James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1885

T H EC O U N T I E SIN 1 8 8 4. 9 1 chief contributors to the Australian total of 402. The Australians wonby an innings and 136 runs . Australians , 402. Gloucestershire , 183 and 83 ; total, 266. Palmer(2nd innings , Gloucestershire ) Overs. Maidens. R u n s. Wickets. 2 9 . 2 1 5 3 1 7 B A T T I N G A V E R A G E S . T i m e s M o s tin Inns. N o tout. R u n s. a nInns. Average. W .W .F. Pullen 1 3 2 3 9 6 1 6 1 3 6 W .G. Grace 2 2 4. 5 7 2 1 1 6 31.14 P a i n t e r ... 2 4 0 6 4 8 1 3 3 2 7 J. H .B r a i n . 1 7 0 4 6 7 1 4 3 2 7 . 8 E .M .Grace 2 3 1 5 0 5 6 7 2 1 . 2 2 W .R. Gilbert 1 9 1 3 8 1 6 9 21.3 H .V .P a g e 1 8 0 2 7 3 4 7 1 5 . 3 W o o f . 2 4 1 0 1 4 8 *2 8 1 0 . 8 F. Townsend 1 6 1 2 1 3 4 4 1 4 . 3 G .Francis 1 2 2 1 0 9 4 2 1 . 1 0 . 9 H .C l o w e s 8 0 8 2 2 2 1 0 . 2 E . J. Taylor 9 1 8 9 3 3 11.1 J. A .B u s h 1 6 4 7 8 *20 6 . 6 F. A. Curteis 1 0 1 7 2 *2 7 8 Gregg 1 4 0 1 0 6 1 7 7 . 8 H . J. Boughton . 7 1 3 6 1 5 6 J. H a t t o n ..... 6 1 2 8 *11 5 . 3 W .O. Vizard. 4 0 6 5 1 . 2 Thefollowing played in two innings :- W. Fairbanks, 6 and 4 ; F. L. Cole, 3 and 0 ;. W .H. Garne, 0and2; A. E. Leatham, 0 and1; andG. B. Nicholls , 1 and0. Maidens. Runs. Wickets. Average. W .R. Gilbert . W o o f . W .G. Grace G r e g g. H .V .P a g e J. H .B r a i n . F . T o w n s e n d P a i n t e r E .M .G r a c e F .A .Curteis B O W L I N GA V E R A G E S . Overs. 168.3 5 1 3 6 0 1 9 1 8 . 1 8 988.1 4 4 1 1 6 1 5 7 9 20.35 624.3 2 5 2 1 0 0 7 4 1 2 4 . 3 2 1 3 . 1 9 7 2 7 7 1 2 23.1 343.2 1 5 2 6 1 2 2 3 2 6 . 1 4 5 4 1 6 1 3 7 5 2 7 . 2 7 0 1 9 1 5 9 5 30.9 6 5 . 3 2 5 1 1 8 2 5 9 2 2 5 8 7 0 0 6 5 2 5 1 2 7 0 0 W . W . F. Pullen bowled 10 overs , 4 maidens, 11 runs, 1 wicket ; G. B. Nichols , 22, 6, 49, 1 ; F. L. Cole, 5, 2, 9,0 ; and J. A. Bush, 5, 0, 8, 0. K E N T . OFFICERSFOR 1884. -President , Sir W. Hart-Dyke, Bart., M.P. Committee , George Marsham, Alfred Penn, Lord Harris , H. Knatchbull -Hugessen , M. P. Betts , Capt. Lambert, Charles Lawrie , Hon. Ivo Bligh , Rev, C. E. B. Nepean, W. S. Norton , Sir C. Oakeley , Bart ., Rev. C. Randolph , Lord Sondes , C. S. Hardy, W. Hoare , P. Hilton , H. A. Brassey , M.P. , Lord Hothfield , Major-General Denne, A. A. Douglas , F. A. Mackinnon , Col. Streatfield , E. Norman, E. F. S. Tylecote . Hon. Treasurer , Colonel Hartnell . Secretary , Mr. Jas. J. Lancaster , 50, St. George's Street , Canterbury. KENTopened the season of 1884 with anything but a promising outlook . The loss of Mr. E. S. Tylecote it was thought would weaken the eleven materially , and so it did. On the whole , though, the cricket was better than at one time seemed likely , and on several occasions the all-round cricket of the Kentish team washighly creditable . Their victory over the Australians at Canterbury was asuccess on which every one will readily congratulate them, the moreso