James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1885

2 2 4 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. F o r. Q u e r n m o r eH o u s e S u r b i t o n Bridgwater. B r e n t w o o d . LeamingtonCollege B i r k e n h e a dP a r k F e nPlace CliftonVictoria Wilkinson, E. R. ... Croydon Wilkinson, M .G.... DublinGarrison Williams, F. Williamson, E. Wilson, C. P. W i l s o n, C. Wilson, H. B. Wilson, K . P. Wilson. W .R. Windeler, G. H. W i n t e r, C. E. W o o d, C. A. W o o d, G.F. W o o d, J. B. W o o d,R . Wookey, H. W. Undercliffe... St. L u k e ' s G a r b o l d i s h a m E m e r yD o w n. H u d d e r s f f e l d . PembrokeColl ., C a m... Hawks CliftonCol, Brthlmew'sGrenfell's Against. D a t e . R u n s. F a i r f i e l d July 5 1 6 8 CurraghC a m p A u g .23 1 0 0 B i r k e n s h a w A u g .4 1 2 6 RoyecroftRovers. J u n e28 1 5 2 E x w o r t h Sept. 2 1 4 0 Burley A u g .26 *1 0 4 H o d g s o nandSimpson's July19 :..... *103 M a y14 1 2 4 B r o m l e y J u l y4 1 2 7 St. B a r t h o l o m e w ' s J u n e28 1 1 1 B u r n h a m M a y31 *1 1 8 Billericay J u n e1 0 1 1 3 J u n e5 *1 5 3 Coventry GrammarSchool July 16 *1 0 6 O x t o n J u n e9 1 9 0 H a r t w e l l A u g .2 2 1 2 8 Brislington , Somersetshire June 3 1 2 3 " Wright, C. W. .. Wyatt,G. N.......... Sussex N o t t sA m a t e u r s BurghleyPark J u l y22 1 0 0 - W o l l a t o n Welbeck Tenants (retired ) July 21 *1 0 7 Australians July24 1 1 2 Wynyard, MajorM Weymouth. 3rd B a t. DorsetshireRegt. M a y29 *1 1 9 Y o u n g, Capt. C. L. RoyalEngineers RoyalMarines J u l y18 1 2 7 C H A P T E R V I I. T H EA V E R A G E SO F1 8 8 4. T H EB A T S M E N . G E N E R A L L Yhard wickets , and weather more in favour of the batsmen than the bowlers. Thevisit of the Australians , too, helped to enlarge the programmecon- siderably , so that everything was in favour of run-getting . Onthe whole, there- fore , the averages were rather better than in the previous year, and some excellent figures were recorded . Mr. W. G. Grace was still , as he has been for twenty years ,without a superior , and his play , especially considering that he was suffering for a time from a severe strain to his leg, was consistently brilliant . Mr. A. G. Steel's average was the best of the year , but he did not take part in anything like the same number of innings . Still his batting , especially against the Australians , was of the most brilliant character , and his performances were certainly not sur- passed by any batsman in 1884. Lord Harris's figures were also exceptionally good, and amongthe others most prominent were Messrs . W. W. Read, O'Brien , N e w h a m, Lacey, Hon. A. Lyttleton , W. Blackman, W. H. Patterson , Boyle, Shuter, H. B. Steel , C. T. Studd (who was unable to play in Augustowing too ill health), and I. D. Walker. The professionals who had the best averages were Scotton , Barnes, Bates, Ulyett, Gunn, and Shrewsbury. SCORESOF 1,000R U N SD U R I N GS E A S O N I n n s. T i m e s n o to u t. M o s tin R u n s. a nInns. Average. Barnes, W . 4 3 4 1 0 9 2 *1 0 5 2 8 B o n n o r, G. J. 5 3 3 1 0 6 1 1 2 4 21.11 Bates, W . 4 4 2 1 0 0 0 1 3 3 23.34 Giffen, G.. 5 3 1 1 0 7 3 1 1 3 2 0 . 3 3 Grace, W .G. 4 5 5 1 3 6 1 *1 1 6 3 4 . 1 H a l l 4 0 1 1 0 5 8 1 3 5 2 7 . 5 Harris, L o r d 4 7 5 1 4 1 7 *1 1 2 3 3 . 3 1 McDonnell, P. S. 5 6 2 1 2 4 6 1 0 3 23.4 M u r d o c h , W .L. 5 1 5 1 3 8 2 2 1 1 3 0 . 2 O'Brien, T. С. 4 6 4 1 1 5 0 1 1 9 2 7 . 1 6 R e a d, W .W . 4 6 3 1 2 5 6 1 3 5 29.9 Ulyett 4 6 1 1 3 3 4 *1 4 6 29.29