James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1875

I 86 which is very fast, and likely to be dangerous on a bad wicket. The battin� was, as might have been expected, original to our English ideas. Not that t here was any lack of effect, for some of the players at times showed great hitting powers, notably Spalding at Lord's. There was plenty of rough st11ff capable of being he,vn into polished material. It was a combinatio11 of good eye and stout arm, and ihe result was a success. At least of the­ seven matches four were won, while one of the three drawn games (at the Oval) was drawn altogether in their favour. The statistics of tho tour, in a ._ far as cricke� wa& concerned, will be fo11nd in the columns below:- · Results ofMatches. Yatohes played, 7; won, 4 ;� drawn, 3; lost, O. ·- Where WMn Opp<>Mnt8. Pl,a:ytJd. Played. Mate won (4 ) . Prince! Club and G.•• Prin c e 's Aug 6-7 Sheffie d ••••••••••• • / She ffi ld Aug 15-16 Manchester •••••••..• Mnchtr Aug 20-21 Ireland ••.••••••••••• Dublin Aug 24-25 1.1!atc}ies drawn (3). �farylebone Club • . • • Lord's Aug 8-4 Richmond Club ..... • 1 Rchmd Aug 8 Surrey Club and G. • • . Oval , Au g 13-14 Olub. Opponta. lit I 2nd It I 2nd Inn. l nn . , I11,n. f Iri11. Won by 110 - 21 180 - 48 121 100 42 1 71 94 47 107 - 1 10 8 1 - 100 111 106 1 *45 ' 271 l 39 In.ns and 50 rns 45 Inns and 42 ms 58126 runs 8277 runs R:tin on 2nd <lv 6 ,,..ickets do"·i1 *2 . •4 v.ickets d\ , � n BATTINO AVERAGES. Most Most A,·erage in 0. man per Matches. Not Out. Buns. Innings. Match. Innings. Caught. Bowled. Cattche · ... G. Wri N bt•• 7 0 129 50 61 14·83 � 5 0 Leonar •••• 7 0 105 28 81 11·55 4 5 1 H. Wright.• 7 0 78 23 24 8·33 8 4 2 Barnes •••• 7 1 81 24 BO 8·10 0 7 2 Spalding •• 7 0 76 28 24 7·50 4 5 2 O'Rourke •• 7 0 59 13 18 5·90 3 7 1 McGeary •• 6 0 61 18 18 6·66 3 6 3 Anson••.••• 7 1 48 27 17 4·80 8 4 4 S. Wright •• 7 0 48 9 11 4·77 8 4 2 ?,fcVey •••• 7 0 41 11 11 4-55 3 6 3 Fisler •••••• 4 0 22 6 12 4·40 1 2 1 Beals ...... 6 1 34 8 12 4·25 2 5 6 McBride • • 6 0 30 g 11 B·75 8 3 {) Sutton •• • • 7 1 83 18 13 8·66 3 5 2 Seba.fer •••• 6 0 28 12 13 8·50 4 4 5 '