James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1878

192 match have been omitted. Mr. W . G. Grace may be classed as the most ^ a i i j _ I T _ —„ —- ^ 4 4 ^ I « . . . I _ 1 a successful bowler of the. year, although Mycroft runs him close. The former’s 179 wickets, at an average of 1 2\ runs per wicket, is a very great performance considering the batsmen he has had to meet, and the same terms may be 1 • 1 < . 1 ^ i 1 C l T 1 . . 1 a x r 1 1 V I r C * 1 ^ 1 f A~X/> « . r I IT % applied to the fast left-handed bowler of Derbyshire. George Heame’s io~ wickets, at an average of ii-5> is i11 point of figures the best show, but he only bowled a little more than half the number of overs delivered by Mr. Grace, and he had not to trundle in so many good matches. Mr. Appleby’s 19 wickets .were got at a very small cost ; and among the other amateurs Messrs. Buckland, Henderson, A . F. Lucas, M les, Ridley, and Patterson were the most successful. Armitage, W illiam M ‘Intyre, and Watson were especially prominent among the professionals ; and of the rest Emmett, Hickton, Midwinter, Morley, Ry lott, and Southerton came out the best. A verages of U nder T en R uns per W icket . Appleby, A . . §t • Overs . . . . . 1 2 6 . 3 Ma i den s . R u n s . \Vrckts. 63 1 6 7 . 1 9 Wide . O Runs per Wckt . 8 . 15 Duncan, D . . . . 8 18 3 O 6 Shaw A .......... , . . . 207 147 1 3 1 l 6 O 8*3 A v e r a g e s OF 10 R u n s a n d L e s s TH A N I 5 R u n s p e r W i c k e t . Armitage . . . Overs . 3 5 6 Mdns . 1 5 5 Runs . 4 8 7 VVkts. 42 W ide s . O Runs per wcks. I I . 2 5 Baldock, W . . 2 4 . I 1 1 33 3 3 O I I Buckland, F . M. 377*3 1 6 5 528 4 i O . 12.36 Bury, -L ............ 1 1 3 3 » 229 17 1 13.8 Em m e t t .......... C 1 7 . 2 260 1004 72 25 13.68 Grace, W . G . . 1 7 8 8 . 3 7 8 7 2 2 3 1 1 7 9 O 12.83 Hickton ........ 339*2 1 3 7 5 2 2 4 i O 12.28 Hearne, G. . . . 8 48 . 1 4 2 4 1 1 8 2 . 10 7 O u *5 Henderson, R . • • 525*3 238 732 53 O 13*43 Heath, A . H . . 48*3 19 108 IO 8 10.8 Jarvis, L. K.. . 40 26 48 4 O 12 Lucas A . P . ., •• • 372.1 177 464 34 I 13.22 Mycroft .......... 1229.1 798 2169 171 O 12.117 Miles, R . F . . . 263.2 138 258 22 17 11.16 Midwinter . . . . 4 5 r*1 261. 426 31 O 13*23 McIntyre, W . • • 699 307 948 85 O 11.13 Ridlev, A . W . • • 386.1 133 6 15 35 O 14.25 Southerton . . . . 688.1 360 804 55 O 14*34 Tylocote, H. G. 229 95 362 t ^ w 3 1 O 11.21 Walker, R . D. • • 35 l 6 53 5 2 . 10.3 Watson .......... 1089.2 5 4 8 . 1233 96 0 12.81 A verages of over F ifteen R uns per W icket . Absolom, C. A . . 338.2 • 1*9 579 23 O 254 Booth, C............. 20 8 3 i t 1 7 31 Barlow .............. 123.2 56 162 9 O 18 Brooks .............. 70.2 37 85 5 2 17 Barnes.................. 392.3 181 526 2 6 O 18.2 Barratt .............. 1080.3 424 1837 92 I 19.89 Brown, C . A . . . . Blackburn .......... 156 55 264 IO 8 26.4 96.1 36 *56 7 O 22.2 Bates ............t 126.1 5 2 207 8 O 25*7 Jbuchanan, D . . . . ■ 156.3 89 *57 IO O i 5*7 Croxford.............. 35 *i *5 66 1 I 66