James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1885

1 7 8 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. M I N O R S C H O O L S . BedfordG r a m m a rSchool.-H. R. Orr (Captain ) : has played consistently well throughout the season , and has handled his team with muchsuccess ; as a bat, is brilliant , his forward play being pretty and sound ; has bowled very fairly , getting 43wickets in the season . His fielding at cover-point or mid-off is very good, rarely missing anopportunity of running a m a nout. G. G. Skipwith (2nd Captain) : agoodbat, buthas beenvery unlucky this season ; has good forward play, and a very neat stroke between cover-point and mid-off ; a very sure field , with quick return; could keep wicket with practice ; can bowl. P. T. Bell : A really sound bat; scored two centuries during the season ; his back play is good, and his driving and cutting very clean ; kept wicket with great success ; will be very muchmissed next year. W. P. Braithwaite : improved both as abat andfield ; played somevery useful innings this year. P. Christopherson : a very good mediumbowler, with abreak both ways; took 65 wickets during the season at a very small cost ; a dangerous bat with a gooddrive ,butrather too fond of hitting ; excellent field in the country, rarely dropping a catch . R. A. F. Orr : as a bat has greatly improved, played somevery good innings this season ; is especially strong on the on-side ; fair change bowler; very smart in the field with quick return . P. Yardley : a very steady bat, would score faster if he put more force into his forward play. Proved a very useful bowler on morethanone occasion ; greatly improved in the field . D. Piper : as a bathasshowngreat improvement; has pretty forward play, and is a clean leg-hitter ; uncertain in the field ; canbowl ata pinch. S. G. Hanson: a most promising , bat with very strong back play; rather too fond of slogging at a "yorker ;" a good mediumbowler with a break from the off ; capital field . G. G. Lang : a promising bat, with good forward play, but is decidedly weakon the leg-side ; very fair bowler ; should be careful about his action ; fair field . H.Sargeaunt : has improved as a bat, but lacks defence ; perhaps the best leg-hitter in the eleven; fielded consistently well at point ; canbowl. 7 P. T.Bell R .A .F. O r r H .R . O r r G. G. Skipwith D .Piper.... P .Yardley P. Christopherson W .P. Braithwaite. S. G .H a n s o n G.G. L a n g H .Sargeaunt P. Christopherson H .R . O r r.. S. G. Hanson R .A .F. O r r. G .G .L a n g P. Yardley '. G.G. Skipwith D .Piper B A T T I N G A V E R A G E S . M o s ti n Inns. N o tout. R u n s. a nInns. Average. 1 6 0 5 1 9 1 2 2 3 2 . 7 1 7 1 4 3 0 8 3 2 6 . 1 4 1 8 1 4 2 6 *6 3 25.1 1 7 1 2 6 5 4 8 16.9 1 5 4 1 4 7 *37 1 3 . 4 1 4 0 1 5 0 5 3 1 0 . 1 0 1 6 0 1 6 0 8 8 1 0 1 5 0 1 4 7 3 6 9 . 1 2 1 6 4 9 7 1 9 8 . 1 1 6 4 9 7 1 4 8 . 1 1 6 3 8 4 2 8 6 . 6 B O W L I N G A V E R A G E S . B a l l s. M a i d e n s . R u n s. Wickets. Average. 1 6 1 7 9 7 6 3 4 6 5 9 . 4 9 1 2 2 0 5 2 5 2 2 4 3 1 3 . 3 3 5 7 2 2 8 3 0 1 2 3 1 3 . 2 3 7 6 1 6 1 6 1 1 6 10.1 5 4 2 3 0 2 1 1 1 5 14.1 1 3 4 7 5 9 8 7 . 3 4 4 2 2 9 2 14.1 5 2 1 3 1 2 15.1 lost , 3. Christ's College , Brecon. Matches played , 10 ; won, 6; drawn , 1 ; B A T T I N GA V E R A G E S . N o .o f T i m e s T o t a l M o s t I n n s. n o to u t. R u n s. inInns. Average. F. H . Kempthorne 9 0 1 8 1 6 3 20.1 D. H. Price (Captain) 1 2 1 1 9 9 5 6 1 8 . 1 W .T. D a v i e s.... 1 2 4 1 3 7 *4 0 1 7 . 1 J. R . A t k i n 1 1 1 1 6 3 4 0 1 6 . 3 R. T. D. Budworth. 1 0 0 1 2 5 6 0 12.5 R .A .L e w i s 1 0 4 6 5 *2 7 10.5 G .L.Hiley... 1 1 2 8 7 2 6 9 . 6 R .Price 1 0 0 8 91 . 2 0 8 . 9 H .B. Morgan 8 2 5 1 2 1 8 . 3 D .W .T h o m a s 1 1 0 7 1 2 1 6 . 6 C. L e w i s 6 1 2 9 1 6 5 . 4