James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annnual 1881

7 0 LILLYWHITE'SC R I C K E T E R S ' A N N U A L . T .F o s t e r 1 7 1 3 1 5 7 8 8 5 19-11 Frost 8 2 7 2 1 7* 2 7 1 2 H a y 1 8 0 1 9 0 4 9 4 9 10-10 K e e t o n 2 0 1 5 9 1 5 7.1 E. A. J. Maynard 2 0 1 5 1 5 1 5 7 - 1 W .Mycroft 1 8 6 5 5 1 3* 1 5 4-7 Platts 2 0 1 1 9 6 3 9 4 7 10-16 Rigley 2 0 0 288 6 5 9 5 1 4 - 8 H .S h a w ... 3 0 9 7 9 3 A .S h u k e r 8 1 1 5 7 5 5 7 0 22-3 A .S m i t h 1 6 7 4 9 1 1 1 4 5 . 4 R. P. Smith. 1 7 Stubbings 6 W .W o o d-Sims. 2 0 2 0 2 7 0 5 5 8 1 - 1 5 - 1 5 1 2 1 0* 1 0 3 3 3 3 1 . 1 *Signifies not out. B O W L I N GA V E R A G E S . Foster Overs. 9 M a i d e n s. Runs. Wickets. Average. 4 2 4 1 2 4 H a y 3 2 7 - 2 1 3 7 5 4 0 3 8 1 4 . 8 Mycroft 5 8 6 - 2 3 1 0 7 8 3 5 6 1 3 - 5 5 Platts 3 0 8 1 2 3 4 4 8 3 0 14-28 S h a w 2 9 9 4 7 6 7 - 5 Stubbings 4 6 - 1 2 4 1 1 3 6 1 8 . 5 Doughty.. 3 1 1 3 4 8 1 4 8 G L O U C E S T E R S H I R E . OFFICERS FOR 1880.-President , Duke of Beaufort , K.G. Vice -President , LordFitzhardinge . Treasurer , W. H. Harford. Captain, W. G. Grace. Secretary , E. M. Grace. Committee, Earl Bathurst , H. W. Beloe, J. A. Bush, S. H. Brookes, Sir W m. V. Guise, Bart., HenryGrace, William HenryMiles , R. Fenton Miles , T. G. Matthews, Rev. C. H. Ridding , F. Townsend, Rev. T. A. Southwood, J. F. Norris , J. A. Ware, Capt. T. S. Warren, A. P. Wetherman, E. J. Pagden, Major A. H. Versturme . Butfor the one defeat suffered by the eleven in their opening engage- ment at the Oval , Gloucestershire would have been able to boast a season without a reverse in County matches. Not one of the three contests in the north against Lancashire , Yorkshire , and Notts respectively , could be finished owing to rain , but on the whole the western eleven had every reason to be proud of the position they took in 1880; and while they defeated four of the five counties , to wit, Middlesex, Surrey , Yorkshire , and Lancashire , they had to meet, only one of their five drawngames- the return with Notts at Cheltenham, which was saved by the steady play of Mr. Fairbanks ended in a condition at all to their disadvantage . The statistics that follow will show howhigh was the average of the Gloucestershire scoring throughout the season , and it is worthy of note that the two innings against Surrey at the Oval were the only ones in which they failed to reach three figures . Their victory over Middlesex was a fine performance considering that they had at the outset to face a long score of 335 ; and the wayin which Mr. W.G. Grace pulled off the return