James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1882

154 LILLYWHITE'S CRICKETERS' ANNUAL. T.EPickering (Capt.). F.C. H o m f r a y A .B .E v a n s... C. H . Marriott E. G. J. Scovell W . Cheriton... G .E. W .Cranage F. W .Burbury W .W .Meredith W .V. T h o m a s . H . J. Grosvenor T. E. Pickering . F. C. H o m f r a y E. G. J. Scovell... B A T T I N GA V E R A G E S . T i m e s I n n s. n o to u t. R u n s. M o s ti n a nInus. 1 0 0 3 8 1 7 Average. 3 - 8 1 1 1 8 3 3 0 8:3 9 0 3 3 1 5 3 . 6 1 0 0 4 7 1 5 4.7 8 9 8 9 9 9 5 2 6 1 2 4 1 0 . 1 1 6 0 1 5* 7-5 1 2 8 1 0* 4 . 0 2 9 8 3 7* 1 4 . 0 3 5 6 1 8* 9 . 4 0 7 2 2 2 8 . 0 3 1 4 7 7:0 B O W L I N GA V E R A G E S . Balls. M a i d e n s. R u n s. Wickets. Average 7 7 2 6 0 2 4 4 3 8 6 - 4 8 1 4 3 8 3 3 6 3 8 8 . 8 4 2 1 3 0 2 1 5 . 0 W .V. T h o m a sbowled45balls for 43runsand1 wicket; A.B. Evansbowled169balls for 9 3runsa n d1wicket. SHREWSBURY ELEVEN IN 1881.- * T. E. Pickering : as Captain , has managedthe club well , perhaps would be better for a little more resource in the field ; plays good sound cricket , and needs only confidence to be a good bat ; a good fast bowler . F. C. Homfray (Captain for 1882 ) : a good medium-pace bowler , with a difficult break ; an excellent field ; as a bat , needs defence , is a little stiff , and too fond of a hit . *A. B. Evans : a fair change bowler ; an uncertain field ; a stiff bat , and too fond of a hit and a " pull ." C. H. Marriott : a very pretty bat, but often strangely ineffec- tive fromwantof determination ; a fair field ; an erratic bowler ; very slow betweenthe wickets . *E. G.-J. Scovell : bats well and straight on a good wicket , but jerks too much to have a strong defence , and is easily beaten w h e nthe ball bumpsor breaks ; might make a good slow bowler; a fair field . W. Cheriton : a straight steady bat, can hit at times ; a little awk- ward but effective as a wicket -keep. G. E. W. Cranage : has disap- pointed expectation as a bat , but once or twice played well ; seems to find it difficult to judge bowling and get downto it ; a tolerable field . F. W. Burbury: plays good cricket , and improves , sometimes awkward on the leg side, should make an excellent bat ; a fair field . W. W. Meredith : has disappointed expectation , plays an unsteady game, and does not get d o w nto the bowling, but seems as though hehas a good style ; an uncer- tain field . W . V. Thomas: a w k w a r dat the wicket becauseheholdshis bat wrong ; has a good defence , and when he shifts his hands hits fairly ; bowls a little , and a fair field . H. J. Grosvenor : as afield , first -rate , except in the return of the ball ; has a poor defence .