James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1899

4 8 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. P A R TII . C H A P T E R I. T H EM A R Y L E B O N E C L U BI N 1 8 9 8. OFFICERS FOR 1898. -President : Hon. Alfred Lyttelton , M.P. Treasurer : H o n. Sir Spencer Ponsonby-Fane, K.C.B. Secretary : F. E. Lacey. Trustees : D u k eof Buccleuch, R. Broughton, W Nicholson , V. E. Walker, and Earl of Londesborough . Committee : *Earl of Jersey , *Lord Hawke, *E. L. Bateman, W. H. Long, M.P., H. D. G. Leveson-Gower, Lord Harris , H. Philipson , A. J. Webbe, Earl of Pembroke, Lord Wenlock, A. Appleby , M. Turner , Earl of Lichfield , Capt . W. E. Denison , W. H. Patterson, and Major W. E. Hardy. Auditors : J. R. Mellor , W. B. Heberden, and Major-Gen.F. C. Trevor . *Retire by rotation in May, 1899 . THATthe newSecretary of the Marylebone Club was equal to all the responsi- bilities of his position wasshownby the enlarged programmearranged for 1898 . That it wascarried through without the smallest hitch is the best testimony to his powers of organisation and capacity for management. Wereproof wanting it would be enough to point to the fact that nearly two hundredmatches-one hundred and ninety-three , to be precise were carried out , and successfully , during the season of four months . Of these only thirty odd ended unfavour- ably. O n the other hand, no less than 109 were won and 51 drawn. Marylebone's highest total in any match was 494 against the Royal Artillery ; the largest against it the 313 of the Minor Counties . In first -class fixtures M.C.C.'s best innings was 325 for three wickets against Cambridge University at Lord's . Its smallest completed innings was 65 against Royal Military Academy at Woolwich ; the smallest against it the 23 ofSherborneSchoolat Sherborne. R E S U L T S O F M A T C H E S . Matches played , 193 ; won, 109 ; drawn , 51 ; lost , 33. Club. Opnts. Where played . When played . 1st 2nd 1st (2nd Opponents. W o nb y. I n s. I n s. I n s. I n s. Matches Won(109) Tottenham (1) Sussex,.. (2) Lancashire Finchley D u r h a mUniversity Lord's M a y4, 5, 6 2 1 8 L o r d ' s M a y9, 10, 11 262 T o t t e n h a m M a y9 1 2 1 Finchley M a y1 4 *2 6 5 6 1 99 Inns. & 58runs 6 1176 Inns. & 25runs 3 4 *46 70 195r.; *8w d,i.c . 87runs; *9 w d L o r d ' s M a y16 249 *105 130 223 S u t t o n S u t t o n M a y18 104*121 94 8wkts.; *2 wd 1 0r u n s; *9 w d ReadingSchool R e a d i n g M a y20 1 4 3 3 8*105 105runs; *6w d GiffordH o u s e R o e h a m p t o nM a y2 8 121 *25 113 29 9 wkts.; *1 w d Royal Military AcademyWoolwich M a y2 8 6 5 5 7*90 8runs; *6 w d Kensington K'nsgt'nP'k M a y30 2 6 1 6 6 1 9 8r u n s Ealing Ealing M a y30 2 1 6 1 5 1 6 5r u n s M a i d e n h e a d MaidenheadJune4 2 3 2 6 3 *6 0 169runs; *8 w d S i l w o o dP a r k SilwoodPark J u n e4 1 6 6 109 *51 57 runs; *3wd