James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1899

T H EM A R Y L E B O N EC L U BIN 1898. 5 7 (1) Middlesexv. Somersetshire. Lord's , May30, 31 and June 1. Thewetweather prevalent during Whit-weekdid not spare G. G. Hearne, to w h o mthe Middlesex Committee had liberally promised the proceeds of the BankHoliday match at Lord's . Whit-Monday, fortunately for him, provided a full day's cricket , but the weather was cold and cheerless . As far as the gamewent Somersetshire had a decided advantage, being 115 on at the end of the first daywith eight wickets to fall . A s rain did not allow of any play on the second or third day, the gamehad to be left in that position . Thefeature of the cricket was the stand of F. A. Phillips (73) and W. Robson(71), whoput on 123 while they were together . Trott was not able to play for Middlesex , andhis bowling was naturally greatly missed . Somersetshire , 194 and 35 (2 wickets ) ; total , 229. Middlesex , 114 . (2) Middlesexv. Gloucestershire. Lord's, June 2, 3 and 4. Trott was still unable to play for Middlesex , who would have found his bowling of great use. Rain prevented a commencementuntil the second morning, andthen the gameadvanced so rapidly that twenty -three wickets fell before the end of the day. The feature of the cricket so far had been the batting of P. F. Warner, who carried his bat through the first innings of Middlesex for 46 out of 75, and the bowling of C. L. Townsendand J. T. Hearne. In the second innings of Middlesex A. E. Stoddart wasquite at home on the slow wicket , and his 70 not out was one of the very best features of the match. A t the endGloucestershire wanted126 to win, and got t h e measily enough for the loss of only two batsmen . Gloucestershire , 114 and 126 (2 wickets ) ; total , 240. Middlesex , 75 and 164; total , 239 . J. T. Hearne(1st inns. Glouces .) C. L. Townsend(Glouces .) R u n s. W i c k e t s. O v e r s. M a i d e n s . 2 6 5 3 - 3 1 1 1 3 5 0 1 3 4 7 1 5 (3) M i d d l e s e xv. Notts. Lord's, June 6, 7 and 8. Rainprevented a commencementuntil after luncheon on the first day. Notts then did fairly well under the circumstances , scoring 150 for five wickets before stumps were drawn. This sumthey increased on the following morning to 237, most of the later batsmen scoring a few runs. Middlesex, whentheir turn came to bat, found the wicket very difficult . Attewell , too, madefull use of his opportunities , bowling with such success that Middlesex weredismissed for 81. T h efollow-on, however, was attended with m u c h better results . All the samethe improvementwasthe workof onem a n-A. E. Stoddart . H epayedin quite his best form, and his innings of 138 was a most attractive display of cricket . Thegamewas drawn. Middlesex , 81 and 292 ; total , 373. Notts, 237 . Attewell (1st inns . Middlesex) O v e r s. M a i d e n s. 2 2 . 4 1 4 (4) Middlesexv. Yorkshire. Lord's, June 16, 17 and 18. R u n s. W i c k e t s. 2 1 7 Middlesex had all the worst of a run-getting match pretty well from the start . They lacked Trott's bowling very much, for most of the Yorkshire- m e nwere in fairly good form. F. S. Jackson (133 ), Wainwright (76), F. W . Milligan (65), were all successful . Rhodes, the tenth batsman(78), too ,played