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 7 9 B O W L I N GA V E R A G E S . Overs. Maidens. Runs. Wickets. Average. W .T. D a v i e s R.A . Lewis R .Price D .W .T h o m a s. C .L e w i s R .B u d w o r t h R .A t k i n 146.1 5 0 3 0 3 4 3 7 . 2 117.4 2 9 2 6 9 3 0 8 . 2 8 2 . 4 2 8 1 7 8 1 5 11.1 2 1 . 4 5 5 8 6 9 . 4 1 0 2 3 5 5 7 2 2 4 6 7 5 13.3 1 5 . 4 1 4 5 4 11.1 Cityof LondonCollege .-President , Sir John Lubbock , Bart ., M.P. , F.R.S .; Captain, Mr. A. E. Bennett ; Vice - Captain , Mr. S. B. McBeath; Treasurer , Mr. J. O. H u n t; Secretary , Mr. H. W. Bennett, City of London College , White-street , Little Moorfields , E.C. Ground, WestH a mPark, Upton, E. THE ELEVEN IN 1884-H. E. Bennett: a goodbat; drives well , but was unlucky; bowls at times with success ; owing to a nunfortunate accident was prevented from playing during a part of the season ; has givengeneral satisfaction as a Captain . S. B. McBeath : greatly fallen off inbatting ; but o nthe other hand, a destructive bowlerand sure field ; practice retarded by illness . J.O. H u n t: a useful m a nto go in first , always staying in, but slow in getting runs ; as a bowler, hardly cameupto the form he showedlast year. H. W.Bennett : has kept wicket thegreater part of the season ; has not comeoff as a bat. W. T. H. Elsley : batted much better this season , butlost his wicket several times bynot playing a straight bat; fine field at point. Thos. Inman: played very steadily and cautiously , generally madea goodm a n y runs; obtained top average ; his bowling has been invaluable to the Club throughout the season . W .Barclay : much improved as a bat ; bowls a little . K. Martin : a fair bat; fine long field and very fast bowler. J. R. Macintyre : a left -hand bat, and uncertain ; too m u c hinclined to slog . J. W. R. Still : a steady but rather uncertain bat; a fairly good bowler ; long-stops well . W. Sharp : promised well in practice , but disappointed in matches; will do better another season. D e v o nC o u n t ySchool.-Captain , W. Thomas ; Hon . Sec ., T. R. Potbury- Matches played , 11 ; won, 8 ; lost , 3. THE ELEVEN IN 1884.-W. Thomas : A very steady bat, often obtained a good many runs ; also bowled well . F. W. Taplin : a good bat, generally made runs ; a useful long -stop . R. M. Latham ahard hitter , who made good scores in several matches ; often successful in taking wickets with underhandslows . T. R. Potbury : a good bat, though often unlucky; played , however, almost the best innings seen on the School ground during the season, showing great powerboth of hitting and defence against very good bowling , A. A. Little would be a very good bat if he were not nervous onbeginning aninnings ; when, however, he has madea few runs he plays very well indeed . H. H. Taplin : a good mediumpace bowler, and useful as a bat. Н. Т. H. Williams : has, perhaps, made more improvement since last year than any other memberof the eleven; played very steadily , and generally obtained between ten and twenty runs. R. A. W .Barfoot : oneof the very best bowlers there has ever been among theboys, andcontributed very greatly to the success of the eleven during the term. J. N. Pearce : apretty bat. E. G. Taplin : throws well , and was very useful as a long field . J. Carter : a fair player . F. R. Hill : bowled very well indeed in the early part of the season, but unfortunately aninjury to his knee prevented his playing in the later matches. B A T T I N G A V E R A G E S . W .T h o m a s F. W .Taplin R.M . L a t h a m .. T. R. Potbury A .A . Little H .H .Taplin H . T. H .Williams J. N. Pearce... R .A .W .Barfoot E .G.Taplin J. Carter F .R .Hill.. W .T h o m a s R .A .W .B a r f o o t R .M .L a t h a m .. H .H. Taplin Inns. T i m e s n o to u t. M o s tin R u n s. a nInns. Average. 1 6 3 3 0 5 9 2 2 3 . 6 1 3 1 1 6 6 3 7 13.10 1 6 3 1 6 9 4 7 1 3 1 8 2 1 9 5 7 2 12.3 1 5 0 1 6 2 5 6 10.12 1 4 3 1 1 1 2 4 1 0 . 1 1 6 2 1 2 0 1 8 8.8 1 3 2 5 4 2 2 4 . 1 0 1 2 1 5 1 *1 8 4 . 7 1 1 1 2 7 *8 2 . 7 1 0 3 1 9 5 2 . 5 B O W L I N G A V E R A G E S . Balls. Maidens. R u n s. Wickets. Averages. 2 9 1. 2 4 8 1 1 7 4 . 1 3 7 2 1 5 0 2 3 5 4 6 5.5 1 0 2 5 7 43 5 8 6 5 5.33 4 0 5 1 2 1 9 4 2 9 6 . 2 0 2 5 3 1 6 $1 0 5 1 3 8 . 1