James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1899

7 0 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. (1) Essexv. Surrey. Leyton , May16, 17 and 18 . Surrey winning the toss madea fairly good start , and thanks to some good cricket by Hayward (64) and D. L. A. Jephson (50), 110 was up with only three batsmenout. Thelater wickets , however, failed , and except for a short stand by the last two men, Lees and Richardson, no one got into double figures . Atthe end of the first day there was little in the game, Essex having lost five goodwickets for 108. T h eseventh wicket fell at 150, and even then Essexh a dnonethe best of it . A t the close, however, A. J. Turnerfound a useful partner in Mead, who helped to add nearly 90 for the tenth wicket . Turnerultimately carried out his bat for a fine innings of 102. Surrey's second innings was only noteworthy for another excellent display by Hayward. H emade85 of 193 from the bat, and in the match149 runs. With only 100 to win Essexhad an easy task , and at the finish had six wickets in hand. Essex, 289 and 100 (4 wickets ) ; total , 389. Surrey , 188 and 200; total , 388. M e a d(1st inns . Surrey ) Overs. 3 1 . 3 Maidens. 1 3 R u n s. W i c k e t s. 4 6 5 (2) E s s e xv. S u s s e x. Leyton , May19, 20 and 21 . This time Essex were fortunate in winning the toss . As Tate was not able to play for Sussex their always moderate bowling was still further weakened, and Essex, had things continued favourable , would in all proba- bility have scored largely . A s it was, thanks to H. G. Owen (42) and Carpenter (51) they made114 for two wickets in a little over an hour. There thegameended, as rain prevented the delivery of another ball in the three days. (3) E s s e xv. Leicestershire. Leyton, M a y30and31, June 1. Another match curtailed considerably by the rain. Play, in fact , was limited to the first day, as none was possible afterwards . While the game lasted 273 runs were scored for eleven wickets . Essex had a full innings , with in the result a total of 228. H. G. Owen(51) andCarpenter (21), as usual,made agoodcommencement. But the best part of the innings was at the finish . ThenF. G. Bull (19 not out) stayed in while C. McGahey(72) hit freely . AfterLeicestershire had scored 45 for the loss of C. J. B. Wood'swicket the gamewas prematurely abandoned owing to bad light . Essex , 228 ; Leicester- shire , 45 (1 wicket ). (4) Essexv. Yorkshire. Leyton, June2, 3 and4. O nthe first daythere was only two hours of actual cricket , owing to rain . Essexwent in first , but found run-getting very difficult , as the wicket was, and wereall out for 78, the last six batsmen only adding eighteen runs between them. The Yorkshire Eleven in their turn were at a great disadvantage when they hadto bat. Denton, Wainwright, andF. S. Jackson tried the forcing game, and with success . H o wthe rest failed m a ybe judged fromthe fact that four failed to score ,and that the eight altogether were only responsible for nine runs . When Essexwent in a second time the wicket was easier , andthe result was a total of 168, to which A. J. Turner (34) was the chief contributor . Yorshire had 129 to get , and got them with three wickets to spare . A succession of mistakesin thefield cost Essexthe matchwithout a doubt. Tunnicliffe, w h o wasin two hours and a half for 44, was missed several times , Denton, whogot 40, and F. S. Jackson each once. Yorkshire , 118 and 129 (7 wickets ) ; total , 247. Essex, 78 and 168 ; total , 246.