James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1887

1 8 6 LILLYWHITE'SCRICKETERS' ANNUAL. North-EasternCountySchool, BarnardCastle .--Matches played , 16; won, 11; drawn , 3; lost , 2.-E. W. Read, Captain (16.12 ) : Is the best all-round man of the eleven; a careful , left -handedbat, with good defence , seldom failing to score ; hits well to leg, agood slow (right -arm) bowler , but lacks confidence in himself ; an excellent field . C. М. Henderson (16.14 ): The bowler of the team; has shown great improvement ; bats in good form, isa rapid scorer , but too fond of slogging ; is a fair field anda good catch . F. Gray (11.3): Is the prettiest bat in the eleven , having a strong defence ; he also cuts and drives well; aneat field . C. T. Atkinson (7.9 ) : Is a capital all -round player , though inclined to be care- less inhis batting ; bowls a good ball , but has not been always successful ; a very good field andanexcellent catch . J. R. Nisbet (6.2 ) : A promising cricketer ; kept wicket , at times with success . E.R. Lyon(4.8) : Agood left -handbowler (medium); batting and fielding not good, but has shown great improvement ; wants confidence . A. Little (8.7 ) : A clumsy field and nervous batsman; makes runs when set . A. H. Grierson (4.4 ): Good field and catch any- where; batting weak. E. Fenwick (5.11 ): Stiff bat , with fair amountof confidence ; a slow field ; apt to misjudge acatch . M.Smith (12) : Requires smartness to makea good cricketer ; has proved himself auseful bat. J. Robinson (5.1 ) : Afair bowler , but did not "come off ; " a poor field . C. F. L. Donkin (2.3 ) : Hasbeen useful once or twice as a bowler , but is not up to First Eleven form inbatting andfielding . J. A. York (29): Only played twice , but showed that he had in kimthe makingof a good cricketer ; is smart and confident . B O W L I N G A V E R A G E S . Balls. M a i d e n s. R u n s. Wickets. Average. C. M. Henderson. 9 6 3 6 0 3 2 9 7 5 4.29 E.R.L y o n 3 0 5 2 1 9 3 1 7 5 . 8 E. W. Read(Capt.)... 5 9 3 4100 1 6 0 2 8 5.20 C. T.A t k i n s o n . 3 7 0 2 1 1 4 6 1 4 1 0 . 6 F.G r a y... 4 3 3 9 1 9 C.F. L. Donkin 6 4 6 1 9 1 1 9 OscottCollege , nearBirmingham.--Matches played ,8; won,8; lost ,0; drawn ,0.- G.Howley(17.3 ) : Asteady bat with patient defence ; until well set confines his attention to hitting ; capital field and sure catch . T. Fitzherbert (15.1 ) : A really good and pretty bat, having anexceedingly clean hit andneat cut ; agoodfield . N. Comyn(6.2) : A fair bat, very steady ,andslow in making runs; did not score much,but always broke the bowling for the rest ; good catch , but a little slow in the field . Rev. Scott (4.2 ) : Agood bat, but did not score much,his hitting to leg is especially neat ; bowls right , round-arm, fast , is very destructive sometimes; canalso keep wicket . W. Espantoso (6.1 ) : Steady bat, good defence ,but rather tooweakon the leg side ; did not score muchat the beginning , but towards the end of the season wasin his best form; a good field at mid-on. E. Fitzgerald (6.2 ) : Has a peculiar style , rather too fond of making his runs too quick ; good field , but takes his time in throwing theball in. M. Fitzgerald (15.1 ): Goodleft -handbowler ; has been most successful this year both with the bat and ball ; hits well , but has a moderate defence . John McNamara(14.2 ) : Avery good medium bowler , with considerable break from the leg ; was of great use for the team; batswell , andis a goodfield at slip . H. Colegrave(6.4) : A goodbatfor his size ; will becomea good cricketer in time ; will bowl well with practice , and must try to vary his pace ; acapital back-stop . J. Atkins (4.5) : Has improved wonderfully since last year ; is a good punisher of bad bowling , though but moderate defence ; a fair field . P. Espantoso , Capt . (6.1): Fulfilled the duties of captain in a satisfactory manner; did not come off as a bat ; mighthavedonebetter with moreconfidence, but mustlearn to play forward with a more straight bat ; his wicket -keeping has been fair throughout the season . B O W L I N G A V E R A G E S . J. M c N a m a r a M .Fitzgerald Rev.Scott Balls. Maidens. R u n s. Wickets. Average. 7 7 9 4 4 2 7 7 5 3 7 0 3 4 0 2 4 7 4 2 5 . 1 2 5.37 1 0 5 2 4 8 4 1 2 O u n d l eSchool. Matches played , 15; won, 8; drawn, 2; lost , 5. B A T T I N GA V E R A G E S . T i m e s M o s tin Inns. n o to u t. R u n s. a nInns. Average. C. F. Badeley...... 1 7 R .A. A.Beresford. 1 9 1 1 1 2 4 2 9 7.12 1 4 5 3 9 3 25.13 A .G .Bostock . 1 7 2 8 3 2 6 5 . 8 H. W.Dickson (Capt.).... 1 9 2 5 7 2 1 0 5 33.11