James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1886

T H E UNIVERSITIESA N DPUBLICSCHOOLSIN 1885. 1 7 1 improved towards the end of the season ; promises well for next season ; a useful changebowler. W. Kennedy : A most enthusiastic cricketer ; rendered great assistance tohis eleven ; madethe third best average, and at times bowled very well . J. F. Turner : A careful bat and a fair field ; will b ea prominent memberof his eleven next year ; promises to be a bowler. H. E. Tomlinson : Rather careless with the bat; very fond of lifting the ball ; an uncertain field . J. D. Garrett : Asteady bat, but given to chopping across the ball instead of meeting it ; a very uncertain field . J. A. Slater : W a svery unfortunate all the season ; hardly came up to the form he showed when in the second eleven; a fair field . J. W. Smith : W a svery successful with the bat at the beginning of theseason , but fell off very muchtowards the end; a steady bat. C.L . S t o c k E . N .d ' A d e ▲W .K e n n e d y J. F. T u r n e r B O W L I N G A V E R A G E S . Balls. Maidens. R u n s. Wickets. Average. 6 4 4 3 0 2 9 0 3 8 7 . 6 8 0 5 2 0 3 1 0 6 1 0 3 8 2 3 5 2 3 1 0 . 2 9 8 2 5 4 5 1 0 . 8 Oscott College , Birmingham.-Matches played , 5 ; won, 1 ; drawn , 2 ; lost,2.-ELEVENIN 1885.-E. Fitzgerald (25.2 ) : As captain he has done his utmost for thesuccess of the team; good bat, but failed to score in most matches ; has kept the wickets well, but could not always be in that place, as he was often required to bowl; goodover-armbowler. J. G. Howley (17.2 ) : Goodsteady bat,butrequires morefreedom ; excellent field and sure catch . E. A. Gell (15) : Fell off in his batting through want of practice ; fair round-armbowler; fields well at point . J. J. Howley (13.5 ) : Promising bat; hasgood style ; fair field ; throws in well . H. Fitzherbert (9) Pretty bat, and hits well; useful long-stop . N. Comyn(8) : Bats well whenset ; ugly style ; slow in the field . J. M. Sugrue (20.1 ) : Useful m a nfor getting runs ; hits well , catches badly, but throws inwell. E. A. Fitzgerald (11.3) : Bats in a peculiar style ; was rather disappointing ; bowls well at times . John J. McNamara(6) : Goodmediumbowler, with considerable break fromthe leg ; uncertain bat; wantsdefence . M. A. Stonor (3.1 ) : Goodmediumover-arm bowler ; sharp field ; should take more pains over his batting . P. Espantoso (3) : Sure catch andexcellent field at cover-point ; should paymore attention to his batting . OundleSchool.-Matchesplayed , 16 ; won, 6 ; lost , 10 .-- THE ELEVEN IN 1885 . - C. F. Badeley (4.3 ) : Bowls well , with good length and break ; a weak bat and fair field . R. A. A. Beresford (17.6 ) : A strong bat, with good free , forward style ; ought to be very goodin time; bowls well on his day; fair field . A. G. Bostock (9.3 ) : Capital point ; goodstraight bat. G. Copley (17 ) : Run-getting bat, and mosteffective bowler onhis day, butis proneto consider pace more than length ; a smart field . H. W. Dickson (16) : Verycorrect but somewhat unfortunate bat; fair bowler, and good field . R. F. Serjeant (9) : Bats well, with good style ; can bowl as a change ; good field . C. A. Snell (10) : Hasnot improved as muchas was expected ; has a very weakspot between his legs and the wicket ; a good field . W. P. Smith (5) Fair left -hand bat ; poor field . B. Templeman (12.5 ) : Hits strong and well , with very poor defence ; very fair field . B O W L I N G A V E R A G E S . Overs. Maidens. R u n s. Wickets. Average. C.F. Badeley G.Copley H .W .D i c k s o n 2 0 6 6 0 3 9 0 4 2 9 . 1 2 2 0 6 4 6 4 5 7 4 5 1 0 . 7 3 3 0 9 5 6 4 0 5 6 11.24 OxfordCountySchool.-Matches played , 15 ; won, 11 ; drawn, 1 ; lost , 3. - T H ELEVENIN 1885.-J. W. Marsh : A really good bat, having an exceedingly clean hitandneat cut ; a good captain , and anexcellent judge of the game. T. Sankey : H a d thehighest batting average of the team; a brilliant batsman, having fine defence , with great punishing powers ; a most useful medium-pace bowler. W. H. Hill : Avery steady andsafe bat, with strong defence , his cutting and off -driving being especially noticeable ; a good field anywhere, particularly at point ; a sure catch ; has madea most energetic secretary . H. M. Dexter : Has improved wonderfully since last season ; is a hard and successful hitter ; has been very effective as a fast bowler ; not too quick in the field . F. G. Hudgell : A fast under-hand bowler, with plenty of spin ; at times difficult ; improved considerably in batting ; does not exert himself in the field . A. G. Ball : A splendid field ; has taken the wicket very well ; shows improvement in batting . A. L. Harris : Acareful and pretty bat, seldom failing to score ; winner of the average bat ; uncertain field ; wants muchmore " go." E. K. Collins : Plays well at times, but lacks confidence ; a sure catch , and excellent field . F. West : Very promising bat, with good defence ; a splendid long-stop ; can also field well ,