James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1879

207 Most Most Times in an in n. ' Inns. not, out. Runs. Inns. Mutclu. I‘ye n 1 9 as a VQTDOII, G. 16 0 303 GT; anlkcr, I. D 24 0 294 59 Wntmollgl) l 24 19 qutson l 188 62 ‘Vcighell, . . . 0 13 7 \Vhcclor (Ham-s)" 0 31 16 Wheeler (Leicester) . 12 ll; 11 Whitfield, H. 1 250 31 Wickhflm, A. P 2 15 ll “liddowsony 0 15 11”) Wild . Z J-l-‘Z N “7005 . l 0 0 \Vond,H.( 1 R G Woml, H. (Kent). 2 1.3 (l Wri ht, E. o m 35 an Icy, \V 1 4?! Tl? Yuung I 0:5 28 (1 Not out. THE BOW’LERS. Tlle most noticeable feature of the season was the cxtmordumrywcccss of Mr. A. G. Steel, whnsn bowling, considering it. was his first ycu m Import:\nh matches, was gc'ncrnlly cficztive against ever3' kind of lmtsmnn. A “yet. season. of course, was all in fzwonr uf how 5. especially those of slow, medium» wed delivery; but, Myer-oft and Morley hatlx showv fine figures. unlit the utter never howled better than in “473. Indeed, considering everything, 0 was fmrly entitled to be considered the best fast bowler of the year. Mr. Morton, of the Cambridge Elm'cn, and Rylott. were very deadly,’ at times, am] most of the slow and medium pace bowlers—Barluw, Bates. Bun-nth, Flowers, Emmett, Alfred Shaw, lVa-ISmJ, and hiegsrs. W. G. Grace and A. Penn—mm show gnarl pcrformzmccs. MT-“Y. G. Gmcc was slightly' more expensive than in former ycnrs, but the bowlers generally harl n good tima of it. and Heamc and Mr. Foord-Kclccl', among those not. previously enumerated, also deserve to be mcnhonefl. AVERAGES cm UNDER Tux Ruxs man. Wxmcm‘. Runsper Inns. Runs. Wks. Wds. vr‘kts. Grace, E.1\l. (101...) ......... s 10“ ."~f “ " Morton, P. H. (fast. round) 1-1 M' 1 RylnM: (rm rmmd 1m) 4" ” Slecl, A. G. (slo\\' round) 1‘“ 2 Townsend. F. (labs) . 1T: 0 3!) Wood:H.(Cumb.‘,(slwr( A\'ERAGES 01? It) RUNS AND L Barlon' (slow round left) 17 fl: Bates (810W mund) ’ - Burr-nth (slow rmm Buchanan, D.(B]“’ md lfb) 3 Emmett (medm rml left) 41 Flint (slon' round) ......... 4 FIrm'm-s (medium round) 1: Foord-Kcllscy. ‘V. (ff: rd) 1-'l Grace, G4 F. (fast round) 13 E55 THAN 15 Russ PER WICKET. 71 207 ust Ti cs in n I ns. not. out. Runs. Match. Tye a 1 9 s Vernal, . . 16 0 510.1 (if; \V:\lkcr, I. 24 0 294 nt 1gl G 1 2-1 Watson .. 22 l 188 “h hs“, W. B. ti 0 13 \ heclat ( nnt . -l 0 31 “r lcr (Leicester) . 5 1! [G hitfcld, .. n. 1 250 ’ickhu , . G 2 15 WViddowson, S. ‘V. 3 0 15 ild ill; 2 us Woof z; 1 n — “YOO . . . .‘l 1 R 4- c d. . ( e t). 5 “l If) 1: ri rht, . . s u 81 10.1 Yuri le , \ 5 l -I:I 10-1 n l (33 7d (1 ot out. . The m st ti l feat r f t o m s as t e extra r inaf gn ess of r. . . t el, rusc h lin . cnusi cri it. as is rst yo r in I portant. at es, W218 e e a g' lYczth'o n'hminst eveqr in of bats an. n'nb season. Of r . as l i fz mu- f b lers. es u iull those f slo , crlmm- ed ; but ycr n. arle both show line rcg. nml t e nitcr nr e l t r t i 11673. I e , consideri g evep'flung. he as f rly titled to i c:1 t u t. fast o ler f t c ear. r. orton. of the u lu’id c leve , lntt. orn er cmlly t ti s, and nsh f t e slo and i n u n l nrl . t s, ur-m“, l nrs, ett, lfred Sluuv, “Ta-(Son, Messrs. W. G. race xmd . e c : sho good parisonizjx‘xicffié n! , Mr. W. . Gmuc li~htly i t in for er ye u l s om l d a lEmail t e f . ru'ne r. m'd- clccy, im s t. i l r t , also s rve t e e tioneil. as ox" EN s PER chx . Bum er Mdns. uns. ks. illi. w‘ktu. r , n l..b ;). ..... 41‘ ‘f’. ‘1’ " rt , (fast 10: A I; 1, 310“ fast ln left 241. ' 0 t el, . . l w 4“ 5A 0 . W? H O . 1 . 00tl, . ( :\ .) (51W VERA OF ! l w u .) utt almn' ro ......... ill! -lll Oil 0 un-ML (sl mnnd left) :m l ll n ,D.(z<1“- 1m as " ci c a m v . 4 U luw'cr i r ) 7 ‘f u - uhz ‘ . (ff. 13 t) . l l: