James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1883

T H EC H I E FC R I C K E T E R SO F 1 8 8 2. 2 1 5 HILL, J. Useful bat and change bowler. POLHILL-T U R N E R, W. A. A good bat, being very successful in scoring . TYLECOTE, C. B. L. Goodbat, field , and useful bowler. TYLECOTE, H. G. A fine bat, very quick in the field , and useful bowler . D E R B Y S H I R E . BARRINGTON, G. B. A good steady bat, requires to be quicker in the field ; played little for the county. D O C K E R, L. C. A very promising bat, has strong defence and brilliant hitting- powers ; good field and fair change bowler ; unable to play much last year owingto business. EVANS, H. A very useful cricketer , straight fast bowler , good bat , and excellent field ; wasunfortunately unable to play muchlast year for the county. EVERSHED, S. H. (Clifton ). Agood bat, but has hardly been so succcessful as was expected ; can also bowl well ; a smart field . EVERSHED, W. (Capt. Clifton College Eleven). Agood all round cricketer , and will be of great use to his county. F O R M A N, A. F. E. Agood bat , and a fine field . JOHNSTONE, Capt. Agood steady bat, and safe field . M A Y N A R D, A. E. J. (Harrowand Cambridge). Agood bat, and very good field ; b o w l s lowr o u n da r m. SHUKER, A. (St. John's , Cambridge ). An excellent bat, hits hard ; a good field. SMITH, R. P. Hascaptained the Eleven for seven years . A sound bat, and safe field ; hardly so successful last year as field . G L O U C E S T E R S H I R E . BUSH, J. A. (Clifton ). A safe wicket -keeper ; not successful as a bat. CRANSTON, J. Played some useful innings for the county ; a left -handed batsman, and plays most upright for left -hander ; a very fair field . DAY, L. M. Asteady bat , hardly so successful as was expected from his promise of 1880 ; an energetic , hard-working field . FAIRBANKS, W. (Clifton and Cambridge ). Useful all -round , being a neat bat and good field ; did not play for the county last summer. GILBERT, W. R. Plays steady , sound cricket , a very useful all -round to the county ; is a good field , and at times an effective slow round-armbowler. G R A C E, E. M. A very effective bat, with a good eye for hitting , and plays in a style of his o w n; a splendid field , and still has no superior at point . GRACE, W. G. Played with his old effect at the end of the season , hitting all- round freely , and timing the ball with extraordinary precision ; his bowling hadlost some of its spin, though he was, on the whole, very successful ; a brilliant field anywhere , and never loses interest in the game. GRIBBLE, H. W. R. (Clifton ). Plays good cricket ; a safe field . K E N N E D Y, C. M. Very safe bat ; useful wicket-keeper , but slow in field . M O B E R L Y, W. O. (Rugby and Oxford). A first -class bat, drives with great power, and hitting well all -round ; a brilliant field . PULLEN, W. W. F. A very fine bat for a boy, with a wonderful stroke just in front of point ; good field , and will without doubt be a great acquisition to the County Eleven. TA YLOR, E. J. (Rugby) . A fair bat and field , and not to be despised as a wicket-keeper, though, unfortunately , his hands will not stand it long. TOWNSEND, F. A first -rate batsman , with good hitting -power all round , but didnot come off so much as usual last year ; a fine field ; at times a successful " lob " bowler. VIZARD, W. O. (Clifton ). A very good bat on a fast wicket with forward play ; butnot muchuse on a slow wicket ; is slow but safe in the field . PEAKE, E. (Marlborough , Oxford ). Played for Gloucestershire .