James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1887

THE UNIVERSITIES A N D PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN 1886. 1 8 1 Blundell'sSchool.-THEELEVENIN 1836.-J. A. Prendergast : Proved a most efficient captain , and the success of the team is largely due to him; a sound and painstaking bat; brilliant field at point , and safe catch . M. H. Toller : Batted in excellent style all the season , anddidgoodservice with the ball, thoughheis inclined to be sulky anderratic at times; must bewareof becoming careless ; plays for his county . C. W. Gooch: Has several times helped theteambylong scoring ; a brilliant deep field , and safe catch ; an excellent change bowler. A. S. Page: Maydevelop into a good bat if he will take pains and practise more; at present he lacks vigour ; very slack , and most feeble in the field . G. O. Wood: Has not fulfilled the ex- pectations warranted byhis last year's performances ; very slack in the field . C. W. Brabant : Amost promising and brilliant bat for his size ; a painstaking and goodfield . B. H. Drury: Thebest bowler of the team,with mediumpace, good length , and considerable spin and break from the off ; has avery pretty style in batting , andcertainly deserves his county colours . G. H. Arundell : A good bat, and fair slow bowler ; rather slack at times . J. C. Milton : One of the best bats in the eleven , with a very pretty andtaking style ; has madehis scores in good form ; a fast bowler of some merit ; an excellent wicket -keep , and a good field ; has played for his county. G. Drage : Improved rather unexpectedly , but plays forward too indiscriminately ; a slackfield. CamberwellG r a m m a rSchool.- Matches played , 12; won, 10 ; lost , 2.-THE ELEVENIN 1886.-H. Bower (46.3 ) : Hard-hitting bat; good field ; fair bowler . J. F. Sugden (24.75 ) : Fine all-round cricketer ; good bat, bowler , and field . W. B. Dowell -Lee (9.6): Goodbat, fair bowler, and splendid field . J. R. Knight (17.5 ) : Hard-hitting bat, and good field . P. J. O'L. Bradbury (18.2 ) : Goodbat, bowler , and field . W. Parks Bradbury , Captain (25.25 ): Hard-hitting bat; good field ; unable to bowl this season . J. Addington (8.9): Fair bat, good field , and erratic bowler . H. S. Greene (8.5 ) : Improving bat , good field , and fair bowler. M. E. Plumpton (8.2 ) : Good bat; good and improving field . B. A. Glanvill (6.6 ) : Unsafe bat, left -handed; fair wicket -keeper . A. S. Russell (4.5 ) : Very good medium-pace bowler , as his figures show; good field , and improving bat. F. Odell (4): Im- proving bat and field . C. E. Powell (3) : Good fast bowler, good field , and fair bat. F. R. N. Goddard(2) : A nimproving cricketer ; will become useful all round. B O W L I N GA V E R A G E S . O v e r s. Maidens. R u n s. Wickets. Average. A. S. Russell : 118.2 4 2 1 8 6 5 8 8 . 2 J. E. Addington 8 . 1 2 1 6 4 4 P. J. O'L. Bradbury 2 2 7 5 0 1 2 4 . 1 J. F. Sugden 5 7 1 8 9 6 2 0 4 . 8 H .E .B o w e r . 1 3 4 3 0 5 6 C.E .Powell. 51.1 1 3 1 0 5 1 6 7 . 2 Christ College, Brecon.-Matches played , 13 ; won, 8; drawn, 2 ; lost , 3. B A T T I N GA V E R A G E S . T i m e s M o s ti n I n n s. n o to u t. R u n s. a nI n n s. Average. R.D. Budworth 1 5 3 3 7 6 *9 1 3 1 . 4 G. Hiley (capt .) 1 4 3 2 9 3 5 1 26.7 H .Phillips . 1 4 0 1 8 5 3 5 13.3 R.A. Lewis! ..... 1 2 0 1 2 6 2 8 10.6 W .D. Williams 1 6 2 1 0 6 1 8 7.8 C.H .Lewis 8 1 5 1 1 7 7 . 2 J. S. Longdon 8 5 2 2 *7 7 . 1 R . L. Atkin 1 1 0 5 2 2 0 4 . 8 S. H .Kelly 1 2 2 4 1 1 5 4 . 1 A . C. E v a n s 1 1 1 3 9 2 1 3.9 D .R .E v a n s 7 1 9 4 1 . 3 J. S. Longdon. R. A. Lewis A .C.E v a n s . R .D. B u d w o r t h D .R .E v a n s... B O W L I N G A V E R A G E S . Overs. M a i d e n s. R u n s. Wickets. Average. 1 7 0 . 3 5 8 3 6 1 4 3 8 . 1 7 2 1 6 5 8 4 3 1 4 0 10.31 47.4 1 1 1 2 2 9 1 3 . 5 5 6 . 3 1 5 1 3 7 8 1 7 . 1 4 0 8 1 0 2 4 25.2 D e v o nCountySchool, WestBuckland.-Matches played , 15; won, 8; lost , 6; drawn, 1.-W. Thomas (24.6 ) : A very good, steady bat; on three occasions went in first