James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1883

T H EU N I V E R S I T I E SA N DP U B L I CS C H O O L SI N 1 8 8 2. 1 5 5 been the lion of the season , both with bat and ball , making long scores and having a remarkably good analysis ; no fault can be found with his fielding . J. Eccles : hasbeen pretty successful in the bowling line , but his batting has not been so good as last year's ; special praise is due to his remarkable fielding at slip . R. Duckworth : a hard-hitter , and at times a fair field ; muchroomfor im- provement . W. B. James ; has shown much improvement all round , his fielding in the country being quite a feature of the season . A. C. D. Collins : is slow in run-getting ,but has undoubtedly the best style of cricket in the team ; his fielding has been very fair . S T. E D M U N D ' SS C H O O L, D U N M A N W A Y , C O U N T YC O R K. Colours. R e da n dG o l d. Captain , H. B. Mills . Secretáry , S. W. Robinson. Matches Played, 7; Won, 8 ; Drawn, 1 ; Lost, 0. T H EE L E V E NIN 1882.-H. B. Mills (Captain) : a fine bat with good driving powers,but weakon the leg ; bowls at times with success . F. E.Hodder: goodbat,but loses his wicket often from slogging ; a magnificent field at point ; goodbowler on his day. J. E. Vaughan : a very fast bowler, and with a wicket to help him very effective ; has not come off as a bat. J. G. Hodges : amagni- ficent bat, especially strong to leg ; brilliant field anywhere ; the wicket-keeper ofthe Eleven. W.J. Bell : a splendid medium-pace bowler, varying pitch and pace with judgment ; steady and stylish bat. S. W. Robinson (Sec.) : good, thoughugly bat, making his runs after a fashion of his own; a safe longstop . V. F. Allen : a hard-hitter , generally getting some runs ; good field . A. O. Bell : a useful man to go in first , always staying in and making some runs. W . S. Scott : a weakbat, though painstaking ; weak in the field . F. Woolsey : weakbat; good field . R. C. B. Gray: weakbat and field . R. C. G. Thornton : plucky field ; weakbat. C. C. McCall; good bat ; weak field . T H A M EG R A M M A R S C H O O L . Captain , W. C. Eppstein . Treasurer and Secretary , J. G. Houghton. Matches played , 11 ; Won11. 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 tin a nInns. Average.. T. C. Wykes 1 2 2 1 6 1 4 1 16.1 T. W .Gibbard. 1 3 1 1 9 2 3 3 1 6 . 0 W .C.Eppstein 1 5 2 8 4 1 9 6 . 6 J. Houghton.. 8 3 3 0 1 1 6 . 0 G .B .P a r k e r. 1 2 0 5 8 2 7 4 . 1 0 A .F. J o h n s o n 1 0 4 2 6 8 4 . 2 G.E. Fowler. 1 2 2 4 2 1 0 4 . 2 A .T. Forbes 1 3 1 4 7 1 5 3 . 1 1 W .A. Johnson. 1 2 0 3 6 1 0 3 . 0 G. M .E. Powell 8 0 2 1 8 2 . 5 A. H .W .L. Gurney 1 3 2 2 6 1 0 2 . 4 Brickwell played in one matchandscored 5.