James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1899

1 1 4 L I L L YWHITE'SC R I C K E T E R S' A N N U A L. with Lockwoodaway. Somersetshire being 175 behind had to follow on,which they did to some purpose , The wicket had by this time improved considerably , and L. Palairet (112), S. M. J. Woods(69), with quite at the finish A. E. Newton (34), and Gill (21) played up so pluckily that the total exceeded Surrey's score by twelve . Surrey were left with 153 to win, andonly an hour and three quarters in which to get them. Brockwell was out for 33, but Abel (65) and Holland (55) knocked off the runs still wanting, so that Surrey wonby nine wickets . Surrey , 315 and 153 (1 wicket ) ; total , 468. Somersetshire , 140 and 327: total , 4 6 7. (4) Somersetshire v. Yorkshire. Scarborough , July 21 , 22 and 23 . ThoughYorkshire had a good margin in handat the finish Somersetshire nonethe less madea very plucky fight . Their run-getting in the first innings was very level , as though eight got double figures the highest score wasW . Trask's 39. Their out-cricket was muchless satisfactory . Thebowling was notoriously weak, but the fielding too was faulty , or F. S. Jackson wouldnot have scored 139. Still , notwithstanding several lives , he played brilliant cricket . F. W. Milligan (60) helped him to add 140 in an hour and a half . Goingin a second time 189 to the bad Somersetshire lost five of their best wickets for 85. S. M. J. Woodswas then not out 16, andthis he increased b y brilliant hitting to 95. Yorkshire had apparently an easy task at the finish with only 54 to get to win. As it happened this gave them some trouble , costing them four batsmen. Yorkshire wonby six wickets . Yorkshire , 397 and54(4wickets ) ; total , 451. Somersetshire , 208 and 242; total , 450. (5) Somersetshire v. Sussex. Taunton , Aug. 4, 5 and 6 . Unfortunately rain prevented the continuance of a gamewhich, so far as it hadprogressed , was very even. Sussex occupied the whole of the first day completing aninnings of 365. The greater part of these camefrom two bats- m e n-Marlow(112) and C. B. Fry (110). While they were together they put on 179 for the second wicket . Unfortunately for Sussex Bland broke down after a few overs , and his bowling was greatly missed. At least , the Somerset- shire batsmenfound the bowling to their liking , most of them. W. N. Roe wasin just under four hours for his 101, and L. C. H. Palairet (60) andV. T. Hill (54) also came off . Rain prevented any play on the third day, so that thematchwasdrawn. Sussex, 363 and12(2 wickets ) ; total , 375. Somerset- shire, 369. (6) Somersetshirev. Surrey. Taunton,Aug.25, 26 and27. Until quite the end of the gameit looked as if Surrey were in for another of the unpleasant experiences Taunton has provided for them. Lockwood, owing to an injury ,was unable to help Surrey ; but, on the other hand, S. M. J. Woodswas equally missed by Somersetshire . Somersetshire , going in first , punished Surrey's bowling severely . W. N. Roe again played fine cricket for 111, as did L. C. H. Palairet (107) andF. A. Phillips (83). Against a big total