James Lilllywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1880

T H E C H I E FC R I C K E T E R SO F 1879. 2 0 3 GULLIVER, G. J. A good bat, hits well to leg ; fair change slow bowler ; fields well at long-leg . HAWKES, T. A pretty bat, and generally scores ; good wicket-keeper ; useful as a change fast round-handbowler. KINGSTON, F. W. Good bat ; splendid wicket -keeper ; good field ; Cambridge Elevenin 1878. KINGSTON , H. Good steady bat , very promising ; fair field . KINGSTON, J. P. Brilliant bat and field , particularly at cover-point ; good slow b o w l e r. MARKHAM, J. M. A very good bat , but unlucky ; fine wicket -keeper . MERRY, T. A good bat, hits very hard ; good field . READE, Rev. H. S. A good bat, always get runs ; good bowler . TEBBUTT, F. A fair bat andfield . TURNER, J. A very good steady bat , can always be depended upon to get runs ; good field and is very useful as change slow bowler. WELCH, T. H. G. A very good bat , hits finely when set ; an excellent field ; and often comes off as a change bowler. WINCH, R. F. First -class bowler on a fast wicket ; good bat. N O T T I N G H A M S H I R E . FOLJAMBE, G. S. (Eton and Oxford). A fine free hitter ; played several times for the countylast year, though the ground did not suit himbeing too slow. STORY, W. F. (Repton ). Good all -round player ; very good wicket -keeper , and can take any place in the field ; played two or three times for his county in 1879 ; but did not come off with the bat. TOLLEY , R. Has played several times for the county , and shown good cricket , being a very patient bat and a sure field . S O M E R S E T S H I R E . BUTLER, S. E. (Etonand Oxford). Avery fast bowler, and hard-hitting batsman. CASSAN , E. (Oxford ). Aleft -handed bowler with a peculiar delivery , and con- siderable spin . Very destructive when he is ' on his day,' and has a wicket that at all helps him. FORD, E. C. B. A fair wicket -keeper , and good bat, but wants confidence . Fox, H. F. (Clifton ). A steady and improving bat with good style . LLOYD, E. W. M. (Rugby and Cambridge ). A dangerous and punishing bat ; and good field anywhere . NEWTON, S. C. (Cambridge ). An excellent all -round man; unsurpassed as a field ; a steady and improving bat ; and useful change bowler. PONTIFEX, D. D. A good field anywhere ; and dangerous bat, cuts well. REED, Rev. F. A very straight round -arm bowler (slow ) ; generally gets wickets ; very fair bat. ROE, W. A good bat ; safe field ; and bowls slow round. Ross, H. Rather weak at slows , but otherwise his batting is quite first -class ; fields well anywhere ; and not unfrequently gets wickets with his slows . SAINSBURY , E. A reliable bat ; and very fair slow under -hand bowler . SMITH , F. A. Agood bat , hits very hard ; and is very quick in the field . VOULES , Rev. S. C. (Marlborough and Oxford ). One of the very best all -round cricketers . Is now head master of Sidney College , Bath. WELMAN, F. T. A good wicket -keeper and a steady reliable bat . EVANS , A. H. (Oxford ). Plays for Somersetshire . στην