James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1885

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 SI N 1 8 8 4. 1 4 9 bowler. C. Cuyler : Avery good left -handed bat, playing straight and with great patience; hits well to leg ; somewhatslow in the field , owing to an injured arm. *L. Hinton : Astraight medium-pace bowler , but seldom difficult ; bats in good style , but without enough vigour ; a fair field . E. G. Mayo: Attimes a difficult bowler, with a good break-back, but with scarcely enough control over the pitch ; didnot show his best form as a bat . *C. F. Wood: A very fair bat, with good off-drive past cover point , but uncertain defence ; a sure catch , but somewhat slow in the field . *H. R. Darley : A fair bat with good hitting powers , though w e a kin defence; slow in the field . E T O NC O L L E G E . Captain for 1884 , R. J. Lucas, Eton College . R e s u l t sof M a t c h e s. Matches Played, 10; Won, 3 ; Drawn, 2 ; Lost , 5. Opponents. Matches W o n(3). Where Played Played . Club. O p n t s. W h e n 1st 2nd 1st 2nd i n n. inn. i n n. inn. W o nb y Oriel College , Oxford M.C.C.andGround W I N C H E S T E R C O L L E G E . E t o n E t o n M a y24 J u n e2 0 2 5 4 2 3 0 1 7 8 7 6r u n s 2 1 6 1 4r u n s W i n c h e s t e r و د 27,28 54 *133 84 101 5 wkts ; *5 wd Matches Drawn(2). R e m a r k s. IZingari E t o n July5 2 7 9 *1 1 9 *3 w d H A R R O WS C H O O L Lord's ود 11,128 2 1 2 6*1 5 2 *6 w d MatchesLost(5). Lostb y ChristChurch, Oxford E t o n M a y31 1 1 7 *8 8 141 24 runs; *5 w d Quidnuncs E t o n J u n e7 1 0 3 1 4 5 4 2r u n s C. I. Thornton'sEleven E t o n 1 1 و د 6 3 81 155 93 runs; *1 w d F r e e.Foresters . E t o n 1 4 1 6 0 2 4 7 8 7r u n s E t o nRamblers E t o n July3 1 9 6 2 5 2 5 6r u n s B A T T I N G A V E R A G E S . M o s tin I n n s. N o to u t. R u n s. a nI n n s. A v e r a g e . R . J. L u c a s . 1 4 2 3 2 5 *5 5 2 7 . 1 F . T h o m a s 1 5 2 13 0 9 *7 6 2 3 . 1 0 H .W .Forster 1 2 1 1 8 6 1 0 2 16.10 H .Philipson 1 4 0 3 1 3 6 0 2 2 . 5 L o r dG.Scott 1 0 1 1 4 5 5 2 1 6 . 1 E. G.Bromley-Martin. 1 3 1 4 3 *1 2 3 . 7 H . J. M o r d a u n t 1 1 4 9 7 *37 1 3 . 6 F .A .S o a m e s 1 2 1 2% 1 2 3 3 8 11.2 W .C. Bridgeman . 1 4 2 1 0 4 1 8 8 . 8 P . H .B a r n a r d 1 2 1 6 2 1 5 5.7 C.E .M u r d o c h 5 6 3 4 9 1 2 . 3 B O W L I N GA V E R A G E S . Overs. Maidens. R u n s. Wickets. Average. R . J. L u c a s . 6 2 9 1 9 F .T h o m a s 49.3 5 1 4 4 6 2 4 H .W .Forster 149.3 4 7 2 8 1 2 4 11.17 L o r dG .Scott 4 3 1 5 1 1 0 6 1 8 . 2 E .G.Bromley-Martin. 3 2 3 . 1 8 4 5 0 3 2 9 1 7 . 1 0 H .J. M o r d a u n t . 1 9 5 6 5 3 9 1 3 0 1.3.1 F . A .S o a m e s... 2 8 5 6 1 2 3 0 . 1 T H EE T O NELEVENIN 1884.-R. J. Lucas (Capt.) : A good sound bat, strong on the off -side , and possessed of a good defence ; an excellent captain , painstaking and patient ; occasionally bowls, but not always with suc- cess ; he left no stone unturned in his efforts to form a good eleven , and deserves the thanks of the school for his pains . F. Thomas : Is a rapidly