James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1885

1 8 2 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. H .W .B o w k e r . H .G u y E. H. Whitley. L. E .K i r w a n B O W L I N G A V E R A G E S . Balls. Maidens. R u n s. Wickets. Average. 1 1 3 3 6 0 5 1 2 5 7 8 . 5 6 8 1 1 4 6 4 4 4 4 6 9.15 5 7 8 2 8 2 9 0 2 7 10.20 2 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 5 6 . 2 King William's College (Isle of M a n).-Matches Played , 3 ; W o n, 4; Lost, 4; Drawn, 5 :- 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. I n n s. A v e r a g e. H. H. La Mothe (Capt.). C. Hughes-Games. N. Leigh G.A. Leslie . J. Ferrier. G .H .M o n r o T .H o b b s 1 2 0 1 5 0 5 6 12.5 1 1 1 1 4 3 5 3 1 4 . 3 1 1 0 1 6 0 5 1 1 4 . 4 1 0 0 9 8 3 8 9 . 8 1 1 3 6 5 1 9 8 . 1 1 2 1 9 5 2 2 8 . 6 1 2 2 3 2 3 9 1 3 2 . 3 P. Darbyshire . E .Nicholl F .W .M o s s. J. H .T w e e d a l e 8 3 6 4 2 1 1 2 . 8 8 0 7 0 2 4 8 . 7 5 3 0 3 2 1 . 0 4 1 1 2 *9 4 . 0 B O W L I N G A V E R A G E S . Overs. Maidens. R u n s. Wickets. Average. C. Hughes-Games G .Leslie. G .M o n r o F .H o b b s P. Darbyshire 167.3 4 4 4 6 0 4 5 1 0 . 2 5 1 . 2 1 1 1 0 6 5 2 1 . 1 1 7 9 . 3 3 9 5 0 4 3 4 1 4 . 8 2 5 . 0 6 7 1 6 1 1 . 8 3 7 . 0 1 7 3 6 12.1 LeysSchool, C a m b r i d g e.- T H EELEVEN IN 1884.-M. H. Horsley : Has madea fairly good captain ; has improved very muchas a bat; hits hard on the off : excellent field , with good return . H. Burgess : Asteady and reliable bat ; drives cleanly , andis brilliant in cutting ; excellent judge of a run; good field at point . E. A. Bain- bridge : Agood steady bat; has improved greatly ,but does not hit hard enough; excellent field anywhere; a good changebowler, butnot so successful as formerly . W.F. Moulton : H a sfallen off in batting , still weak on the leg ; has come out as a slow bowler with moderate success ; a very fair field , but weakin the return . F. G. Whitworth : Afine bat, drives andhits to leg well, but should learn to cut ; a good change bowler; has greatly improved in fielding ; throws in remarkably well . T. Lindley : Afine bat, hits very hardon the on; very uncertain field , best in the slips ; good bowler, varying in success , with mediumoff -break. J. S. Brown : Avery goodandpatient bat; hits hard all round; neat field , especially along the ground, butthrough an accident unable to throw in well . P. S. Beves: a goodandsteadybat, especially onthe on-side, butdoesnot m a k ethe mostof his strength ; slow but sure in the field ; throws in well . J. R. Buckley : A steady bat, with style of his own: bad judge of a run ; very poor field . W. Smith: Good fast bowler, but erratic in pitch ; slow field ; his innings are brief but interesting . A. H. Pearce : Very promising left -handbowler,withleg break ; good field , but poor bat. LondonInternational College .--Matches played , 20 ; won, 8 ; drawn , 4; lost, 8. ELEVEN IN 1884. Evanson : A very good bat ; possesses great hitting power, scoring very quickly off loose bowling ; as a bowler he is very fast ; anexcellent field . B. Thomson : A very good straight bat, andhas improved very much since the beginning of the season ; has played some very good innings ; hits very hard to leg, and towards theendof the season played off balls equally well ; has helped with the bowling con- siderably ; also a fair field . E. Hecht : A nexcellent long-stop andgood all-round field ; as abatsmanhehas improved very muchsince last season , and has seldom failed to score . W . Holman: A good bat whencareful ; would have improved much more if he had taken more pains in practice ; would makea good field and bowler if not so careless . R. A. Currie : Agood bat, seldom fails to score , but rather too fond of getting away fromhis wickets ; if he had not been so careless in practice would have improved much m o r e; very lazy in the field , anddoes nottry to improve. R. Horsfield : A verym u c h improved bat,playing more freely than last season , while still keeping a very straight bat ; has also bowled very successfully , keeping a difficult length to play ; worked hard as captain, and materially helped towards the success and improvement of the team. E. Burke : A fair bat ; hits well to leg ; has been very careful in practice and improved verym u c hsince the c o m m e n c e m e n tof the season, butis a little too stiff ; wouldscore