James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1899

A F E WL O O S ET R I N G S . 2 6 3 F i v eIndividualCenturiesin O n eInnings. Melbourne University v- Essendon, at Melbourne, March, 5, 12, 19, 23 : L. Miller 205, E. C. Osborne 190, J. J. Quirk 179, E. Feilchenfeld 176 , and H .Bullivant139notout. F o u rI n d i v i d u a lC e n t u r i e si n O n eI n n i n g s. Derbyshire v. Hampshire, at Derby: Chatterton , W. 142, L. G. Wright 134, Davidson, G. 108 , and Storer , W .100. T h r e eIndividualCenturiesin O n eInnings. (A) FIRST-CLASS MATCHES.-Surrey v. Gloucestershire , at the Oval : D. L. A. Jephson, 166 not out, Brockwell , W. 105, and Abel, R. 104 not out ; Gloucestershire v. Notts , at Bristol : W. Troup 180, C. L. Townsend 134, and C. O. H. Sewell 108 ; Victoria v. South Australia , at Adelaide, November: H. Stuckey 134, J. Giller 116 , and J. Worrall 104 . (B) MINOR MATCHES .-Cambridge Quidnuncs v. United Services , at Portsmouth, July 15, 16 : F. Mitchell 145, J. H. Stogdon 110, and C. E. М. Wilson 105 ; Liverpool v. Warrington , at Liverpool , July 19 : E. Roper 136,W. Bowring 128 , and H. G. Garnett 103 ; Training Ship " Mercury ” v. Bartley , June28, 29 : C. B. Fry 136 not out, G. G. Ward105 retired , andG. D. Hirtzel 100 retired ; Old Sherburnians v. Dorset County, at Sherborne , August 3, 4 : A.W.F. Rutty 261, A. B. Crosby 122, and L. C. Powys110 not out ; NortonPark v. Stygians , at NortonPark, Radnorshire , August 1, 2 : Trowsdale 205, Capt. St. John 149 not out , and Painter 142 ; Paddington v. Redfern , at Sydney , March26 : M. A. Noble 138 , V. Trumper 133 , and F. Meagher 108 ; United Services v. Hampshire Rovers, at Portsmouth, May30, 31 : E. M. Sprot 176, Lieut. Col. J. Spens 131, and Lieut . C. S. Hickley 101 ; Sydney University v. Melbourne University , at Sydney, March 15 , 16, 17 : W .Shortland 152, C. Delohery 116, and G. R. C. Clarke 100 ; M.C.C. v. Eastbourne College , at Eastbourne, June 17 : F. M. Lee 180 , F. B. M a y120 not out, and Dr. Holton 122 not out ; Cirencester v. Stroud, at Cirencester , June 16 : C. O. H. Sewell 150 not out , S. Boulton 125, and W. G. Tovey 113 not out ; Cheshunt v. H. Lindsay's X I., at Cheshunt, July 4, 5 : C. R. Durban114, J. M. Capel 108 , and G .D e a c o n102. H e a v yS c o r i n g. I n ForYorkshire v. Derbyshire , at Chesterfield , Brown(300) and Tunnicliffe (243) made554 for the first wicket of the former. Theywere at the wickets the wholeof the first day, and whentime was called the score was 503 for no wicket , Brown270 and Tunnicliffe 214 , extras 9.-Ransomefor the Banstead (Surrey ) Club played consecutive innings of 87, 125, 102 not out, and 118 not out. a matchbetween Norton Park and the Stygians , at Norton Park, Radnorshire , August1 and 2, Norton Park scored 794, Trowsdale and Painter scoring 277 for the first wicket . The Stygians made336 for 5 wickets , so 1,130 runs were m a d ein them a t c hfor theloss of 15 wickets.-P. F . W a r n e r ' st e a mm a d e437 against Canada, on the Rosedale Ground, at Toronto , September 12, 13, and 14, the largest score credited to an English team in America. During August and September, V. F. S. Crawford made83, 91, 300, and 221 in consecutive innings , on the Cane Hill Ground . V. Trumper's batting average for the Paddington Club (N e wSouth Wales) for 1897-8 was as follows :- 8innings , 3 times not out, highest score 191 (not out), total runs 1,021 , average 204.20 . His scores were as follows :-82, 123, 125, 85, 120 (not out), 191 (not out), 133 and 162 (not out). FromAugust 1, 1897, to July 31, 1898 , E. H. D. Sewell scored 2,665 runs for 19 completed innings , average 140-2 , scoring twelve centuries , in India . For the Y.M.C.A. (Brighton ) A. Collins had the following batting average :- 1 6innings , 7 times not out, highest score 112, average 114.11 . All his runs were madein Saturday afternoon matches. During the last season in India, Capt. Greig, the well -knownPoona batsman, was in fine form. As