| MAIN MENU | FIRST CLASS 1897 |
| Date | Opponents | Venue | Results | Scores |
| 20 May | Lancashire | Southampton | Lost by 8 wkts Toss unknown | Lancs 372 (Baker 140, Baldwin 4-100) Hants 181 (Ward 40, Cuttell 3-31) Hants 253 (Barrett 51, Hallam 5-71) Lancs 63-2 (Baker 29no, Baldwin 1-19) |
| 27 May | Warwickshire | Edgbaston | Match Drawn Toss unknown | Warwick 382 (Quaife 136no, Baldwin 5-98) Hants 177 (Bennett 38no, Whitehead 4-76) Hants 262-4 (Robson 75, Pallett 1-44) |
| 31 May | Yorkshire | Bradford | Lost by 10 wkts Toss unknown | Yorks 279 (Denton 90, Soar 5-102) Hants 94 (Robson 29, Peel 5-32) Hants 201 (Steele 67, Wainwright 5-77) Yorks 19-0 |
| 07 Jun | Derbyshire | Southampton | Match Drawn Toss unknown | Derby 174 (Wright 58, Soar 3-55) Hants 321 (Lacey 121, Hancock 4-88) Derby 239-6 (Bagshaw 105, Baldwin 3-76) |
| 14 Jun | Essex | Southampton | Lost by an innings and 87 runs Toss unknown | Essex 367 (Carpenter 73, Webb 2-18) Hants 147 (Hill 37, Bull 5-71) Hants 133 (Barton 31, Mead 6-50) |
| 05 Jul | Yorkshire | Southampton | Lost by 10 wkts Toss unknown | Hants 251 (Barton 125, Jackson 6-19) Yorks 293 (Wainwright 118no, Hill 5-51) Hants 179 (Lacey 58, Jackson 6-61) Yorks 138-0 (Brown 85no) |
| 12 Jul | Somerset | Portsmouth | Won by 3 wkts Toss unknown | Somerset 271 (Stanley 55, Steele 4-31) Hants 222 (Barton 81, Woods 4-68, Tyler 4-68) Somerset 105 (Palairet 32, Steele 5-32) Hants 156-7 (Lee 34no, Tyler 6-73) |
| 19 Jul | Surrey | Southampton | Match Drawn Toss unknown | Surrey 157 (Holland 25, Heseltine 4-34) Hants 88 (Quinton 44, Richardson 7-43) Surrey 77 (Jephson 33no, Heseltine 5-27, Steele 5-33) Hants 79-8 (Wynyard 23, Lees 6-27) |
| 22 Jul | Sussex | Hove | Lost by an innings and 176 runs Toss unknown | Sussex 438 (Ranjitsinhji 149, Andrew 5-157) Hants 134 (Hill 64no, Tate 5-21) Hants 128 (Andrew 54no, Hartley 3-15) |
| 29 Jul | Lancashire | Old Trafford | Lost by 10 wkts Toss unknown | Hants 55 (Wynyard 22, Briggs 8-39) Lancs 116 (Briggs 31no, Baldwin 6-54) Hants 88 (Webb 19, Mold 4-14) Lancs 28-0 (MacLaren 17no) |
| 02 Aug | Derbyshire | Derby | Won by 186 runs Toss unknown | Hants 252 (Webb 86, Davidson 4-64) Derby 223 (Wright 93, Quinton 4-13) Hants 335 (Quinton 60, Hancock 4-90) Derby 178 (Chatterton 57, Heseltine 4-25) |
| 05 Aug | Leicestershire | Leicester | Won by an innings and 195 runs Toss unknown | Hants 378 (Quinton 73, Stocks 6-117) Leics 91 (Tomlin 20, Baldwin 4-18) Leics 92 (Geeson 29no, Baldwin 4-40) |
| 09 Aug | Surrey | The Oval | Lost by an innings and 303 runs Toss unknown | Surrey 579 (Brockwell 225, Abel 173, Soar 5-127) Hants 149 (Robson 30no, Richardson 4-85) Hants 127 (Barton 51, Richardson 5-35) |
| 12 Aug | Warwickshire | Southampton | Match Drawn Toss unknown | Warwick 475-9 (1 abs) (Quaife 178no, Bainbridge 162, Baldwin 4-67) Hants 137-9 (1 abs) (Wynyard 67, Forrester 4-23) Hants 324-6 (Andrew 106, Hill 100, Forrester 3-60) |
| 19 Aug | Sussex | Portsmouth | Match Drawn Toss unknown | Hants 218 (Webb 111, Tate 4-52) Sussex 156 (Parris 57, Heseltine 5-41) Hants 105-8 (Lacey 27, Bland 5-57) Sussex 83-1 (Brann 43no, Baldwin 1-31) |
| 23 Aug | Essex | Leyton | Match Drawn Toss unknown | Hants 115 (Baldwin 31no, Mead 4-44) Essex 315-5 (Perrin 101, Heseltine 2-70) Hants 125-4 (Barton 50no, de Zoete 2-44) |
| 26 Aug | Leicestershire | Southampton | Won by 6 wkts Toss unknown | Leics 179 (Pougher 39, Wynyard 4-47) Hants 124 (Hill 33, Stocks 6-66) Leics 77 (Coe 28, Hill 7-36) Hants 134-4 (Lee 42no, Stocks 2-48) |
| 30 Aug | Somerset | Taunton | Match Drawn Toss unknown | Hants 202 (Wynyard 42, Tyler 4-69) Somerset 32-2 (Palairet 12no, Heseltine 1-11) |
| Ct | St | Player | Matches | Innings | NO | 50's | 100's | HS | Runs | Average | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wkts | 5fers | 10Wm | BP | RPO | Average |
| 2 | W Andrew * | 4 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 106 | 247 | 35.28 | 129 | 25 | 329 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 5-157 | 2.55 | 47.00 | |
| FH Bacon | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 3.33 | |||||||||||
| 7 | H Baldwin | 18 | 29 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 32no | 294 | 14.70 | 721.4 | 265 | 1397 | 52 | 2 | 0 | 6-54 | 1.93 | 26.86 | |
| 2 | EIM Barrett | 5 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 51 | 94 | 11.75 | ||||||||||
| 8 | VA Barton | 18 | 33 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 125 | 819 | 26.41 | 37 | 13 | 90 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1-32 | 2.43 | 90.00 | |
