James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1886

T H EC O U N T I E SIN 1 8 8 5. 8 9 W .Wright. C. W .Wright. M .S h e r w i n . C .S h o r e J. A . D i x o n A .B a n n e r B A T T I N GA V E R A G E S -Continued. Inns. Ts. notout. R u n s. Mst.inInns. Average.. 1 8 3 1 5 5 2 7 1 0 . 5 6 0 6 3 3 3 1 0 . 3 1 7 5 1 1 8 3 5 9 . 1 0 3 1 1 6 8 8 2 0 1 3 1 3 6 . 1 1 0 5 5 5 B O W L I N G A V E R A G E S . Overs. Maidens. R u n s. Wickets. Average. A .S h a w 452.3 2 4 8 4 2 8 2 9 1 4 . 2 2 W .B a r n e s 5 1 9 . 2 2 6 4 6 6 9 5 7 11.42 W .Wright. 523.3 2 6 7 6 8 7 4 6 14.43 W .F l o w e r s 7 2 0 . 3 4 0 6 6 8 0 4 3 15.35 A .B a n n e r 1 6 4 3 3 2 16.1 W .Attewell 830.3 5 1 1 7 1 7 4 4 16.13 W .Scotton 9 3 2 2 1 2 2 W .G u n n... 6 1 1 9 1 0 0 4 2 5 C . S h o r e 5 8 2 6 8 4 2 4 2 G .B e a n 3 4 8 6 5 0 H .B .D a f t 2 2 1 0 1 7 0 J. A .D i x o n 6 3 9 0 S U R R E Y . OFFICERSFOR 1885. -President , Lord Monson. Vice-President , Earl of Bess-- borough . Treasurer , W. Cattley . Committee , J. B. Oakley , F. Bur- bidge , W. Burrup, Dr. Blades , G. Wells, E. B. Jones . M. W. Marshall , W . E. Roller , J. W . Hobbs, R. Roberts , H. Scott , T. Winterflood , H . T. Smith, Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart. , M.P. , Sir R. Hanson, C. A. Stein , D. R. Onslow, Major-General Marshall , L. A. Shuter, J. Shuter, W. S. Trollope , G. Carter Morrison , and J. S. Balfour . Secretary , Charles W . Alcock. Surrey Ground, Kennington Oval, London, S.E. Assistant Secretary , W .W .R e a d. SURREY'Srecord of last summer was one of which the County Eleven have indeed reason to be proud. The expectations excited by their successes in the earlier fixtures w e r enotrealised atthee n dof theseason it is needless to state now. Still , despite the disappointment caused by later failures , the all -round. cricket was of a very satisfactory kind, and the general popularity of the team wasproved by the unusually large attendance at even the less interesting matches .- A tone time it looked as if the Surrey Eleven would be very near the topmost position of county cricket . Towards the close , though , their bowlers seemed to havehadmorethantheir fair share of work, and in the return with Gloucester--- shire , at Cheltenham, in particular . Beaumont and Lohmann showed evident signs of being overbowled . Mr. Roller's absence from four of the August matches, too, was a great loss to the team, and, indeed , it maybe added that Mr. Roller , Maurice Read, and Woodwere all , owing to injuries , incapacitated in the middle of the season . Mr. W. W. Read's batting was the great feature of the season . H e rarely failed , indeed ,to make a big score , and his batting will rank with the very best performances of Mr. W. G. Grace in county cricket . Mr. Roller showed marked improvement in batting , and as an all -round cricketer he- hadno superior in the team. Abel, though for a short time out of luck. played fine cricket towards the end of the season and considerably improved his repu-- tation as a batsman. The brunt of the bowling was borne by Beaumontand Lohmann, and both were of the greatest assistance . Jones, too, was introduced into the team with good result , and another year he ought to be of considerable useall r o u n d.