James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1899

6 0 LILLYWHITE'SCRICKETERS' ANNUAL. though A. E. Stoddart (60 and 25), H. B. Hayman(20 and 59), F. G. J. Ford (5 and78), and Sir T. C. O'Brien (8 and 62) were not far behind. Sussex scored fairly well each time, but nothing like sufficient to compensate for the weak- ness of their bowling . B y far the best feature of their batting was the first innings of C. B. Fry, whocarried his bat through for 104 of 176 fromthe bat. Middlesex wonby 235 runs . In the match 1,035 runs were madefor thirty- nine wickets . Middlesex , 258 and 377 (9 wickets , innings declared ) ; total , 635. Sussex, 197 and 203; total 400. Trott (Middlesex) Overs. Maidens. R u n s. 3 7 . 3 1 0 1 0 8 (8) Players v. Gentlemen. Lord's , July 18, 19 and 20. W i c k e t s. 1 1 A match in honour of W. G. Grace's fiftieth birthday . Asbefitting the anniversary the cricket was of the highest possible standard , and the two sides thoroughly representative . In all 1,059 runs were scored , with only one individual hundred. ThePlayers wonby 137 runs . FirstInnings. SecondInnings. P L A Y E R S . Shrewsbury (Notts), c Kortright , b T o w n s e n d 1 8 b W o o d s 1 1 Abel (Surrey ), b Kortright .. 7 b Kortright 5 G u n n(Notts), b Woods 1 3 9 c McGregor, b M a s o n 5 6 Storer (Derbyshire ), c Woods, b Mason 59 c sub, b Townsend 7 3 Tunnicliffe (Yorks), c McGregor, b Grace Brockwell (Surrey), c Woods,b Townsend Hearne (Alec ) (Kent), b Woods 9 c sub, b M a s o n 4 4 . . . 47 c a n db W o o d s 5 17 c McGregor, b Mason 1 1 Lilley (Warwickshire),not out 1 7 c Stoddart , b Mason 1 0 Lockwood(Surrey ), b Townsend 4 b Kortright 6 B1, lb 7 Haigh(Yorkshire ), lbw, b Townsend Hearne(J. T.) (Middlesex) b Woods T o t a l First Innings . G E N T L E M E N . Mr. W. G. Grace (Gloucestershire ), c Lilley , b Lockwood Mr. A. E. Stoddart (Middlesex ), c A.Hearne, b Lockwood Mr.F. S. Jackson (Yorkshire), c Lilley , b J. T. H e a r n e Mr. C. L. Townsend(Gloucestershire ), c a n db L o c k w o o d Mr.A. C. MacLaren(Lancashire ), cAbel, bH a i g h Mr. J. R. Mason(Kent), c Tunnicliffe , b yJ. T. H e a r n e Mr. J.A. Dixon (Notts ), c Sterer , b Lock- w o o d Mr. S. M. J. Woods (Somersetshire ), b J. T. H e a r n e Captain E. G. Wynyard (Hants ), cBrock- well, b J. T. Hearne Mr.G. McGregor (Middlesex ), c Lilley , b J. T. H e a r n e Mr. C. J. Kortright , not out B11, lb 4 35 b L o c k w o o d... 9 n o to u t 1 2 1 c Stoddart , b Woods 1 3 . . . 8 B9, lb 8 1 7 3 3 5 T o t a l 2 6 3 SecondInnings . 4 3 n o to u t 3 1 2 1 cTunnicliffe , b Lockwood 4 4 8 b J. T. H e a r n e 3 3 2 c Tunnicliffe, b J. T. Hearne 1 7 5 0 b J. T. H e a r n e 1 0 0 31 b H a i g h 4 13 b J. T. Hearne 9 1 2 b J. T. H e a r n e 0 1 6 b J. T. H e a r n e 17 c Haigh, b Lockwood . . . 1 5 B2, lb1 1 4 6 3 otal . . . . . . 3 0 3 Total 1 5 8