James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1875

' l 195 • • • • RoYLE 1 V. A new acquisition to the Count y Eleven ; . plays in ve1'y good ;: ... style, Ql'.ld no doubt. will tttm out a valuable member ; bowls slo,v --� round-arm with tolerable success. · · · · Ro\vIA J?�, A. B. A ve � y �ood left hand bowler and neat bat ; only plays for �s county very little, bt1t when he does generally 1·ende1"s good s�1·- vice. R o WLEY, E. B. One of the best batsmen in the North, drives . well, a,11d · a severe pt1nishe1· of slow bowling ; good long-stop and �eld. · . , · STunBs, · R. A fine free batsman and quite up to county lotm, bttt from some tmexplall:led cause does not 1·epresent his cotmty. • r . . MIDDLESEX. ' . I . . ' . .. Biro>, G. An uneert&in batsman in first-class matches, and unluek7 for his county, though he , played fine cricket in other engagements. A dangerous bat when set, and a good fi,eld. . . BRUNE, C. J. (Cambridge). A very straight . medium pace bowler, likely to be dangerous at a n y tj,me ; , was u�eful . both with - , bat and ball in 1874. • ' I • • '• BULL E R, . C. F. (Harrow). Showed as fine forraL in batting as ever in 1874; drives very hard and plays the game thoroughly, not a safe or smaa.·t field. · · GREEN, C. E. (Uppinghamand Cambri(Jge); . · One · of �e best amateur bats­ me11 of the day, having fine defence �ith great oei;tc\l.nty of hitting all round; . a good long-stop. . , , . •0II.J3ERT, W. G. An excellent bat, having g09d defence; a first-class :field, and bow.ls slow roi1nd-arm. . , . . !Lu>ow, P. D. (Harrow). Ras a marvellpus defence, an� i& a. g�od fi�ld at point. , , - · OTTAWAY C. J. (Eton and Oxford); One of the yery best aJ:!lateur batsmen of the day t with man-relloua defence and 11nwear�ed patience, a good field. . , · . . .RuttEB, E · . (Rt1gby). A slo , ,t , left.;han4 round arm bowler� and ha� don� the county great se1�cc:; is a good field and better . bat than his scores imply. ' T o :a �ER, M-. (Cheltenham). A ve1� gopd wicket-keepe1.' 1 a,.nd at _ time� bats to some account. ,v ALXER, I. D. (Harrow). One pf the vei.,., best all-round cricketers, beu1g a fine batsman, with a t � lent _ for h� tting , o n the �ff . side, � nd a trttly ir­ reproachable field, _ especially ttt mid-off. A · good captain, and �xcel-- · . lent judge of the game. ·. · · , . · · . · .. WAR RE� B.. D. (Harrow and Oxford ) . · Has not :figured so mt1ch in pi-� minent matches of late; a very olever slow roun'd-a.Tm bowler, ancl a r1:111-getting bat in his own style. . ,. . · · .. . . l. . • W ,r,K�B, V. E. (Harrow). · . Th � best j � d � e of · · the �ame · exta,np� as . a cap­ tain has no equal, and 1s · still a brilliant fi�ld 1n an:, pos1t10n, and a most effective batsman.. , ' .. · · ·, "\Vi r ,/ KrnsoN , ; A. J. (Shrewsbury), ' An efficient bat, with defence and hit combined; bowls slow ronnd-arm. . · , · · � _ · . · TABOR, A. S. (Caml)ridge University). By birth plays for Midcllesex. · •