James Lilllywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1880

THE UNIVERSITIESA N D PUBLIC SCHOOLSIN 1879 . 1 2 9 B A T T I N GA V E R A G E S . I n n s. T i m e s n o to u t Mostin R u n s G.C. Whistler anInns. 1 2 0 1 6 7 4 8* Average 1 3 - 9 J. R. H . M c L e a n .. 1 0 4 8 1 3 6 1 3 . 5 C. R. C h a n c e 1 2 1 1 4 4 5 8* 13-2 { G. R. Champion 1 2 1 1 3 0 4 1 1 1 . 8 F. L. Sprott 1 1 0 1 0 2 3 5 9 . 3 T. E. Pickering 1 0 1 7 7 3 8 8 - 5 C. T. Preston 1 0 1 7 4 3 0 8 . 2 L. V. Y o n g e.. 9 3 4 3 2 9 7 - 1 F. H e n s t o c k 1 1 1 5 0 2 3 5 F. G. A. Phillips 8 0 2 0 1 0 2 . 4 J. W . Nicholas. 7 2 1 0 4 2 F. G.A. Phillips¹ J. W .Nicholas.. F. Henstock... G . R. Champion C. R. Chance B O W L I N G A V E R A G E S . B a l l s M a i d e n s R u n s Wickets, Average 7 1 0 2 6 2 7 3 3 0 9 - 3 3 1 9 2 3 9 7 1 0 9 - 7 3 4 8 1 8 1 2 4 9 13-7 1 5 8 1 5 4 6 3 1 5:1 7 7 8 4 1 2 5 1 1 6 15-11 +Winnerof averageball. SHREWSBURYELEVENIN 1879 .-*F. G. A. Phillips : has been an excellent captain , and has worked hard and patiently and played many uphill games with great pluck ; has had the burden of the bowling to bear, and has borne it well, has improved muchsince last season in his commandover the ball and generally ; as a bat has not scored , his bat is not straight , and he is apt to be too late in his stroke . C. R. Chance : a hard hitter , and too often neglects his defence to practise hitting ; an erratic fast bowler, a good field ; captain for 1880. *G. C. Whistler : is an excellent bat with a fine free style , plays straight and hard and with spirit , is apt to be impatient of slow scoring ; a moderate field . *G. R. Champion : a fairly safe bat , rather cramped in style , has an ugly way of grounding his bat in cutting ; a fair field , and moderate bowler . F. L. Sprott : a good bat, plays sound and pretty cricket , will constantly improve as he gets older and stronger ; a fair field at point . L. V. Yonge : a hard and confident hitter , too fond of a pull ; an excellent field though not successful behind the wickets this year ; bowls occasionally ; plays up always . Preston : has a cramped style , but plays good fast bowling well ; generally loses his wicket byhitting ; a fair field , bowls slows which are sometimes use- ful. T. E. Pickering : plays with a straight bat, and can hit to leg and cut ; an uncertain field , needs confidence only to be a good cricketer . *F. Henstock : a fair and improving bat, bowler, and field ; with practice would makea good cricketer . J. W. Nicholas : is likely to makea good bowler, has a free easy action , and improves fast ; hits freely , but does not stand up to bowling . * J. R. McLean : covers his wicket well , and hits freely forward ; has to learn to cut and hit to leg ; a good field . С. Т. k