James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1899

7 4 L I L L YW H I T E ' SC R I C K E T E R SA N N U A L. (15) Essexv. Warwickshire. Birmingham, Aug. 8, 9 and 10. Thewicket was never at any time favourable for batting , and hence the scoring was hardly up to the average . Essex had decidedly the worst of the wicket in going in second, and they found Santall's bowling so difficult that P. Perrin alone made any lengthy stay . Going in second wicket down he carried out his bat for 36. Curiously enough , one batsman on each side was not out both times . W. G. Quaife ,of Warwickshire , made52 and 61, and in each case wasnot not. O n the other side P. Perrin made 87 in the match without being once out. Raininterrupted the play considerably on the second day, andthere was never any chance of a definite result . Warwickshire. 187 and189 (6 wickets , innings declared ) ; total , 376. Essex, 107 and92 (3 wickets ); total, 199. Santall (Warwickshire) Overs. Maidens. R u n s. Wickets. 5 2 - 2 3 0 (16) Essexv. Gloucestershire. Clifton , Aug. 15 and 16 . 5 3 9 Gloucestershire's good fortune in going in first had muchto do with the successful result of the match. With the advantage of a good wicket they were in most of the opening day. For this they were greatly indebted to W. Troup, whowas batting three hours and ten minutes for his 100. Heavyrain during the night made the wicket very difficult on the second day, and Essex were at a great disadvantage in consequence . C. L. Townsend's bowling , indeed, wasaltogether too muchfor the majority , and the highest score wasP. Perrin's second of 37. Gloucestershire wonby an innings and eight runs. Gloucestershire , 260. Essex, 105 and 147 ; total , 252. C. L. Townsend(Gloucestershire ) Overs. Maidens. 6 7 . 1 1 5 (17) Essexv. Kent. Tonbridge , Aug. 22, 23 and 24. R u n s. 1 4 1 Wickets. 1 5 The Essex Captain, winning the toss , put Kent in, thinking to get the best of the wicket later on. A sit happened, Kent had the pull , and the long lead they got on the first innings assured them of success . ThoughC. J. Burnup failed to get a run at the outset , seven of the Kent batsmen scored fairly well with a collective result of 281. Essex, like Kent, lost their first batsman(H. G. Owen) without scoring . The wicket on the second morning wasvery difficult , and, indeed , of the Essex team only C. McGahey(31) and C. J. Kortright (42) could do anything . In the follow on they made a much better show, though again the batting was a little uneven . Carpenter , indeed , did the bulk of the run-getting , andhe scored 103 out of 254 from the bat by fine cricket . At the end Kenthad 121 to get to win, and got them easily enough at a cost of only three batsmen. Alec Hearne (51 and 48 not out) made99 for Kentfor once out . Kentwonby seven wickets . Kent, 281 and121 (3 wickets ) ; total , 402. Essex, 135 and265 ; total , 400. (18) E s s e xv. S u s s e x. Brighton , Aug. 29, 30 and31 . Rainonly permitted a little cricket on the first day. In the short time there was for actual play Sussex scored 138 for the loss of four batsmen, C. B. Frycontributing 71 of themin fine style on a difficult wicket . O nthe second morningthebowling of F. G. Bull and Meadproved altogether too muchfor the Sussex tail , and the six outstanding wickets only added 40. Still , Essex did very little better , for at the end of an innings apiece they only had a lead of seven runs . Sussex commencedtheir second innings in a very b a d