) ; total , 180. Wickets. 6 Overs. Maidens. R u n s. Rhodes(1st inns . Notts) 3 0 1 3 3 2 B A T T I N GA V E R A G E S . I n n s. T i m e s n o to u t. R u n s. M o s ti n a nI n n s. Shrewsbury... 2 7 6 1 0 7 6 1 5 4* . . . A v e r a g e . 51-23 W .G u n n 2 8 5 1 1 0 7 2 2 6* 4 8 - 1 3 Mr.J. A. D i x o n 2 3 3 6 4 4 1 6 5 3 2 . 2 0 . . . . . . Mr.A .O.Jones 2 7 1 7 5 6 7 0 29-07 . . . D e n c h 2 2 2 4 2 1 7 0 21-05 Guttridge 1 9 2 3 4 0 7 9 2 0 W .Attewell 2 0 2 2 3 5 8 0 1 8 . 0 5 J.G u n n 1 7 5 1 8 3 4 7 15.25 H e n s o n 1 3 5 9 1 3 5* 11-37 H .B .D a f t 1 0 1 8 7 2 1 9 . 6 6 P i k e 4 0 2 9 2 4 7 - 2 5 T .O a t e s 1 6 2 9 4 1 8 6 . 7 1 A n t h o n y 3 0 1 9 1 2 6 . 3 3 W a s s ... 1 4 2 5 7 1 8 4 . 7 5 H a n d f o r d 3 0 5 4 1 . 6 6 Thefollowing also batted :--M r. C. W .Wright(0and5), Mr. W .B. Goodacre (16 and 1), P. Mason(3andabsent), and Riley (3). B O W L I N GA V E R A G E S . W .Attewell O v e r s. M d n s. 9 2 4 . 3 4 3 3 R u n s. W k t s. A v e r a g e . 1 3 8 5 6 1 2 2 - 7 0 A n t h o n y 2 0 6 4 7 2 2 3 . 5 0 Mr.A .O. Jones 2 7 8 . 2 4 5 8 0 5 3 0 2 6 - 8 3 D e n c h 6 0 1 6 1 4 3 5 2 8 - 6 0 . . . . . . J.G u n n 3 5 3 . 4 1 2 5 7 6 9 2 5 3 0 - 7 6 . . W a s s... 4 4 5°4 1 3 7 9 6 9 3 1 3 1 - 2 5 M r .J. A .D i x o n 1 3 4 . 3 4 8 2 6 5 8 3 3 . 1 2 H e n s o n 4 0 3 - 3 1 7 2 6 6 3 1 9 3 4 . 8 9 H .B. D a f t... 145.3 3 6 3 4 4 9 3 8 - 2 2 Guttridge ... 1 1 9 3 3 3 2 1 8 4 0 . 1 2 H a n d f o r d 7 9 3 0 1 6 9 3 5 6 - 3 3 W.Gunn(15-2-60-1) and P. Mason (6-2-22-1) bowled in two innings , and Riley (23-7-49-0) once only. Attewell , Wass, J. Gunn, and Guttridge bowled 2 no-balls each, andJones and Anthony1apiece . Wassbowled 8wides, Attewell 6, andJ. GunnandDench1 each.