James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annnual 1881

1 4 8 ant LILLYWHITE'S CRICKETERS ' ANNUAL. U P P I N G H A MELEVENIN 1880 .-*J. Lees : a good all -round player ; as a bat he has a very strong defence, and hits well to leg ; a splendid field at cover-point, and a very good change bowler ; he made a very good captain . *C. Martineau : did not come up to what was expected of him ; as a bat he has splendid style , with a very long reach , and can hit well, but is very short of confidence ; at the beginning of the season he bowled with great success , but failed to keep it up ; a good field . *P. A. Eccles : a very goodplayer , but at times his bat is not quite straight ; rather slack in the field ; a good change bowler. A. Rotherham: as a bat promises to be good, hits well and hard at all points ; a splendid field anywhere; can bowl (captain for 1881 ). *P. E. Power : a very hard hitter ; often makes runs fast off good bowling , but does not play with his bat quite straight ; a change bowler . J. A. Turner : a useful player all round, being a good bat ; plays very straight , but rather slack in hitting ; a good straight bowler, with plenty of head work; a good field . *S. Christopherson : bats very well at times , and can hit hard if bowling is loose ; a good fast bowler, with high delivery . S. Field : rather too fond of playing forward; w ehope to see more of him next year ; rather slack in the field . *J. Leigh : has a good style of batting , but short of confidence in matches ; a good field . *J. Leach : promised to be a very good bat at the beginning of the season , but did not practice , in consequence of which , he fell off at the end; very slack in the field . *C. E. Fraser : keeps wicket well at times . W E L L I N G T O N C O L L E G E . Captain for 1880 , T. R. Hine-Haycock . R e s u l t so f M a t c h e s . Matches played , 10; Won, 2 ; Drawn, 2 ; Lost , 6. Opponents. Matches Won (2). Corpus Christi College H A I L E Y B U R Y C O L L E G E MatchesD r a w n(2). Masters... M . C . C . Matches Lost (6). Keble College ...... OrielCollege O l dWellingtonians. H o n. E. Lyttelton's Eleven C H A R T E R H O U S E S C H O O L.... MarlboroughN o m a d s........ Club. O p n t s. W h e r e played. W h e n played. 1st 2nd1st 2nd W o nb y inn. inn. inn.inn. Wellington M a y24 184 178 T 6r u n s. Haileybury Jne23,24 121 65 55 32 99 runs. R e m a r k s . Wellington M a y 1 63* و د July2 41 4 2 1 9 2 1 1 9* *7w d. (12aside) *8 wicketsd. M a y16 73 54*181 و و و د 2 90 3 7 2* " و د و د 51 2 7 1 6 0 " " Lostby 282rns; *9 w d. Jnell,1 2 70 170 212 29* 10w; *no w d. 1 9 2 7 8 9 159 July 3 94 131 Inngs&43 rns. 9 4r u n s. 108rns; *2 w d. 3 3runs.