James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1899

T H EM A R Y L E B O N EC L U BIN 1898. 5 3 win. This wasfar too heavy a task in the face of the good bowling of F. S. Jackson and the Colt Rhodes. W .G. was, indeed , the highest scorer with 17, andof the rest Alec Hearne(11), andH o n. J. S. R. Tufton, whomade33 not out and10, the highest aggregate on the side , alone got doubles . Yorkshire w o nby99 runs. Yorkshire , 118 and 185 ; total , 303. Middlesex , 135 and 69 ; total, 204. Hearne(J. T. ) (М.С.С. ) F.S. Jackson (2nd inns . M.C.C. ) Overs. Maidens. R u n s. Wickets. 6 7 . 4 2 2 3 4 6 1 0 4 4 5 1 2 6 (4) M.C.C. andGroundv. Notts. Lord's, M a y19, 20 and21. In the three days rain only permitted of forty -five minutes' cricket . In this time two wickets of Notts fell , and 43 runs were scored. T h eEleven whichrepresented M.C.C. was particularly weak-the weakest , perhaps , in a first -class matchduring the season . (5) M.C.C. andGroundv. OxfordUniversity. T W E L V EA-S I D E. Oxford, May 19, 20 and 21 . Another very weak Eleven to represent M.C.C. As it happened rain interfered with the gameto such an extent that only seven wickets of Oxford fell in the match. Of the seven five were got by B. J. T. Bosanquet, an Oxonian w h osubsequently obtained his blue , at a cost of 25 runs . Oxford University , 8 7for six wickets. (6) M.C.C. andGroundv. Kent. Lord's, M a y, 23 and 24. With, at the outside , three first class batsmenon the side , M.C.C. had on paper a poor chance. Inbowling, with J. T. Hearne, Roche, and Rawlin, they werestronger , but not strong enough, as events proved . Kentwonthe toss , and first innings was of considerable advantage as the wicket was. Anyhow, the result was if ever , hardly ever , in doubt . Kent's easy win was in a great measure the work of one m a n, J. R. Mason. His all -round cricket was the best fea'ure of the game. Besides his two innings of 39 and 80, representing far and awaythe highest aggregate of the match, he took five wickets in M.C.C's first innings for eight runs . Kentwonby 180 runs . Kent, 192 and 162 ; total , 354. M.C.C. and Ground, 83 and 91 ; total , 174. Hearne(A.) (2nd innings M.C.C. ) J. R. Mason(1st innings M.C.C.) Overs. Maidens. Runs. Wickets. 1 0 . 1 5 . 2 3 1 2 4 8 6 5 (7) M.C.C.a n dG r o u n dv. Leicestershire. Lord's, M a y26, 27 and 28. Acreditable victory for Leicestershire , after having a little the worst of the first hands. With seven professionals in A. Hearne, Davidson, J. T. Hearne, Chatterton , Carpenter , Meadand Butt, M.C.C. had a fairly good side . Heavy rain on the second night handicapped themheavily whenthey went in onthe following morning with 182 to win. Unfortunately for them, Alec Hearne injured himself on the first day, and was not able to bat in either innings , so that M.C.C. lost one of its most likely run-getters . Dr. G. Thornton's first score of 85 was a long way the highest contribution for M.C.C. But the best batting of the match was that of Knight . H e made 27 and 93 for Leicestershire , a creditable performance against a quartette of bowlers like J. T. Hearne, Mead, G. Davidson, and A. Hearne. Leicestershire won by 22 runs. Leicestershire , 185 and 226 ; total , 411. M.C.C. and Ground, 230 and 159; total , 389. Overs. J. T. Hearne(2nd. inns. Leicestershire ) 45 Maidens. R u n s. Wickets 2 3 5 7 7