James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1885

2 7 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. W .Fowles, andA. Poole, are all promising young players ; Brewster, Stanley, and Poole asbatsmen; Tipper, H u m e, and Fowles as bowlers ; all field well. V I C T O R YC R I C K E TC L U B(C A R L T O N ) . Theabove club has reason to be proud of its performance in the cricket field during thepast season (1883-4 ). Outof 24 matches played , 12havebeenwon, 1 lost , and11 drawn. Nineout of the eleven drawn gameswould havebeenwins had time permitted . Out of thetwelve matches wonby the club , several of the teams defeated were cup clubs , notably theNorthern,Adelphians , HothamAlberts , Queensberry , and Parkville clubs . The lead- ing players are H. S. Freeman,whowins the batting average in the 1st Eleven with the fine average of 26.6 runs per innings , and also the highest individual score for a completed inningswith thefine score of 140 runs. W .MartinandF. W .Harris, with averagesof 13.8 and 13.10 respectively ; F. Bowes and F. Bismire , with equal averages of 12.6 runs per innings , andF. Franks 11.6 , the total numberof runs madebythe club being 1,904 , against 1,292 . F. Kilborn has a bowling average of 4.16 per wicket B A T T I N G A V E R A G E S . T i m e s M o s tin Inns. notout. R u n s. I n n s. Average . H .S. F r e e m a n . $1 5 4 2 9 2 7 4 2 6 . 6 F .W .H a r r i s 1 3 2 1 5 3 2 8 13.10 W .M a r t i n. 1 0 0 1 3 8 3 0 1 3 . 8 F .A . B o w e s. 2 0 1 2 2 2 3 4 11.13 F .B i s m i r e. 7 0 9 0 2 1 1 2 . 6 F .F r a n k s 1 1 2 1 0 6 2 9 1 1 . 7 J. M a r t i n 4 1 3 0 2 7 1 0 J. K i d d 1 2 1 1 0 6 3 4 9 . 7 C .B o w e s 2 0 2 1 6 8 *3 9 9 . 6 J. Gaffney. 1 6 2 8 0 3 1 5.10 A .Davis... 8 0 4 1 1 9 5.1 J. M a r t i n 1 5 1 7 3 1 9 5.3 F .K i l b o r n . 1 0 1 8 9 4 1 9 . 8 J. M o o r e 7 2 2 8 *9 5 . 3 J.B o w e s . 5 0 7 4 1 . 2 F .K i l b o r n F .F r a n k s J.K i d d C .B o w e s . J .M a r t i n #Winnerof batting prize and individual score . B O W L I N G A V E R A G E S . O v e r s. M d n s. R u n s. W k t s. A v e r a g e. 78.3 1 9 1 4 9 3 3 4 . 1 7 1 1 4 . 2 2 7 2 2 7 3 5 6 . 1 7 8 5 1 9 1 7 5 2 2 7 . 2 1 125.1 3 6 2 8 2 3 5 8 . 2 88.3 1 6 1 9 8 1 6 1 2 . 6 N O R T H A D E L A I D E C L U B . A S S O C I A T I O N M A T C H E S . Matches played , 5 ; Won, 2 ; Lost , 3. B A T T I N G A V E R A G E S . T i m e s I n n s. n o to u t. R u n s. M o s tin I n n s. A v e r a g e . Slight,A . 6 2 1 3 5 4 0 33.3 R u n d e l l 1 0 0 2 3 3 6 5 2 3 . 3 C l a x t o n 1 0 2 1 6 2 4 2 2 0 . 2 Stow,R. 4 0 8 1 4 2 2 0 . 1 Phillips 9 4 1 9 2 *5 9 1 8 . 2 Slight, W 4 0 7 0 3 6 1 7 . 2 Finlayson 1 9 1 1 0 3 4 2 1 3 K n i l l 1 0 0 1 2 4 2 5 1 2 . 4 Pettinger 5 0 6 1 2 9 1 2 . 1 A y e r s 8 1 8 0 2 1 11.3 Craigie C o r n i s h 1 0 1 9 4 4 2 1 0 . 4 4 0 3 3 2 5 8 . 1 4 0 1 1 8 . 1 B a v a n Thefollowing played in less than four innings :-Ward, 18, 0; Boys 2,0 ; Hogg, 0, 0 ; Watsford, 4 , Davenport, S., 3.