James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1888

1 3 4 LILLYWHITE'SCRICKETERS' A N N U A L. bowler , and, if steady , would be far more so, but is generally expensive on account of the number of loose balls he bowls ; bats left -hand, and has a good defence , but not so successful this season . H. Bateman Champain : A very fine school bat, and has this year fulfilled the promise he showed last season ; plays in sound and vigorous style , and with good judgment, is always hard on the ball , and is a powerful hitter to leg and in front of cover -point , seldom fails to take advantage of a loose one ; good field at point . P. A. Turner : Excellent left -hand bat, andhas a very good defence ; hits hard to the off , and generally on the ground ; like Champain , he was in his best formthroughout the season , and it is seldom that a school possesses two bats of such merit ; a smart and hard- working field at cover , and plays the gamekeenly. *E. T. Heaven : A very useful bowler, mediumpace, straight , and with at times a considerable break ; bowled very well against Marlborough , when his batting was also of great service ; as a bat was disappointing ; plays sometimes very well in a free , upright style , with some very good strokes , but is rather wanting in confidence ; a good short -slip . W. M. Brown: Avery useful bat, and has a goodaverage for the season ; on a hard ground plays in a free , taking style , his driving being especially clean and good, but is somewhattame in his back play ; is a very good field in the country , with a good return . *C. T. Smith : Left- hand bat, with good defence ; a useful first man; moderate wicket -keeper . *C. A. R. Gordon : Left-hand mediumbowler, and proved very serviceable during the season ; ahard hitter , often makinga useful contribution towards the end of an innings , noticeably in the Marlborough match and v. M.C.C. at Lord's . W. W. Bignell : Promising all -round cricketer ; a useful bowler , fast medium, with high delivery ; very fair bat, and excellent field . W. Hodges : A careful bat, with a good defence , plays correctly but somewhatcramped, hits to leg well ; has plenty of cricket in him, and ought to develop into a fine bat with morestrength and experience . *H. R. Christie : A fair bat, plays in nice form on fast ground andagainst fast bowling ; not so good against slows , as he plays toomuchat the pitch , and in one style ; played a good innings v. Clifton ; very fair field . P. C. Clowes : Bowls fast , with a high delivery , successful at times ; wants strength at present , but should makea good bowler in time ; moderate bat, capable of improvement anddevelopment ; very fair field . C L I F T O NC O L L E G E . Captain for 1887 , H. S. Schwann. R e s u l t so f M a t c h e s. Matches Played, 11 ; Won, 5 ; Drawn, 2 ; Lost, 4. Club. Opnts. W h e n Opponents. Where played . played . 1 s t2 n d1st 2 n d W o nb y inn. inn. inn. inn. MatchesW o n(5). K. J. Key's Eleven Clifton M a y24 1 6 1 104*47 57 runs; *4 w d CliftonClub CorpusCollege, Oxford K n o l eP a r k KING'SCOLL., S H E R B O R N E MatchesD r a w n(2) . Rev. P. Hattersley -Smith's XI. Clifton Clifton 2 8 2 0 7 1 1 4 9 3runs C l i f t o n June7 *2 2 8 1 0 8 20runs; *7w d K n o l e 1 1 205 1 4 6 C l i f t o n July 8, 9 483 M a y1 9 *3 3 8 O l dCliftonians Clifton July 1, 2 321 2 8 28 7 MatchesLost(4). Liverpool C.C. C l i f t o n June1, 2 118 31 109*41 C H E L T E N H A M C O L L E G E C h e l t e n h a m " 17,18 260128 358 *36 5 9r u n s 6 5 5 3 inns. & 365runs R e m a r k s. *6 wktsd o w n Lostby 9 wkts; *1 wd 9 wkts ; *1 w d R U G B Y S C H O O L R u g b y 2 1 5 1 2 3 8 1 8 7r u n s وو SurreyClubandGround O v a l July 28, 29 128 182 196169 55 runs