James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1885

1 3 6 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. energetic field . (Captain 1885. ) E. F. Kearsey : Straight and successful left- handbowler, mediumpace with off break ; careful and painstaking bat, always getting runs . A. W. Dorman: Straight mediumleft-handbowler, with good break ; bats in neat style . G. F. Blake : Hitting bat with hard driving powers, b u tsomewhatuncertain ; an erratic change bowler. A. S. Blackburne : M o d e - rate bat, with cramped style ; rather slow in the field . G. A. Wright : Useful hard-hitting bat ; fair change bowler ; smart at cover point . W. B. Tracey : Sieady bat, might have made more of his height ; good field and safe catch . L. A. Bellhouse : Bowls fast round with fair success ; a very uncertain bat. W .F. Jameson : Useful bat with pretty style ; not so successful as last year ; improvedin the field . J E S U SC O L L E G E, C A M B R I D G E . Captain , H. G. Topham. Secretary , W. N. Cobbold. R e s u l t sof M a t c h e s. Matches Played, 13 ; Won, 8 ; Drawn, 5 ; Lost , 0. B A T T I N G A V E R A G E S . T i m e s M o s tin I n n s. N o to u t. R u n s. a nInns. Average. W .N. Cobbold. 1 4 3 4 5 0 1 3 5 4 0 . 1 0 F. H . W h e e l e r 9 1 2 7 1 *7 2 33.7 H .B . Peele... 8 4 1 1 5 3 9 2 8 . 3 E. M . Forbes 1 4 1 3 5 6 1 0 8 2 7 . 5 P .M .L u c a s 1 1 2 2 0 7 *73 2 3 A .C. Richards 9 0 1 9 7 7 9 2 1 . 8 A .M .Suthery 1 1 0 2 3 1 5 5 2 1 C. H . Moline 1 3 2 1 5 8 3 5 1 4 . 4 E .B. B r u t t o n 1 1 8 8 2 7 1 2 . 4 - H .A .A r n o l d 1 1 0 1 3 3 4 7 1 2 . 1 G . T. M i r e h o u s e 5 0 2 1 1 5 4 . 1 4 1 2 H .G. T o p h a m B O W L I N G A V E R A G E S . R u n s. Maidens. Wickets. Average. C. H. Moline G . T. M i r e h o u s e H .G. T o p h a m... E .B. B r u t t o n A .C. R i c h a r d s. H .B .Peele E .M .F o r b e s B a l l s. 8 2 0 2 7 0 6 7 3 3 8 . 9 7 8 3 2 5 4 5 8 4 0 6 . 1 4 6 3 8 2 2 4 4 6 2 7 8 . 8 4 3 7 9 7 4 6 2 3 4 . 5 3 3 5 1 2 6 1 6 1 4 9 1 4 9 4 4 2 0 7 6 . 2 1 5 9 5 5 1 6 7 7 . 6 W . N . JESUS ELEVENIN 1884.-H. G.Topham : vide University X I. Cobbold : A very useful run-getting bat, especially on a hard wicket ; very suc- cessful for the College . E. M. Forbes : Agood bat, playing hard and straight ; scores fast whenset ; a good out field . P. M. Lucas : A really sound bat against fast bowling , and a fair wicket-keeper . H. A. Arnold : Not so success- ful as last year, butpossesses gooddefence and is a goodfield . C. H. Moline: Agood steady slow bowler ; has improved as a bat , but too eager to makeruns ; rather slow in the field . H. B. Peele : At times a difficult fast bowler, but very erratic ; has improved as a bat . G. T. Mirehouse : At times a really good mediumpace bowler , and has bowled consistently well for the College ; a very good field , but at times lacks energy . A. C. Richards : A good all -round cricketer , having good defence combined with considerable hitting powers ; a very fair slow bowler and good field . A. M. Suthery : A good bat, with plenty ofdefence,but rather unlucky during the early part of the season . E. B. Brutton : Avery fast bowler, nearly always destructive ; a hard-hitting bat and really brilliant field . F. H. Wheeler : Auseful bat,hitting hard and well , especially on the leg side ; a good field and catch .