James Lillywhte's Cricketers' Annual 1884

1 4 2 L I L L Y W H I T E ' SC R I C K E T E R S ' A N N U A L. defence, cuts very hard; is a good field and catch ; bowls at times . J. A. Macdonald (9.3 ) : avery pretty bat, with good style ; a good medium-pace bowler with a slight break from the off ;wonthe ball for best bowling average (3.4). J. Taylor (7.1 ) : fine field at point ; w o nthe fielding bat ; is a good bat, hitting well to leg . A. H. Leith (6.3 ) : hardhitter ; fair long-stop , and good catch . J. B. Craigie (6) : fair bat ; fast bowler ; good long-field , andthrows in well . H. J. C. Grierson (5.3 ) : poor bat; fair field ; change bowler. A. C. Stevenson (3.2 ) : very poor bat; good long field , and sure catch . J. Tawse (2.1 ) : rather small at present , but in time will become a good bat ; keeps wicket fairly well ; can bowla little . City of L o n d o nCollege.--President , Sir John Lubbock ; Captain , Mr. J. Marcham; Vice - Captain , Mr. S. B. McBeath; Treasurer , Mr. J. O. Hunt; Secretary , Mr. W .T. H. Elsley , City of LondonCollege , White Street , Moorgate Street , E.C. Ground, W e s tH a mPark, Upton, E. THE ELEVEN IN 1883.-W. Barclay : has kept wicket throughout the season ; has not come off as a bat . H. E. Bennett : a good bat, drives well , butis weakonthe leg side ; bowls at times with success . W. T. H. Elsley :fine field at point; cankeep wicket ; uncertain bat. J. O. Hunt: a useful m a nto go in first , always staying in, but slow in getting runs ; good change bowler. S. B. McBeath : an effective bat, makinggood use of his height and reach; obtained top average ; good fast bowler . J. R. Macintyre : a left -handbat, has made some good scores , but too much inclined to slog; poor field . J. Marcham: very goodbat, cuts well; very effective fast underhand bowler. K. Martin : a fair bat, but at times rash ; fine long-field ; very fast but erratic bowler. C. T. Oldham : good long -stop ; can bowl; weak bat. S. Saunders : disappoint- ingas abat; rather slow in the field . J. W.R. Still : good slow bowler and painstaking bat; long-stops well. DevonCounty School, West Buckland.-Captain , W. Thomas ; H o n. Sec., T. R. Potbury.-T H EE L E V E NIN 1883.-W.Thomas: playedverysteadily a n d cautiously , generally madea good manyruns . F. W. Taplin : an excellent long-stop , and agood serviceable bat, though not so successful as last year. S. H. Bradford : one of the best bowlers there has been at the school ; he and R. A. W. Barfoot bowled downa strong eleven of the Gentlemen of NorthDevonfor 46 runs ; plays in beautiful style , and often madegood scores . R. M. Latham : has improved a good deal in batting during the last yearor two; hits hard, andsometimesm a d ea large score ; oftendid great execution with underhandslows . W..J. Keech : maderuns fast if the bowling was not very good; obtained the average bat ; a good change bowler. T. R. Potbury : a steady and useful bat, and serviceable to the elevenin various ways. R. A. W . Barfoot: a very goodbowler, and of great useto the eleven in that capacity . A. A. Little played steadily , and several times obtained a fair score , though hedid not makeso manyruns as last season . F. W. Yates and W. G. Allen : fair players all round. A. Watts : a very useful field . EastbourneCollege.-Matches played , 11 ; won, 5 ; drawn , 2 ; lost 4.-THE ELEVENIN 1883.-T. Ormerod (Captain) : has again filled the post of captain with thorough success ; unexpectedly proved of immenseservice with the bat, with anaverage of 19.7; fallen off somewhatin the bowling department, but, nevertheless , mostuseful ; amagnificent and sure field . E. P. Griffin : greatly fallen off in batting , but, on the other hand, a destruc- tive bowler and a fine deep field . T. P. Hilder : shownvast improvement in every point of thegame; a very careful andpretty bat. C. W. Taylor : uncertain bat, butvery good in thebowling line , although inclined to pitch his balls short . A. J. McConnell : gave great promise as wicket-keeper early in the season , but was only able to render service in two matches. W. K. Parbury : a useful bat, and sure deep field . E. O. Sillem : a capital field atpoint, but in the batting line has not come off , being muchtoo inclined to hit. E. R. Hardman: a very neat field , and a good slow bowler, with a peculiar action ; the most promising bat in the eleven . H. Partridge : hits well on the leg ; a very moderate field . F.Hawks: proved most useful in batting andbowling ; rather an awkwardfield . C. Hol- land : a careful bat, butwants thorough coaching , the result of which might bring him forth as a goodall-roundm a n. B A T T I N GA V E R A G E S . I n n s. T i m e s n o to u t. M o s tin R u n s. a nInns. Average. T. Ormerod. 1 4 2 2 3 5 3 9 19.7 E .P .Griffin 8 0 3 0 8 3 . 6 T .P. H i l d e r 1 3 1 9 7 2 1 8 . 1 C.Taylor 1 4 2 1 0 3 3 5 8 . 7 A .J. M c C o n n e l l 0 1 5 1 5 1 5 W .K . Parbury 1 2 2 3 3 1 1 3 . 3 E .O . Sillem 1 1 1 2 7 1 3 2 . 7 E .R .H a r d m a n 1 0 0 4 1 1 1 4 . 1 H .Partridge 6 0 1 8 6 3 F.H a w k s.. 7 3 3 0 *2 3 7 . 2 C. Holland 5 1 9 *4 2 . 1