James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1899

T H EC O U N T I E SIN 1898. 8 5 (9) Hampshirev. Surrey. Oval, July 21, 22 and 23 . Amatchproductive of fairly high scoring throughout . Hampshiregot first use of a n excellent wicket and tookfull advantageof it. Still , A. J. L. Hill's batting was far and awaythe most noticeable feature . H ehit in splendid style , and his 199 only took him four hours and forty minutes . Though rain interrupted play on the second day the Surrey Eleven, or most of them, scored well. Abel, w h othis timewentin second wicket d o w n, m a d eanotherhundred (111), and Lockwood ran him close with a fine innings of 109. Hampshire going in a second time 56 to the bad lost four of their best batsmen for 21. At that time Surrey's success seemed assured . Instead , thanks to a plucky stand by E. A. English (98) and Webb(67 not out), the gamewas drawnin a very fair position for Hants. At the finish they were 129 on with five wickets to fall . In the match 1,003 runs were scored for twenty-five wickets . Hampshire, 381 and 185 (5 wickets ) ; total , 566. Surrey , 437 . (10) Hampshirev. Warwickshire Birmingham, July 29 and 30. After a blank first day, owing to rain , Hampshirewent in to bat, with in the result a total of 195. Of these 82 were put on for the last wicket by Light (41) and Tate (34, not out). Fromthe commencementof their innings Warwick- shire scored freely . W. Quaife , who went in first , scored 61, and later on W. G. Quaife (117) and Kinneir (78) , both of them not out , put on 165 runs in a n hour and ten minutes. T h e y were left in w h e nthe Captain declared with the total 333 for six wickets . W h e nHampshirewent in asecond time Major Poore (45) and Capt. F. W. Quinton (65) put on nearly a hundredfor the secondwicket in a little over an hour. Still , Warwickshire looked like winning, and it was only the steady cricket of W e b b(23 not out) that saved Hants . Hampshire , 195 and 173 (8 wickets ) ; total , 368. Warwick- shire , 333 (6 wickets , innings declared ) . (11) Hampshirev. Leicestershire . Leicester , Aug. 4, 5 and 6. ThoughHampshirewonthe toss the cricket on the first day went all in favour of the hometeam. Against a total of 180 Leicestershire at the end of the first dayhadscored 232 for three wickets . The chief credit of the latter performance was due to H. H. Marriott (103) and L. Brown, who was eventually out for 85. WhenHampshire went in a second time Major Poore (95), H. W. Studd (44), and Capt. Quinton (40) all scored well . Still , after all , Leicestershire were left with only 77 to win. Fortunately for Hants, after forty of themhadbeen got at the cost of one wicket , rain stopped further play. Leicestershire then only wanted 37 to win, with nine wickets in hand, so that Hampshirewere lucky to escape a defeat . Hampshire, 180 and 229 ; total , 409. Leicestershire , 333 and40(1wicket ) ; total , 373. (12) Hampshirev. Sussex. Brighton, Aug. 8,9 and10. Hampshirehad only a very moderate side . T oa d dt o its misfortunes it lost the toss , and had the worst of the gamethroughout . Sussex scored very m u c hthe sametotal each time. Still , the individual run-getting was very uneven. It was C. B. Fry's match altogether , as he was responsible for 99 out of197fromthebat in the first , and133 out of 197 in the second. O nthe other side E. I. M. Barrett's second score of 55 was the highest of the match. Sussex won by 134 runs . Sussex , 203 and 206 ; total , 409. Hampshire, 113 and 162 ; total , 275 . Baldwin(Hants) Tate(1st inns . Hants.) Overs. Maidens. R u n s. 2 9 . 3 2 4 1 4 2 2 1 . 2 1 0 4 8 Wickets. 1 5 7