James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1899

2 6 6 L I L L YW H I T E ' SC R I C K E T E R S' A N N U A L. C r u s h i n gDefeats. (A) FIRST -CLASS MATCHES.-Yorkshire beat Derbyshire , at Chesterfield , by an innings and 387 runs . Surrey beat Warwickshire , at the Oval , by an innings and 357 runs . Surrey beat Kent, at the Oval , by an innings and 345 runs.- Surrey beat Yorkshire , at the Oval, by an innings and 272 runs. - (B) MINORMATCHES.-Melbourne University beat Essendon, at Mel- bourne, March5, 12, 19, 23, by 1,018 runs (each side had but one innings). -Cheltenham(Victoria ) beat Middle Brighton (Sydney), byan innings and 6 0 6r u n s. F i v eW i c k e t si n F i v eB a l l s. In a test match at the Oval, on July 9, Oakey got five wickets in five balls .-J. Boughton , Clapham Park Road v. Clapham Police , on Clapham Common, August 10.-W. Rule , St. Michael's W. I. v. Milton , at South Milford , August 20.-J. Harris , Pickford v. Reynard , at Willesden Junction , M a y28.-Color - Sergt . J. Sillence , N.-C. Officers and Menof the Hamp- shire Depôt v. West Hill , on the Old Red Deer Ground, at Winchester , May28. Mr. Straubenzee , midshipman of H.M.S. St. George , for the Navy v. Simonstown , at Simonstown (S. Africa ), December 11 , 1897. -G, R. Greaves, MarlowInstitute v. Borlase School , at Borlase School , June 15.- E. Davis (age 14), Eltringham Street Board School v. Goodrich Road Board School , Dulwich , on Wandsworth Common, July 2.-H. Curtis , Foundling Hospital Boys v. HughMyddelton Board School , September 2.-H. Manton, G. F. Talbot's XI. v. H. Williamson's XI. , on the Christowe Ground, CheltenhamCollege . F o u rW i c k e t si n F o u rB a l l s. W . Cleave , Southampton v. Armsley, at PeckhamRye, June 25 ; E. Penfold , Walton- on-the -Hill v. Headley United ; H. Harris , J.P. , Calne v. Devizes , at Calne, August 13 ; W . P. Gibson, St. Peter's Institute v. West- minster Elect , at Raynes Park, August 18 ; C. Cook, Lord Grosvenor v. Pride of Clapham, at Battersea Fark, June 4 ; L. W . Reynolds, Exeter College v. St. John's College , on the Exeter Ground, at Oxford, June 10, 11 . T h eH a t-T r i c ki n F i r s t-C l a s sM a t c h e s . Davidson (G. ), Derbyshire v. M.C.C. and Ground , at Lord's ; Davidson (F. ), Derbyshire v. Nottinghamshire , at Derby ; Richardson (T. ), Surrey v. Sussex , at Brighton. O t h e rB o w l i n gP e r f o r m a n c e s. Keeneobtained all 10 wickets in aninnings for Surrey Club andGround v. Richmond Town, on the Athletic Ground , Richmond , August 16.-Playing for the Melbourne Club , at Melbourne , on February 23 , against 14 of Prahan Trades , C. Over obtained all 13 wickets at a cost of 64 runs.-W.B. Stoddart got all 10 wickets of Surrey 2nd XI. in one innings for 75 runs when playing for Lancashire 2nd XI. , at the Oval , on May 30 , 31.-Sergt . Gaubert , Royal Marine Artillery v. Stubbington House (Foster's ), got all 10 wickets clean bowled in one innings , at Stubbington , June 11.-J. J. A. Allan got all 10 wickets in aninnings for 31 runs whenplaying for Headford v. Galway GrammarSchool , on May19. -V. F. S. Crawford took 8 wickets for 5 runs