| 6 | 1 | RA Bennett | 8 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 38no | 165 | 15.00 | |||||||||
| HB Bethune * | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8no | 11 | 11.00 | 12 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1-27 | 2.25 | 27.00 | ||
| 1 | BML Brodhurst * | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 9.00 | 7 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 3.28 | -- | |
| JH Darby * | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 73 | 14.60 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 1.83 | -- | ||
| 9 | C Heseltine | 13 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 70 | 309 | 14.71 | 267.1 | 68 | 600 | 38 | 2 | 0 | 5-27 | 2.24 | 15.78 | |
| 5 | AJL Hill | 12 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 100 | 421 | 21.05 | 257.3 | 67 | 594 | 31 | 2 | 1 | 7-36 | 2.30 | 19.16 | |
| 1 | FG Kitchener | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 21 | 7.00 | 51 | 20 | 118 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3-54 | 2.31 | 29.50 | |
| 5 | FE Lacey | 7 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 121 | 385 | 38.50 | 12 | 3 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 3.75 | -- | |
| 2 | EC Lee | 11 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 42no | 227 | 17.46 | 69.3 | 21 | 188 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2-0 | 2.70 | 62.66 | |
| 3 | WF Light * | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 37 | 4.62 | 44 | 10 | 137 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2-61 | 3.11 | 68.50 | |
| AJH Luard * | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 60 | 7.50 | |||||||||||
| 4 | FWD Quinton | 6 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 73 | 253 | 23.00 | 29.4 | 8 | 77 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4-13 | 2.58 | 12.83 | |
| 27 | 2 | C Robson | 15 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 75 | 344 | 13.23 | 6 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 4.16 | -- |
| 5 | T Soar | 13 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 191 | 11.23 | 430.4 | 111 | 1052 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 5-102 | 2.44 | 36.27 | |
| 14 | 2 | DA Steele | 18 | 30 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 67 | 341 | 13.64 | 225.4 | 52 | 595 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 5-32 | 2.63 | 22.03 |
| CG Ward * | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 41 | 8.20 | 15 | 2 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 3.66 | -- | ||
| 1 | HF Ward | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 79 | 39.50 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 8.00 | -- | |
| 4 | AS Webb | 15 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 111 | 553 | 21.26 | 65 | 17 | 181 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2-18 | 2.78 | 30.16 | |
| 11 | 2 | EG Wynyard | 10 | 18 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 80 | 594 | 33.00 | 61 | 14 | 172 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4-47 | 2.81 | 21.50 |
| Extras/run outs | 296 | 258 | 10 | ||||||||||||||||
| 117 | 7 | TOTALS | 198 | 339 | 39 | 22 | 5 | 5874 | 2450.3 | 699 | 5998 | 225 | 11 | 1 |
| Score | Player | Opponents | Venue |
| 125 | VA Barton | Yorkshire | Southampton |
| 121 | FE Lacey | Derbyshire | Southampton |
| 111 | AS Webb | Sussex | Portsmouth |
| 106 | W Andrew | Warwickshire | Southampton |
| 100 | AJL Hill | Warwickshire | Southampton |
| Return | Player | Opponents | Venue |
| 7-36 | AJL Hill | Leicestershire | Southampton |
| 6-54 | H Baldwin | Lancashire | Old Trafford |
| 5-27 | C Heseltine | Surrey | Southampton |
| 5-32 | DA Steele | Somerset | Portsmouth |
| 5-33 | DA Steele | Surrey | Southampton |
| 5-41 | C Heseltine | Sussex | Portsmouth |
| 5-51 | AJL Hill | Yorkshire | Southampton |
| 5-98 | H Baldwin | Warwickshire | Edgbaston |
| 5-102 | T Soar | Yorkshire | Bradford |
| 5-127 | T Soar | Surrey | The Oval |
| 5-157 | W Andrew | Sussex | Hove |
| Returns | Player | Opponents | Venue |
| 10-63 (3-27 & 7-36) | AJL Hill | Leicestershire | Southampton |
| Wkt | Score | Players | Opponents | Venue |
| 1st | 107 | C Robson and AJL Hill | Warwickshire | Edgbaston |
| 2nd | 112 | VA Barton and EG Wynyard | Yorkshire | Southampton |
| 4th | 222 | W Andrew and AJL Hill | Warwickshire | Southampton |
| 4th | 130 | VA Barton and EG Wynyard | Somerset | Portsmouth |
| 5th | 103 | FWD Quinton and FE Lacey | Leicestershire | Leicester |
| 7th | 105 | AS Webb and C Heseltine | Derbyshire | Derby |
| 8th | 102 | FE Lacey and DA Steele | Derbyshire | Southampton |