Famous Cricketers No 64 - Jas. Lillywhite, Jun.

6 T.Bignall, C.Booth, J.Caesar, R.Carpenter, A.Chandler, T.Lockyer, W.F.Maitland, W.Mycroft, T.Plumb, Joseph Rowbotham, T.Sewell, jun., J.C.Shaw, G.Strachan, I.D.Walker, W.Yardley 5 C.F.Buller, F.Burbridge, J.A.Bush, Jas.Chatterton, J.C.Crawford, G.Griffith, T.G.Matthews, A.Penn, H.A.Richardson, A.F.Smith, J.Southerton, H.W.Tate James Lillywhite for United South of England Eleven The United South of England Eleven played its first match on May 11, 12 and 13, 1865. Lillywhite was one of the Eleven. On January 18, 1872 he was appointed Secretary of the USEE, whose principal drawing card was W.G.Grace. The figures below are taken from matches published in Scores and Biographies . As with similar statistics for George Parr and John Wisden in this series, we are very aware that much more research is required into the details of the odds matches played by the professional wandering elevens. In the case of Lillywhite the data ceases in 1878. The USEE and some of its rivals continued for several more years in some form and this is another area for further research. Despite these shortcomings, a major part of Lillywhite’s cricket career would be missing if we did not include such data as we have. In the statistics for both Wisden and Parr bowling averages were given, but in the period involving Lillywhite, very few bowling analyses were printed in Scores and Biographies (yet another area for future research!); no such bowling details are given therefore. P M I NO R HS Ave Wkts Ct 1865 15 11 21 3 163 28 9.05 92 2 1866 17 13 23 0 168 29 7.30 91 12 1867 16 13 19 1 266 85* 14.77 113 8 1868 14 10 16 0 166 36 10.37 61 2 1869 12 10 17 3 171 41* 12.21 35 1 1870 10 10 18 1 215 43 12.64 39 2 1871 16 14 23 1 260 48 11.81 49 5 1872 9 9 13 1 128 58* 10.66 37 2 1873 15 16 29 4 238 50* 9.52 158 9 1874 14 10 14 1 115 24* 8.84 61 5 1875 15 11 17 2 222 56* 14.80 77 3 1876 11 9 16 1 105 20 7.00 77 5 1877 12 4 5 0 14 12 2.80 17 5 1878 10 3 3 1 4 2* 2.00 9 1 Total 186 143 234 19 2235 85* 10.39 920 62 Note: P column is the number of matches played by USEE; M column is the number played by Lillywhite. Fifties 85* v XXII of Reading at Reading in 1867 58* v XVIII of Eastbourne at Eastbourne in 1872 50* v XVIII of Bradford at Bradford in 1873 Twenty Wickets in a Match 23 v XXII of Hertford at Hertford in 1867 21 v XXII of East Hants at Southsea in 1873 Lillywhite appeared in three matches for the United England Eleven, one in 1863 and two in 1864, taking 27 wickets and scoring 15 runs in three completed innings. He played in one match for the New All England Eleven in 1864, taking 12 wickets and scoring 25 runs in two completed innings. Acknowledgments Tim McCann for help with the biographical details in the introduction, Peter Wynne-Thomas for help on the United South of England matches, Philip Bailey for his usual help and Stephen Eley for proof-reading. 50