James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1899

T H EC O U N T I E SIN 1898. 1 1 5 of 457 Surrey madea comparatively poor show, and were all out for 236. Following on 221 to the badthey lost Abel for twelve , and at the end of the seconddaywerestill 89 to the bad with nine wickets in hand. O nthe third daymatters improved considerably for them, and thanks chiefly to Brockwell (100), Hayward(90) , and Holland (88) the total eventually reached 468. At thefinish Somersetshire were 205 behind with sevenof their best wickets in hand. The match realised altogether 1,203 runs for thirty -four wickets . Surrey, 236 and 468 ; total , 704. Somersetshire , 457 and 42 (3 wickets ) ; total , 4 9 9.. (7) Somersetshirev. Oxford University. Oxford, May26, 27, 28. Althoughthey were without the Palairets as well as G. Fowler and others Somerset were able to win with plenty to spare . U pto quite an advanced stage ofthe gamethe two sides were apparently very evenly matched. Oxford , on thecompletion of aninnings , had a lead of seventeen runs, anadvantage for whichthey hadto thank B. D. Bannon(69) and G. Bromley-Martin (65). Most ofthe Somersetshire batsmendid fairly well in the second innings . Eight got double figures , with W.F. Trask's 60 the best of them. Of 227 wanting to winOxford had at the end of the second day made65 for the loss of two bats- men. Rain effectually settled their prospects for the following day, and, indeed, the nine remaining wickets only added 61. Gill's all -round cricket was of great use to Somersetshire . H e scored 50 runs besides taking ten wickets . Somersetw o nby 100 runs. Somerset, 193 and 243; total , 436. Oxford University , 210 and 126 ; total , 336. Gill(Somerset) Overs. Maidens. R u n s. Wickets. 4 1 . 4 1 0 2 0 8 7 • B A T T I N G A 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 nInns. Average. Mr.F. A. Phillips 1 0 2 3 9 0 8 3 48:75 M r .L. C. H. Palairet 2 5 2 1 0 2 8 1 7 9* 4 4 . 6 9 M r .S. M .J. W o o d s 2 3 0 8 7 0 1 4 4 37.82 M r .W .N .R o e 9 1 2 6 5 1 1 1 3 3 - 1 2 Capt. W .C. Hedley 5 0 1 5 0 1 0 1 3 0 M r .R .C. N . Palairet 1 1 0 2 5 8 8 1 2 6 - 4 5 Rev.A. P. W i c k h a m 9 6 6 8 1 9* 2 2 - 6 6 M r .V .T .Hill 1 4 0 3 0 2 1 1 6 21-57 M r .G . F o w l e r 2 6 1 4 7 5 8 3* 1 9 Mr.H .T. Stanley 2 2 2 3 7 7 4 3 1 8 . 8 5 Tyler... 2 7 5 3 6 4 5 9 16.54 Mr. W .Trask 1 3 2 1 7 3 :4 6 15.72 N i c h o l s 1 0 1 1 2 0 4 0* 1 3 : 3 3 Lieut . C. S. Hickley 4 0 5 2 3 2 1 3 M r .A .E. N e w t o n 1 2 2 1 2 0 3 4 1 2 R o b s o n 2 2 0 2 4 6 7 1 1 1 . 1 8 M r .J. L. Daniell 1 2 2 1 0 2 2 7 1 0 . 2 0 Gill 2 3 5 1 7 7 5 9 9 . 8 3 D .S m i t h .. 4 0 9 5 2 . 2 The following also batted : Capt. R. P. Spurway , 0-0; Rev. E. P. Spurway, 15-0; E.W .Ebdon4-5; J. F. Ebdon, 1-1; G. R. Hunt, 1 - 3; Smith (W.), 3*- 7; andGriffin 4 - 1). Cranfield took part in one match, butdid not bat.