James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1878

or> Jifel/or (Trinity) plays in pood style, but in more .it home with fast bowling; not particularly sale in the field. 1 liury bade lair to be a very great help to the eleven early in the season, but failed to sustain this promi c ; is a hard hitter, and bowled with success at times, though never tried in the Jnler- University match; a good held. S. ,S. S (Jesus), a arm) proved very expensive; is a better bat than is generally supposed, and ought to be useful for Lancashire in this department. //. Pigg (Emmanuel), a useful bat, playing hard and in good style ; bowls fast round at times with success ; not a good field. Opponent*. Matches (5) S. Peter’s ........... Sidney Sussex . . . Magdalene . . . . . . Corpus ............... Bottisham............ CAIUS COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE. lion. See., A , C. Brownlow. Results of Matches. Matches Played , 9 ; Won, 5 ; Lost, 3; Drawn, 1. Club, Opponent*. When Played, Where Played, mt 2nd iHt Inn. Inn. Inn. 2nd Inn. Matches Drawn (I). Clare........................ Matches Lost (3). Christ’s .................... Trinity .................... Emmanuel .................. Caius April 20 70 43 Caius April 24 179 — . 54 Caius April 2b 162 — 82 Caius BtshmP. April 30 May 10 * 5 * 7 i *56 It Clare May 8 *105 — — Caius May 5 59 ♦ * Trinity May 11 131 — _ Caius May 26 124 — — 184 Won by 27 runs 125 runs 80 runs 117 runs 2 runs *6 w d Remarks. *3 w d Lby 90'3i runs _80'49 runs * 8 w d * 133 9 runs *3 w B a t t i n g A v e r a g e s . II. R. Fuller,. . . Total inns. Times not out. Total runs. Most in an inns. Most in a match. Aver. 0 68 22 22 8.4 A. P. W e lls ....... I 97 25* 25 12.8 W. L. Grane. . . . 2 III 30* 3 ° 22,1 T. J. Atherton .. A ctmm 1 ini* * im » w ••t • 10 I 13 1 40* • 40 14-5 T. W. Rees . . . . 1 33 12 12 6.3 I. W. Lodge. . . . 2 I l6 51 5 * 19.2 H. Watson......... O 37 16 .16 5-2 E. W. Carpenter ♦ • •• 5 2 71 21* 21 23.2 W. E. Roller. . . . 2 90 23 23 II .2 E. Wilkinson ., . . . . 8 0 126 56 56 15-6 J. E. P. Steel .. I 99 24 24 II * Signifies not out. T h e C a i u s E l e v e n i n 1877 ,—H. R. Fuller, (captain), bowled well for the eleven, as long as he kept his t emp e r ; inclined to be too careless when bat ­ ting. A. P. Wells, as patient a bat as e v e r ; has not yet learnt to hit a half- volley ; a safe catch. W. L. Grane, has improved a good deal at the w i c k e t ; a very pretty bat. 7 \J. Atherton, was secretary to the club ; improved in bat ­ ting. T. W. Rees, a brilliant field at cover po in t ; hardly batted up to his last year’s form. /. W. Lodge, a careful bat with great hitting power s ; a good