James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1899

T H EC O U N T I E SIN 1 8 9 8. 7 7 (1) Gloucestershire v. Yorkshire. Bristol , M a y19, 20 and21. Raindid not even admit of one full day's cricket . The game was stopped at five o'clock on the first day, and was not resumed. In the few hours of actual play Yorkshire scored 263 for the loss of only three batsmen. The three were Brown (22), F. S. Jackson (67), and Denton (23). Tunnicliffe (107 ) and Wainwright were the not outs . The former, who went in first , was batting about three hours. Yorkshire , 263 (3 wickets ). (2) Gloucestershire v. Surrey. Oval, M a y26, 27 and28. Gloucestershire , with G. L. Jessop and F. H. Bateman Champain away, hadnot its full side . The bowling in particular was weak, and after getting Gloucestershire out for 205 Surrey gave them a taste of their batting capacity . Brockwell (105 ) and V. F. S. Crawford (73) put on 145 before a wicket fell , and when the innings was declared 500 was up with only four batsmen gone-Abel (104) and D. L. A. Jephson (166 ) being the not outs . In Gloncestershire's second innings , though the total just fell short of that of the first , there were seven double figures . Thebest aggregates were those of W .G. Grace (18 and 51), and Hale (60 not out and 7). Surrey won by an innings and 103 runs . Surrey , 500 (4wickets , innings declared ). Gloucestershire , 2 0 5and192; total , 397. (3) Gloucestershirev. S u s s e x. Brighton, M a y30 and 31, June 1. Owingto rain , what cricket there was took place under difficulties . As it was, there was no chance of a definite finish , and only 24 wickets had fallen w h e nthe gamehad to be abandoned, which was early on the third day. Sussex didwell, perhaps , to get Gloucestershire out for 228-a total they passed by 78. Thechief feature of the Sussex batting was the stand of Cox(61) and Butt (49 not out) for the eighth wicket . W . G. (86 and 37 not out), C. О. Н. Sewell (23 and 49), and G. L. Jessop (36 and 37 not out) were the principal scorers for Gloucestershire. A t the finish Gloucestershirewere 67 onwith four wickets down in their second innings . Gloucestershire , 228 and 145 (4wickets ) ; total , 373. Sussex, 306. (4) Gloucestershire v. Kent. Gravesend, June6, 7 and 8. O na wetandeasy wicketK e n tm a d ea goodstart , to the tuneof 385. F o r this they were mainly indebted to the stand of J. R. Mason(152) and W. H. Patterson (91), who added 213 for the third wicket in less than three hours . Gloucestershire , with the worst of the wicket , did well to get 273. Of this sumW. G. Grace (71) and C. O. H. Sewell (67) contributed just over one half . W h e nGloucestershire saved the follow on there was little chance of finishing the game. Kent declared with 143 up for three wickets , but only succeeded in dismissing three batsmen in the time that remained. The gamewas drawn. Kent, 385 and 143 (3. wickets , innings declared ) ; total , 528. Gloucestershire , 273and 67 (3 wickets ) ; total , 340. (5) Gloucestershire v. Notts. Bristol , June 9, 10 and 11. Theweakness of the Notts bowling gave the Gloucestershire batsmen a goodchance. Of this they availed themselves to the full , occupying the wickets for two full days all but ten minutes. W. G. Grace (63) and R. W . Rice (42) laid the foundation of a big score with 106 for the first wicket . After- wardsW.Troup(180), C. O. H. Sewell (108), and C. L. Townsend(134) each made 100, andthe total eventually reached 634. Withonly practically one day left therewas little or no chance of getting Notts out twice . Asit was, they only lost eleven wickets for an aggregate of 312. Shrewsbury's 19 and 53 not out represented the highest aggregate for them. The game was drawn. Gloucestershire , 634. Notts, 229 and83 (1 wicket ) ; total , 312.