James Lillywhte's Cricketers' Annual 1884

T H EU N I V E R S I T I E S A N DP U B L I CS C H O O L SI N 1 8 8 3. 1 1 5 B O W L I N G A V E R A G E S -Continued. Balls. Maidens. R u n s. Wickets. Average. G .Cripps E .M .Blair E .E .B a r n e s. 4 2 5 2 6 0 0 4 8 1 2 2 1 0 1 7 0 1 2 6 1 4 15.2 Ferguson bowled three wides , Heath, Hornby and Robinson each one, Edmondson six n o-balls , andHeavenfour no-balls . C H E L T E N H A MELEVENIN 1883 .-*L. H. Taylor : has the making of a good cricketer ; bats in good style , has strong defence , playing well , and drives hard ; good and safe wicket -keeper ; should show more energy in the game. *А. B. Heath : a neat bat, playing remarkably well at times , especially excels in cutting and leg -hitting ; wants moreconfidence and should watch the ball more ; good field , but not always to be trusted with a catch ; bowls fast with occasional success . *D. C. Lee : fell off lamentably this season ; gave promise of becoming auseful steady bat , but began with a run of bad luck and entirely lost confidence bothinbatting and fielding . *H. A. Hornby : a useful bowler with good break back, fastish as a rule , and varies his pace well , but is rather uncertain in length ; a free bat with a good straight drive ; was unable to play in most of the matches . A. Robinson : left-hand bat ; a useful manto go in first , having a very strong de- fence and generally staying sometime at the wickets ; occasionally hits very hard to the off , but, as a rule , plays in cramped style ; not a good field . E. M. Blair : a promising cricketer , at present greatly wanting in confidence ; with experience ought to make a very useful bat, being painstaking and patient ,watching the ball well , and capable of hitting ; has lately taken to bowling slow round with con- siderable leg break , which may prove useful next season . *R. E. Heaven : a steady bat, with good defence , but little power to hit , cuts well at times ; straight medium-paced bowler without much command of length , apt to be expensive ; a fair field . *E. D. Edmondson : the bowler of the eleven ; slow left hand with fair break and head work ; always plays up well ; some of his performances this season were very good ; a good field at short slip . V. Ferguson : a useful fast bowler with high action ; a hard -hitting bat with plenty of confidence and not muchdefence ; played some most valuable innings when runs were much wanted ; a safe field and throws in well . G. Cripps : painstaking and steady bat with good off -drive , but without much style ; fair field . A. B. Champain : good field , moderate bat , can hit , but has little defence . C. E. Pierson : an improving bat, played well at times , especially to fast bowling . *G. E. Barnes : was unable to play inmorethan one or two matches , or wouldhave been a most useful member ofthe eleven , being a good bowler and field . C L I F T O N C O L L E G E . Captain for 1883 , J. H. Brain . Resultsof M a t c h e s . Matches played , 8 ; Won, 2 ; Drawn, 2 ; Lost , 4. Opponents. MatchesW o n(2). S H E R B O R N ES C H O O L C H E L T E N H A M C O L L E G E O l dCliftonians M.C.C.andGround W h e n Club. Opnts. 1st 2nd Where played . played . ist. ind. int. id W o nb y 83 32 inns & 119 runs Cheltenham June 22,23 145 #134 218 58 4wkts ; *6wd R e m a r k s. Clifton July 13, 14 234 MatchesD r a w n(2) . Clifton June15,16 *14 3 3 1 *n owd Clifton July4, 5 2 1 4 *1 9 *n owd Lostb y Clifton K n o l e 2 4 1 8 7 *2 3 0 5wkts; *5 w d. " Clifton J u n e9 1 3 2*1 4 195 63runs; *n ow d Lord's Aug.1, 2 1 1 7 197 331 inns& 17 runs MatchesLost (4) LiverpoolClub K n o l ePark Clifton Club. M.C.C. andG r o u n d May16,17 72 167 239 *1 10wkts;*nowd