James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1886

1 2 0 LILLYWHITE'SCRICKETERS ' A N N U A L . sure point . W. W. White : Steady bat, with very good style , especially strong onthe off -side ; safe field ; takes the gloves at times . F. W. Haden: Unlucky as a bat ; good slow change bowler ; safe catch . H. L. White Beganseason well, but hadbad luck towards the finish ; useful change bowler . G. S. Houchen : Left-hand slow bowler, with fair leg -break ; moderate bat. C. C. Mott : Care- ful bat, always to be depended upon for runs ; a destructive medium-pace bowler ; good field . H. Haslam: A brilliant hitter , always came off when wanted; good length fast bowler ; good anywhere in the field . H. E. Sherlock : Improving bat ; fair field . J. Valerie : Fair cover -point ; wants more dash ; does not practice enough to make a bat . L. W. Oliver : Good field ; can punish w e a kbowling. ST. J O H N ' SC O L L E G E, C A M B R I D G E . H o n. Sec., C. Toppin. Matches Played, 14 ; Won, 5 ; Drawn, 8 ; Lost , 1. B A T T I N GA V E R A G E S . T i m e s M o s ti n Inns. N o tout. R u n s. a nInns. Average. C .T o p p i n 5 1 2 4 2 *9 3 6 0 . 5 H .H a n m e r 1 3 2 4 6 2 1 2 1 4 2 W .Greenstock. 1 2 2 3 3 5 *9 1 33.5 A .G .B a x t e r... 8 2 1 7 2 *8 7 2 8 . 6 A .H .S h a r m a n . 9 3 1 3 3 3 5 22.1 J. S. G . Grenfell 1 2 2 1 9 5 *6 7 19.5 S. A .N o t c u t t 1 0 1 1 5 1 7 4 16.7 W .H .Angier 7 1 8 5 2 3 1 4 . 1 H .S. W a r e 5 0 7 0 3 4 1 4 E .F i s h e r. 3 0 4 0 3 2 13.3 L .W .R e e d 9 0 1 1 4 8 7 12.6 H .W a r d.... 2 0 1 2 1 2 6 6 1 1 3 7 2 . 6 A .A . Bourne B O W L I N GA V E R A G E S . Balls. Maidens. R u n s. Wickets. Average. C . Toppin A .A .Bourne A .H .S h a r m a n E .F i s h e r H .H a n m e r W .H. Ainger. H .W a r d 7 2 2 1 1 2 0 1 3 9 . 2 8 9 9 2 8 1 2 2 1 2 . 7 1 1 0 2 2 2 5 7 1 8 1 6 3 8 1 0 7 1 3 2 3 . 6 1 5 5 4 4 3 4 1 1 2 2 8 . 4 1 0 2 2 0 2 8 7 9 31.8 4 3 1 0 1 1 1 2 55.5 ST. JOHN'S ELEVENIN 1885.-C. Toppin : See University Eleven. H. Hanmer: A certain run-getter against almost any bowling , hits hard and with judgment ; a sound field ; his bowling has not proved so serviceable as was expected . A. H. Sharman (Captain ) : Has quite come out as a bowler , and has proved on occasions of great service to the eleven ; is a sound, defensive bat, though somewhat cramped in style ; a safe field . W. Greenstock : Abatsman with plenty of style and vigour , his cutting being particularly good ; a capital field anywhere. J. S. Grenfell : Hasbeen somewhat disappointing this season , though onoccasions he has played excellent cricket ; has a neat style , and plays with a straight bat ; a good point . A.. G. Baxter : Has scored very consistently , and, indeed, hasexcellent batting qualities ; as a field he is unsafe and somewhat casual. L. W . Reed: Excepton one occasion hasscored very little ; is a slow a n ds o m e w h a tcarelessfield. S. A . Notcutt: W h e nhis first nervousnessi over plays capital cricket ; has a straight bat, and drives hard ; a sure though not brilliant field . H. Ward: Hasnot played regularly for the eleven , and has not proved of great service to his side ; bowls a fairly good length , but lacks break andspin. H. S. Ware: Ought to develop , with morepractice , into a really good bat ; has taken the wickets with very fair success . W .H.Ainger : Aslow bowler, with easy delivery and good pitch , but ought to develop more break ; hits hard, b u tis nott ob erelied o nforruns.