James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1882

1 3 8 LILLYWHITE'SCRICKETERS' A N N U A L. 1 THE CHELTENHAMELEVENIN 1881.-C. R. Brown: filled his post of Captain with great success ; has fallen off as a bat ; can drive and hit to leg well , but has a weak defence ; a very good and safe field anywhere, setting a good example to his eleven . *M. Boyd: a safe bat, with very strong defence , and scored well consistently ; plays well off his legs and cuts well , but is too fond of hitting straight balls to square leg ; bowls slow medium with success , but very irregular in pitch ; a goodfield . G. P. Pemberton : an excellent bowler-fast medium, with high action , quick off the ground, and good length ; often successful with a " yorker " ; plays the game with spirit ; is a moderate bat. C. E. Greenway: a most useful batsman, seldom failing to score ; plays in fine free style , with plenty of hitting powers and a strong defence ; only requires a little steadying downto be first rate as a school boy cricketer ; fields well and smartly at point . *W. Parish : a fair wicket keeper-not very safe ; has not muchstyle as a bat, but can hit well andhard. A. E. B. Gibson : a patient and painstaking bat, with good defence -wanting in strength , and a slow scorer ; a poor field . H. V. Page : a useful fast bowler, with high action , is fairly steady , and should improve with morestrength ; showspromise as a bat, and improved during the season, buthas an awkwardposition at the wicket , which makeshis play somewhat tame; can keep wicket. H. Osborne : a hard hitting bat with little style , but plenty of nerve, cuts well at times ; played somevery useful innings at critical times ; not quick in the field . G. S. Page: bats in nice form, and shows promise, but at present weak in his strokes-wanting strength and energy ; slowfield . D. Jones : did not play for the eleven till late in the season ; is a fair bat, hitting well to leg ; and a fair fast bowler. *А. Р. Friend : fair change bowler-rather fast and apt to curl in the air , often bowling a difficult ball , but as a rule too short in pitch ; poor bat. C L I F T O N C L L E G E . Captain, W. O. Vizard . R e s u l t so f M a t c h e s . Matches Played, 9 ; W o n, 4 ; Drawn, 3 ; Lost, 2 . Opponents. Club. O p n t s. W h e r e W h e n played. played. 1st 2 n d1st 2nd inn.inn. inn. inn. W o nb y MatchesW o n(4). K n o l eP a r k K n o l ePark M a y19 1 6 4* 4 3 41* 21 runs; *4wd. CliftonC l u b.. C l i f t o n 2 8 2 2 0 و د 1 5 4 6 6r u n s. LiverpoolClub June8, 9 141 154 85 197 13 runs. SherborneSchool و و و د July8, 9 131 165* 154 108 6w k s; *4wd. O l dCliftonians F r e eForesters C H E L T E N H A M C O L L E G E M.C.C.andG r o u n d MatchesD r a w n(3). University College , Oxford... Clifton MatchesLost (2). R e m a r k s . M a y2 4 3 9 5* *7w k t s. d o w n . June24, 25 127 178* 163 *9wkts. d o w n. و د ود July 1, 2 228 182 334 52* *4 wkts. down. CheltenhamJune17,18 124 96 131 Lord's 93* July25,26 186 259 405 42* Lostb y 8wks; *2 w d. 9 wks; *1 w d.