James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1883

1 3 4 LILLYWHITE'SCRICKETERS' A N N U A L. F. C. H o m f r a y C .H .M a r r i o t t W .V . T h o m a s R . T. W i l s o n R . C. Gillett I. W .C l a r k e B O W L I N GA V E R A G E S . Balls . Maidens. Runs. Wickets. Average. 4 1 7 1 4 1 9 8 1 5 13.2 1 4 0 7 7 7 6 1 2 . 8 3 7 5 1 6 1 9 9 1 3 15.3 9 6 1 4 4 3 4 1 3 5 9 . 9 4 4 2 3 0 1 4 8 1 5 9 . 9 1 0 6 4 5 4 6 9 . 0 SHREWSBURYELEVENIN 1882 .-- *F. C. Homfray: Agood Captain in the field , but was awaythrough illness more than half the season ; an excellent field , trusting too much to one hand ; a difficult bowler on his day, coming in well from leg ; a stiff bat ; hits hard, but not straight . C. H. Marriott (Captain for 1883) : Apretty bat and hard hitter , but very uncertain ; a fair field ; bowls sometimes for a change . *W. Cheriton : Hasa fair but rather awkwarddefence until he begins to hit ; kept wicket generally , but was not successful . F. W . Burbury: Plays sound cricket generally , but is apt to turn his head awayfrom the bowling ; cuts well ; rather uncertain , but quick in the field . W. V. Thomas: A tolerably steady bat, but with awkwardstyle ; afair plain bowler, butneeds precision ; slow in the field . *H. I. Grosvenor : Not very successful at the bat,but can hit an over-pitched ball ; a very quick field , but not so sure as last season . G. K e m p: A nexcellent bat, with a very pretty style ; weakest onthe leg side ; a slow field ; m a ymakea first class cricketer . R. T. Wilson : Agoodbowler; steady and good length , coming in a little , but does not like being hit ; an improving bat. R. C. Gillett : A fast left arm bowler ; rather wild; stands well up to bowling , and is often hard to get out , though he has not a pretty style . I. W. Clarke : Ashowyand often successful bat ; a quick but rather uncertain field ; bowls a little , and will probabl y improve. W . Barrett : A straight and plucky bat, with good backplay whenhe canmanage to hit the ball only; will be a good bat ; a wild bowler and good field , butnot trustworthy. U P P I N G H A M S C H O O L . Captain, J. A . Turner. R e s u l t sof M a t c h e s . MatchesPlayed, 7 ; W o n, 3 ; Drawn, 2 ; Lost, 2. Opponents. Matches W o n(3) . H. H. Stephenson's Eleven.. M . C . C .a n dG r o u n d O l dB o y s W h e n Club. Opnts. Where played . played . 1st 2nd 1st 2nd *1 5 2 UppinghamM a y13 Uppingham 29, 30 93 236 UppinghamJune29,30 178 8 و و W o nb y 61 runs; *7 w d 59 runs 10 wks; *no w d R e m a r k s. 9 1 174 96 57 128 Motches Drawn(2). UppinghamJune12,13 137 200 Repton July 5, 6 99 *63 *4wd 9 4 7 5 8 2*20 *2 w d MatchesLost(2) . Lostb y Uppingham May15, 16 156 123 270 *10 LiverpoolC.C.... UppinghamJune7, 8 104 90 175 136 Jesus Coll ., C a m b. R E P T O NS C H O O L C. Martineau'sEleven. Thematchv. the County of Rutland was stopped by the rain . B A T T I N GA V E R A G E S . 10 wks; *n o w d 117r u n s Mostin Mostin Times I n n s. R u n s. an Inns. a Match. not out. Average. J. A T u r n e r 1 2 3 3 3 1 2 7 1 4 5 0 2 7 . 9 L .A .Orford 1 3 2 7 1 9 5 9 8 1 2 2 . 7 C .J. F o x 1 3 2 1 1 4 9 6 0 1 1 7 . 7 P . S. W i l k i n s o n . 1 1 1 4 5 4 7 6 4 0 1 3 - 2 F .Pinney. 5 5 1 2 6 2 6 1 1 2 . 3