James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1886

7 8 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. J S. Christopherson + B A T T I N GA 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 a nI n n s. 1 3 2 1 1 7 2 4 A v e r a g e . 1 0 . 7 L o r dHarris 5 0 1 1 0 3 7 2 2 A .H e a r n e 1 5 4 8 1 *2 9 7 . 4 F .H e a r n e 1 9 2 3 7 7 5 1 2 2 . 3 G. G. Hearne 1 9 1 3 7 4 7 6 2 0 . 1 4 H .H e a r n e 8 1 1 0 3 3 6 1 4 . 5 T. R. Hine-Haycock 6 0 1 1 5 4 2 19.1 R .S. J o n e s 1 5 1 3 1 0 6 0 2 2 . 2 :2 M .C. K e m p 2 0 2 1 1 5 1 0 . 1 K .M'Alpine. 2 0 2 2 1 F A . Mackinnon . 7 0 1 5 1 5 7 2 1 . 4 F .M a r c h a n t 9 1 1 5 0 *6 2 1 8 . 6 W .H .Patterson 1 1 1 4 8 1 1 4 3 4 8 . 1 P e n t e c o s t 1 3 5 7 4 2 4 9 . 2 W .Rashleigh 3 0 1 2 1 5 9 4 0 . 1 A .M .Streatfield . 2 0 4 3 2 A .J. Thornton. 3 0 9 9 5 9 3 3 Rev. R. T. Thornton 1 2 1 3 8 9 7 9 3 5 . 4 J. N . T o n g e 5 0 1 3 9 5 4 2 7 . 4 L .W i l s o n 2 0 2 8 1 5 1 4 J. W o o t t o n 1 6 4 1 4 2 2 7 11.10 G.Collins (0), F. Martin (0), and E. O'Shaughnessy (10) batted in one innings only. B O W L I N G A V E R A G E S . Overs. Maidens. R u n s. Wickets. Average. S. Christopherson A .H e a r n e F .H e a r n e G.G. Hearne H .H e a r n e . A .J. T h o r n t o n . W o o t t o n . 425.2 1 8 0 8 1 3 4 1 1 8 . 2 1 5 4 3 . 2 2 3 8 7 8 1 4 9 1 5 . 4 6 4 2 1 6 8 1 1 8 1 1 3 1 5 9 2 0 0 9 2 2 . 2 1 6 4 . 1 6 8 2 8 8 1 2 2 4 3 6 1 9 5 5 6 9.1 679.3 2 9 8 1 0 7 9 7 3 14.57 Thefollowing bowledin one innings only :-LordHarris , 13, 2, 35, 2 ; F. Marchant, 6, 3, 10, 0 ; W.H. Patterson , 3, 0, 12, 0 ; Pentecost , 1, 0, 1, 0 ; Rev. R. T. Thornton, 7, 3, 11 , 1. Woottonbowled a wide, Christopherson andA. Hearneeach a no-ball . +Notincluding matches v. M.C.C. and Ground. L A N C A S H I R E . OFFICERSFOR 1885.-President , Sir Humphreyde Trafford , Bart. Committee , A. N. Hornby, W.Brierley , W. E. Openshaw, C. G. Hulton, E. B. Rowley, E. Challender . R. Walker, S. R. Platt , A. J. Steel , S. Field , R. Gorton, A. Appleby, G. Walsh, E. Roper, A. F. Pope, and O. P. Lancashire . H o n. Secretary , S. H. Swire. Hon. Treasurer , J. McLaren. Assistant Secretary and Collector , F. Reynolds , Stretford Villas , Stretford , Lancashire . T H O U G Hsuffering considerably from their usual inability to place their full strength in the field , except on rare occasions , the Lancashire eleven had, on the whole, a successful season . Theydid not meet Notts at all , it is true , and the refusal of Kent to play the return match at Tunbridge removed from their programme another fixture in which they would have been sure of a hard fight . Still , in spite of manydifficulties , Lancashire cricket last year was decidedly above the average certainly all round, of a type better than in 1884. Mr. Hornby, though there had been rumours of his retirement , retained the cap- taincy, andhis energy had, as of old , a favourable influence on the team gene- rally . Unfortunately , Mr. A. G. Steel was only able to play very rarely , and the Rev. Vernon Royle, who has usually been of such service in the later fixtures , was a conspicuous absentee . Pilling , too, owing to ill -health , was unable to keep wicket regularly , so that the Lancashire eleven were never seen to the best advantage . Under these circumstances , therefore , the excellence of their