James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1899

T H EC O U N T I E SIN 1898. 1 1 7 R e s u l t so f M a t c h e s . Matches played , 24 ; won, 11 ; drawn , 9 ; lost , 4. Club. O p n t s. Opponents. Whereplayed . W h e nplayed. W o nb y. 1st 2 n d 1st 2nd I n s. I n s. I n s. I n s. MatchesW o n(11) . Gloucestershire O v a l M a y26, 27,28*500 205 192 I.& 103r.; *4 w d Somersetshire O v a l June27,28, 29 315*153 140 327 9 wkts.; *1 w d Derbyshire Chesterfield Jn.30,Jul. 1,2 399 1 9 3 1 6 3 I n s. & 4 3r u n s H a m p s h i r e Portsmouth (2) Sussex Brighton July7, 8 249 *9 61 7 41 7 0 7wkts.; *3w d July11,12,13 283 *39 216 105 10wkts.; *1 w d Leicestershire O v a l July14,15,16 409 2 2 61 4 0 I n s. & 4 3r u n s E s s e x O v a l July28, 29, 30 314*124 147 290 5 wkts.; *5 w d (3) Yorkshire O v a l A u g .4, 5 5 3 6 78 186 Ins. & 272 runs (4) Sussex O v a l Aug.11,12, 13 332 192 220 231 73runs K e n t O v a l Aug.15,16,17 534 (5) Warwickshire O v a l Sept. 1, 2, 3 6 0 9 MatchesD r a w n(9). N o t t s.... Nottingham M y30,31 ,Jn.1 *201 Leicestershire Leicester J u n e2,3, 4 L a n c a s h i r e Manchester June16,17,18*369 M i d d l e s e x Oval J u n e23,24,25 468 H a m p s h i r e O v a l July21, 22, 23 437 K e n t B l a c k h e a t h 7 9 1 1 0 I n s. & 3 4 5r u n s 1 3 81 1 4 I n s. & 357r u n s 158 *80 184 +27 *3w d.; +5 w d. July26, 26, 27 290 #96 277 213 *4 w d R e m a r k s. *5w d. 3 5 4 *8 w d. 209 #60 *1 w d. 381*185*5 w d. N o t t s O v a l Aug. 1, 2, 3 3 2 9 1 5 7*548*9 w d. L a n c a s h i r e O v a l A u g .18,1920 634 1 7 3*210*4 w d. Somersetshire MatchesLost(4) . E s s e x T a u n t o n A u g .25,26, 27 236 468 457 *42*3w d Lostb y Leyton M a y16, 17,1 8 188 200 289*100 M i d d l e s e x (1) Yorkshire Gloucestershire E x t r aMatches. (6) CambridgeUniv. B r a d f o r d J u n e6, 7, 8 1 3 9 3 7 297 Lord's A u g .8, 9,1 0 218 151 293 212 6 wkts.; *4w d I n s. & 121r u n s 136runs Clifton A u g .22,23, 24 120 216 1 9 9*138 5 wkts.; *5 wd W o nb y (7) OxfordUniversity Cambridge O v a l J u n e9, 10, 11 June20, 21, 22 424 136 160 109 85 1 5 4 267 102runs I n s. & 3 r u n s Thematches against Derbyshire at Oval on M a y19, 20 and 21, andWarwickshire on M a y23, 24 and25, at Birmingham, were abandonedwithout aball being bowled. The matches unnumbered have been treated in previous reviews . (1) S u r r e yv. Yorkshire. Bradford, June 6, 7 and 8. Aremarkable match in manyrespects . Raindid not admit of any play on the first day, and no doubt its influence on the wicket to some extent , if not altogether , was responsible for the extraordinary character of the cricket subsequently . At the end of the second day there was little in the game on paper, as Yorkshire were only two runs ahead with a couple of wickets to fall . A tthat time it hardly looked as if the gamewould be finished . But some startling cricket was in store . The stand of Hirst and Haigh for the ninth wicket of Yorkshire fairly astonished everybody. For two hours and three- quarters the pair were together , and when Haigh was out for 85 the partner- ship hadproduced 192 runs. Then LordHawkedeclared the innings , leaving Hirst to carry out his bat for 130. Surrey, left with 158 to make, one would have thought might even then have well saved the game. As it was, they madea miserable show against Rhodes' bowling, and were all out for 37. Yorkshire , 297 (9 wickets , innings declared). Surrey, 139 and37 ; total , 176. M a i d e n s. R u n s. Wickets. 2 1 1 2 Rhodes(Yorkshire ) O v e r s. 4 9 . 4 7 0