James Lillywhte's Cricketers' Annual 1884

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 SIN 1 8 8 3. 1 2 1 B A T T I N GA V E R A G E S . T i m e s Innings. notout. R u n s. M o s t in Inns. Average. M o r i c e 1 4 2 3 4 3 4 8 2 8 . 7 M a r s h 1 4 1 3 7 1 7 6 2 8 . 7 Copleston 1 4 0 3 1 7 5 9 2 2 . 9 H a r r i s o n . 1 4 4 2 2 4 5 0 2 2 . 4 H a r d i n g 1 4 1 2 4 9 *7 1 1 9 . 2 Yardley 1 0 0 1 6 1 6 6 1 6 . 1 L y o n 1 4 0 2 1 5 5 8 15.5 Y o u n g . 1 3 0 1 4 0 3 8 10.10 L e m a r c h a n d 1 1 0 1 0 6 3 7 9.7 P i k e,. 9 3 4 6 *1 8 7 . 4 R a w l i n s o n 9 2 2 0 1 3 2 . 6 W o o d h e a d 8 0 1 3 6 1 . 5 B O W L I N G A V E R A G E S . Balls. R u n s. Wides. Wickets. Average. Morice 1,453 6 8 0 0 5 6 1 2 . 8 R a w l i n s o n 4 6 5 1 9 0 2 1 1 17.3 L y o n. 2 3 8 1 2 4 0 7 1 7 . 5 H a r d i n g 1 7 0 9 4 2 5 18.4 W o o d h e a d 6 0 7 2 9 6 0 1 3 2 2 . 1 0 Yardley 3 2 7 1 6 9 2 7 2 4 . 1 M a r s h 7 5 3 5 0 1 3 5 . 0 H a r r i s o n 5 6 4 1 0 1 4 1 . 0 L e m a r c h a n d 3 9 4 2 4 5 0 5 4 9 . 0 P i k e 9 5 5 9 1 0 MALVERNELEVENIN 1883 .-*N. Morice : a fair , steady bowler , sometimes very effective ; as a bat he has an excellent defence , if not the most correct style , and has lately scored muchmore quickly ; a good judge of the game, and an excel- lent Captain . *F. Yardley : a fine hard-hitting bat, but not very reliable ; a fast and straight bowler without muchpitch ; has improved even his own last year's reputation in the field ; has unfortunately been unable to play in several matches . *H. Harding : nervous at first , but when set , a fast and pretty scorer ; thebest judge of arun in the team ; a sharp field at point , throwing in wonder- fully well . *G. A. Young : hardly as successful a bat as was expected , but does not play quite so wildly as last year ; a fair wicket -keeper. J. H. Copleston : perhaps the most promising bat in the team, his forward driving being excellent : hasgood reach and hitting powers , but is apt to play forward to much. R. E. Lyon : very successful at the beginning of the season , and seem to have worn off his stiffness ; longstop , and a fair field when required ; has lately developed talent as a round-arm bowler. *E. C. Marsh: has developed a wonderful and effective style , being particularly strong on the leg-side ; has well earned , by his steady play throughout the season , the bat presented to him; an uncertain field . P. L. Harrison : punishes loose bowling most freely ; especially strong at a peculiar stroke on the off -side ; can bowl a little ; a poor field . J. B. Rawlinson : did not play in the first few matches, but has since shown himself an excellent round-arm bowler ; gets plenty of work on the ball ; a fluky bat, and only moderate field . T. M. Pike : has shown himself a thorough all-round cricketer in embryo , though he has not as yet made his mark in any one branch of the game in particular . A. W. Lemarchand we scarcely knowwhether to call a bat or a bowler ; at the beginning of the season showed great promise in both capacities , but has not been so successful since ; generally a safe field . A. F . e Woodhead (12th man) . Our quasi -slow bowler : seems to have latterly quite lost his pitch ; has been knownto makeruns ; not to be relied on in the least for acatch.