James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annnual 1881

THE CHIEF CRICKETERS OF 1880 . 2 3 7 slow round -arm bowler , and a fine field played for England v Australia. R E A D, W. W. A patient bat, with hit whenwanted, and a safe field ; one of the best amateur cricketers of the day; showed fine cricket for the county late in the season . SHUTER, J. (Winchester ). A pretty bat , playing hard on the off -side ; a splendid field ; played for Gentlemenv. Players . SHUTER, L. A. Was very effective with the bat , playing good cricket ; throughout a very useful m a n; an uncertain field . STRACHAN, G. (Cheltenham). Bowls slow -round with a high delivery , and is at times effective ; not to be excelled in the field ; played a very fine innings for Surrey v. Yorkshire at Sheffield , but was unable to help the county late in the season . TROLLOPE, W. S. (Westminster ). Played once for the county , and showed excellent batting form in both innings ; ought to be a useful addition to the eleven ; a change bowler (fast round). W Y L D, W. G. (Dulwich ). A steady bat with no lack of hit , and was occasionally very useful to the eleven ; a hard-working field ; can bowl as a change. S U S S E X . ELLIS , R. T. A most steady and patient hat , with very strong defence . Agoodcaptain andmost energetic field , scoring manyruns . GREENFIELD, REV. F. G. (Cambridge ). Gone off in batting from want of practice ; but bowls and fields as well as ever . GRUNDY, G. C. (Harrow). First -rate bat , left -hand : fields really well . KING, G. L. Goodbat ; fields fairly ; takes wicket well . LUCAS, M. P. (Harrow). A splendid bat, excellent field , and occasional bowler . His 66 against the Australians was a grand and faultless per- f o r m a n c e. LUCAS, C. J. Batted exceedingly well ; good field and occasional bowler . LUCAS, F. M. Showedwonderful promise with the bat ; fine field . MCCORMICK, J. Most promising bat ; fields well : occasional bowler. RAVEN, J. E. Muchimproved in batting ; bowls very fairly . SCLATER, A. Batted fairly , but did not improve much; bowled well and usefully . THORNTON, A. Fair bat; excellent , hard-working field bowls slow under- h a n d. THORNTON, J. Will make a first -rate bat ; fields splendidly ; bowls fast a n dw e l l. TURNBULL, R. M. As before , played fairly for gentlemen. TREVOR, A. H. (Oxford ), and WHITFELDH. (Cambridge ), play for Sussex . Y O R K S H I R E . ACKROYD, A. (Uppingham). Very fast round right -hand bowler ; fast bat . BROWN, W. GILPIN (Harrow). Goodbat and long -stop . BRIGGS, REV. RAWDON(Winchester and Oxford). Very fine bat and field ; does not play muchnow. CARTER, Rev. E. S. (Eton and Oxford ). Good fast and slow bowler ; very fairb a t.