James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1885

1 8 6 L I L L YW H I T E ' SC R I C K E T E R S ' A N N U A L. Bangley: Bats well at times, moderate field ; good medium-pace bowler, with a puzzling action . S. R. Sworder : Has displayed good batting powers, with a little more energy wouldbecomea good field . G. D. L. Oldrini : Uncertain as abat; moderate field ; good catch. S. G. Wilkinson : Areally goodbat for his size , with correct style ; active in the field ; bids fair to becomea goodbowler. H. W.Edwards: Batsin good form; aneat field ; successful slowbowler. J. M. Greaves : goodbat; reliable field ; fair medium-paced bowler. B A T T I N G A V E R A G E S . I n n s. N o to u t. R u n s. M o s tin Inngs. A v e r a g e. M r .R .G . Morris. 1 8 0 2 8 9 5 7 16.1 W .M .Willis 2 2 2 3 1 6 5 2 15.16 S. M .Stanley. 2 1 3 2 6 9 3 5 1 4 . 1 7 A .Ringrow 2 2 2 2 9 1 4 4 1 4 . 1 1 H .D eC. W e t h e r a l l 2 1 2 2 5 5 4 7 1 3 . 8 S. R .S w o r d e r 9 3 7 9 #4 1 13.1 M r .J. H .Gill 1 9 2 1 8 0 2 9 1 0 . 1 0 M r .J. C.Prior. 1 8 1 1 7 0 4 8 1 0 L. W .Bangley.. 2 2 3 1 4 6 4 0 7 . 1 3 P .S. C. M o r e 2 0 6 1 0 0 2 6 7 . 2 G .D. L. Oldrini R e v .R .H .W i x 1 1 5 4 2 2 3 7 1 3 0 6 5 1 7 5 M r .J. L. S t r a c h a n 9 1 3 4 *9 4 . 2 O v e r s. B O W L I N G A V E R A G E S . Maidens. R u n s. Wickets. Average. R e v .R .H .W i x 133.4 2 3 3 3 5 4 1 8 . 7 M r .J. C. Prior 305.3 9 9 6 1 7 6 7 9 . 1 4 W .M .Willis 73.1 2 2 1 5 5 1 6 9.11 H .D eC. Wetherall 1 3 5 . 2 4 1 2 8 5 2 5 1 1 . 1 0 L. W .Bangley 1 4 6 . 2 3 8 3 6 6 2 5 14.16 Mr.J. H .Gill 109.1 1 6 3 4 7 2 3 1 5 . 2 Mr.J. L. Strachan 8 1 . 4 1 9 1 9 9 1 3 15.4 T h ebatforthebest averageinbattinghasbeenw o nb yW .M .Willis, andthe ball for the best average in bowling by H. D eC. Wetherall, as hedid most service against the strongest teams. Tettenhall College.-Matches played , 20 ; Won, 13 ; Drawn , 3 ; Lost , 4. -THE ELEVENIN 1884.-J. P. Humphries (15) : The best all-round m a nin the team; a good bowler, an excellent bat, anda very useful fielder . E. R. M'Clure (16): Best bat in the team(left -hander), andhas scored consistently well, and a fair fielder . B. H. Lees (11 ) : Asteady and useful bat, anda very good wicket-keeper. E. Potter (9) : A nimproving but rather unreliable bat ; slow in the field . W. Thompson (7.5) : A careful but rather awk- wardbat ; a good change bowler. J. Morrison (7) : A nunreliable bat; a very good slow bowlerandmoderate field . R. H. Darwent (6.5 ) : A poor bat but excellent bowler. H. Dickenson (6.2) : Asteady bat, andsplendid cover-point . H. Forrester (6) : Onlyplayed in oneor two matches; as a bowler had a fair average . J. Mayall (5) : Aneat batandvery goodpoint . G. Mayall (4) : awkwardbat, but good field . TonbridgeSchool.-Matches played , 10 ; won, 7 ; lost , 1 ; drawn, 2. May17, v. Tonbridge Town: w o nby 19 runs-School , 162; Town, 143. M a y21 , v. Mr. A. P. Lucas's Eleven: w o nby 27 runs-School , 103 ; Mr. Lucas's Eleven, 76. M a y24, υ. Revellers : drawn-School , 289 ; Revellers , 105 for 7 wickets . M a y31 , v. Assyrians : won b y380 runs-School , 409 ; Assyrians , 29. June 7, v. M.C.C.: lost by 122 runs-School , 74 ; M.C.C., 196. June 11 , v. Surbiton : wonby 26 runs-School , 124 ; Surbiton , 98. June14, v. Lancing College : w o nby 150 runs-School , 247 ; Lancing, 97. June 25 & 26, v. Old June 28, v. Dulwich Boys: drawn-School , 346 ; Old Boys, 264 and 118 for 5 wickets . College ; wonby 231 runs-School , 331 ; Dulwich , 100. July 5, v. Brighton College : won by142 runs-School , 219 ; Brighton,77. B A T T I N GA V E R A G E S . M o s tin I n n s. notout. R u n s. a n Inns. Average. W .Rashleigh .. 1 2 1 7 0 5 2 0 3 6 4 . 1 A. O.H u b b a r d 1 1 1 2 9 3 1 0 0 29.3 J. W .Little 1 1 0 2 4 8 7 4 2 2 . 6 E .Giles 9 1 1 6 6 7 5 2 0 . 6 H .Bryant 7 3 8 3 3 1 20.3 W .T. Danby 9 0 1 4 2 3 8 15.7 J. L eFleming 1 0 0 1 4 2 6 0 14.2 F. G.H a y w a r d 1 0 0 1 3 4 5 1 13.4 G.C. H u b b a r d 1 1 2 1 1 9 3 7 13.2 C. E.P. Johnstone 1 2 1 1 3 7 3 3 12.5 F. C. Timins 1 9 2 8 0 2 0 11.3