James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1899

7 6 L I L L Y W H I T E ' SC R I C K E T E R S' A N N U A L. G L O U C E S T E R S H I R E . OFFICERSFOR 1898.-President : D u k eof Beaufort, K.G. Treasurer: W . H . Harford. Captain : W .G. Grace. Secretary : E. M. Grace. Committee : J. W.Arrowsmith, H. W. Beloe , H. J. Boughton, E. Lawrence, J. A. Bush, E. G. Clarke , T. B. Johnston, E. B. Haygarth, W . D. L. Macpherson, R. Fenton Miles , G. Norman, Rev. C. H. Ridding, Arthur Robinson, E. J. Taylor , F. R. Alderwick , H. E. Thomas, H. V. Page, W. O. Moberly, W .M .B r o w n l e e. GLOUCESTERSHIRE's success was one of the most gratifying features of 1898. InAugust, indeed , they shared with Middlesex the chief interest of cricketers . A sanall-round side in the later matches they had no superiors . Altogether they played twenty matches, of which nine were won and three lost . O f the three defeats , too, the first was at the hands of Surrey at the Oval, when they had certainly not the best side ; the others in the north , at the end of July, in one of which W.G. was absent . Oneof the most satisfactory features wasthe level character of the batting . Jessop and Champainwere hardly at their best , but, in addition to W. G., C. L. Townsend, W. Troup, С. О. Н. Sewell, and R. W .Rice wereall reliable . Townsend'sall-roundcricket w a s oneof the mainfactors in Gloucestershire's success . O n all wickets he w a s successful with the ball , and some of his performances in the later matches were remarkable . Whata triumph 1898 was for him can be judged from the fact that he scored over a thousand runs and took a hundred andthirty wickets . A noticeable advance as an all -round cricketer was madeby W. S. A. Brown. H ebowled as well as batted with success , and is likely to be of great use. Opponents. R e s u l t so f M a t c h e s. Matches played , 20 ; won, 9 ; drawn , 8 ; lost , 3. Matches W o n(9). (*) Middlesex E s s e x (7) Warwickshire (8) Somersetshire (1 4) K e n t (15) Warwickshire (*) Essex (16) Somersetshire (1 7) Surrey Matches Drawn (8) . (1) Yorkshire (3) Sussex (4) K e n t... (5) Notts (6) Lancashire (9) Notts (1 2) Sussex (13) Middlesex MatchesLost (3). (2) Surrey Club. Opnts. Whereplayed . Whenplayed . 1st 2nd 1st 2nd L o r d ' s J u n e2, 3, 4 L e y t o n Birmingham July 11,12,13 Bristol Ins. I n s. I n s. I n s. W o nb y. 114*126 75 164 8wkts.; *2w d 2 3 1*151 128 250 1 w k t; *9 w d 504 *9 331 181 10 wkts.;*now d 319 179 Inns. & 7 runs July7, 8, 9 July14,15,16 189 Cheltenham Aug. 8, 9 505 Cheltenham Aug.11,12 , 13 346 8 01 0 31 3 9 27r u n s *99 290 153 5 wkts; *5w d 105 147 Inns.& 8runs 104114 Inns.&169runs 199 *138 120 216 5 wkts ; *5 w d Clifton A u g .15,16 2 6 0 T a u n t o n A u g .18,19,20 387 Clifton Aug.22,23,24 R e m a r k s . Bristol M a y19,20, 21 *263 *3wd Brighton M a y30,31,J.1 228*145 306 *4w d G r a v e s e n d J u n e6, 7,8 273 67 385 +143 *3wd.; +3 w d,i.c . B r i s t o l J u n e9, 10, 11 634 2 2 9 *83*1 w d Gloucester J u n e, 23,24 3 0 5 2 6 2*121 *3 w d Nottingham July21,22, 23 307 *56 291 *4w d Bristol A u g .1,2, 3 A u g .4,5,6 3 7 9 *11 352 In.&103r ;*4 w,i.c Bristol *n o w d 244*341 364 +20 *8wd,in c;+now Lostb y. (1 0) Yorkshire (11) Lancashire O v a l Sheffield M a y26, 27, 28 July25, 26 205 192*500 M a n c h e s t e r * H a v ebeentreatedin previous reviews. July28, 29, 30 1 9 2127 331 4 4 311 148 2 7 3 6 6runs I n n s& 1 2r u n s