James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annnual 1881

2 6 LILLYWHITE'SC R I C K E T E R S' A N N U A L. O .P . Lancashire . 1 2 1 1 0 6 2 5 2 9 9.7 E .F .L e e s e W .M'Intyre . H .Miller 3 7 0 6 7 6 2 6 7 2 2 - 1 2 4 1 1 6 1 9 8 - 1 2 0 3 2 2 6 3 2 1 6 N a s h 1 2 4 4 6 1 2 1 2 5 . 6 S. P a l m e r 5 0 1 6 4 7 3.1 Pilling 2 3 3 2 0 4 4 4* 4 4 10.4 W .Robinson 1 9 0 3 9 1 5 1 8 9 20-11 E .B. R o w l e y 1 7 0 1 5 6 3 1 4 0 9 . 3 V .K.Royle 1 3 0 1 2 4 2 6 2 7 9 . 7 A .G .Steel. 5 0 1 6 8 8 3 . 1 F .Taylor 1 3 1 2 7 5 6 6 8 0 22-21 W a t s o n 2 3 6 1 9 3 2 9 4 2 1 0 - 3 R .W o o d 2 1 3 3 3 2* 3 3 3 3 A.Appleby B a r l o w Briggs C r o s s l a n d A. N. H o r n b y W .M'Intyre N a s h A .G .Steel F.Taylor W a t s o n E, L, Chadwick, 7.0 ; played in one innings . B O W L I N GA V E R A G E S . Overs. Maidens. Runs. Wickets. 2 0 0 9 6 2 5 7 1 1. Average. 23.5 490-3 2 5 6 4 7 9 4 2 11-15 1 7 1 2 1 3 0 9 7 4 7 1 1 4 6 1 9 1 7 9 1 8 1 1 8 1 4 0 5 8 2 1 8 1 0 21-8 3 3 3 - 3 1 6 4 4 1 2 3 7 11.5 1 9 3 9 6 1 6 6 1 7 9 - 1 3 1 2 6 2 2 2 1 1 867-1 4 5 0 9 2 9 8 0 11-49 H. Miller , 9 overs , 2 maidens, 20 runs, 0 wicket ; W. Robinson, 1 over , 0 maiden, 5 runs , 0 wicket ; and R. Wood, 23 overs , 11 maidens ,23 runs , 1 wicket -bowled in one inningsonly. M I D D L E S E X . OFFICERSFOR 1880.-President , Viscount Enfield . Vice -Presidents , Lord G. Hamilton, M.P., andJohnWalker. Treasurer , W. Nicholson . H o n. Sec., P. M. Thornton. Committee, H o n. Alfred Lyttelton , A. R. Daly, C. E. Green, W. H. Hadow, R. Henderson, G. Lee, J. H. Morley, T. S. Pearson, E. Rutter, T. Ratliff , C. M. Tebbut, M. Turner, V. E. Walker, A. J. Webbe, and Rev. A. R. Ward. Thoughinpossession of, perhaps, the strongest batting eleven at the dis- posal of any shire , Middlesexfailed signally to reach the prominent position it was able to gain in the previous season . Out of eight contests , two were w o nand four lost ; while of the two drawngames, that against Gloucester- shire at Lord's could certainly not be accounted as in their favour . Thelater matches saw the county with a thoroughly representative eleven , but even then it suffered two reverses at the handsof Gloucestershire and Notts respectively . Bowling still remains the weak point of the Middlesex team, as of manyof the southern shires , and a really good professional bowler would be a decided acquisition . Messrs. C. T. Studd, A. F. J. Ford, and