James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1887

2 4 4 LILLYWHITE'SCRICKETERS' ANNUAL. A V E R A G E SO F L E S ST H A N2 5R U N S.-Continued. T i m e s M o s ti n I n n s. n o tout. R u n s. a nI n n s. Average. Spillman 2 0 0 4 7 7 8 7 23.17 Steel, H.B. 1 2 1 1 5 5 3 4 1 4 . 1 Studd, G. B...... 1 8 1 4 0 1 6 7 28.10 Studd, E. J. C.. 5 0 7 9 3 6 15.4 Sugg(F. H.) .... 2 3 0 4 0 8 6 2 17.17 Tester.. 2 4 0 3 9 7 1 3 0 1 6 . 1 3. T h o m a s,F. 2 0 1 4 5 2 7 3 23.15 Thornton, A. J. 1 0 4 1 2 4 4 1 2 0 , 4 Thornton, Rev. R. T.. 1 8 3 3 3 6 6 4 22.6 Townsend,F. 1 9 1 '4 0 3 1 0 6 2 2 . 7 Tylecote, E. F. S. 1 4 1 2 1 1 3 3 16.3 1 W a d e 2 2 6 3 1 2 *7 4 1 9 . 8 T H EB O W L E R S . THE bowling honours of the year most deservedly rest with Watson , who, though he fell short of the century by one wicket , has the splendid average of 11.20 . H eis run close by the veteran Emmettwith 12.91 --a good performance for am a nat his age, and after the numberof years he has taken part in first- class cricket . Barlow, Dr. W. G. Grace, Wootton, and Lohmanncomplete the list of those w h ohavebowledover 100 wickets. T h etwo last -n a m e dhaveh a d morework to do than anybody else , and though their averages are slightly higher thanlast season , their performances are most creditable . O fthe professionals Attewell , Barnes , Bates , Bowley, Briggs , Flowers , Hide (J. ), Jones (G., Surrey) , Martin , Peate, Shaw(A.), and Wadewere all very successful . Bowley and Briggs both did some exceptionable fine performances , while Martin (Kent), with an average of 11.8 , showed good promise in the matches he played in . A m o n gthe amateurs Messrs . C. W .Rockand H. O. Whitbyhave the best figures , in addition to the Champion, who alone obtained over 100 wickets . 1 0 0W I C K E T SO R O V E RD U R I N GS E A S O N. M a i d e n s. R u n s. Wickets. Overs. Average. B a r l o w 1238.1. 6 5 3 1 5 2 5 1 0 5 14.55 E m m e t t 1339.8 6 7 7 1 6 7 5 1 3 2 12.91 Grace, Dr. W .G. 1525.2 6 4 8 2 4 3 9 1 2 2 19.121 L o h m a n n 1 7 1 5 8 0 9 2 4 2 5 1 6 0 15.25 W o o t t o n . 1 6 1 8 . 1 7 1 5 2 2 8 1 1 4 3 15.136 L E S ST H A N1 0 0W I C K E T S. O v e r s. Maidens. R u n s. W i c k e t s. Average. A b e l 2 3 9 1 0 5 3 7 0 1 6 28.2 Attewell 1 2 9 5 . 2 7 3 6 1 2 7 2 9 7 18.11 B a r n e s 7 4 4 3 8 7 9 3 6 6 7 13.65 B a t e s 8 2 6 4 2 0 1 0 7 9 6 5 16.39 B e a n 494.3 2 1 4 7 7 5 4 0 19.15 B e a u m o n t 8 8 3 . 3 4 4 1 1 1 6 5 7 6 15.25 Bowley 973.3 4 9 7 1 2 1 9 8 8 13.75 Briggs. 1 1 7 6 6 1 2 1 4 7 1 9 2 15.91 B u r t o n 1115.3 4 9 4 1 6 2 0 7 9 20.40 B u x t o n, C. D . 276.3 1 1 0 4 6 8 2 0 2 3 . 8 Chatterton(W .) 3 1 1 1 6 0 4 8 0 1 6 3 0 Christopherson, S. 3 6 3 1 4 7 6 1 8 2 1 2 9 . 9 Cochrane, A. H. J. 3 0 9 1 3 4 4 7 9 3 0 15.29 Cropper(W .) 537.2 2 5 9 7 3 9 4 6 1 6 . 3 D a v i d s o n 4 3 3 1 8 5 6 2 7 3 8 16.19 D o r m a n, A. W . 387.8 1 6 5 6 5 5 2 5 2 6 . 5