James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1888

T H EUNIVERSITIES AND PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN 1887. 1 4 5 ROSSALL ELEVEN IN 1887 .-*A. G. Bather (Capt., 1885-7 ) : Improved a great deal as the season advanced, and ought to be a really good bat; a good point, and a sure catch and field anywhere ; has made only a moderate captain ; did not change the bowling enough . *J. P. Wilson (1885-7 ) : Rather disappoint- ing at the beginning of the season , but improved again towards the close ; a good , sound long -field ; his patient and reliable battingting will be greatly missed . H. H. Marriott (1885-7 ) : Has improved greatly on his last year's form, and plays a good dashing game, rarely failing to score ; a useful change bowler , who has at times got wickets ; a fair field ; ought to do well as captain next year. F. V. Heath (1885-7 ) : A good and invaluable bowler, though the wickets have anything but suited him; has a good head, and uses it, but woulddo better if hekept moreconsistently to slows ; he improved greatly towards the end of the season as a bat, andwould makeruns if he only believed he could ; an excellent field . G. S. Porter (1886-7 ) : A very useful bat, whoimproved greatly in the course of the season ; a capital change bowler, very hard to score off ; at times brilliant in the field ; will be missed greatly next year. *E. C. Davis (1886-7 ) : Avery useful m a nall round; as a bat has maderuns whenthey were most wanted; while at times he has bowledwith markedsuccess ; a brilliant if not very safe mid-off ; here , as a captain of clubs , his place will be hard to fill . P. Higson (1887 ) : His patient and reliable batting has been invaluable to the team, his average by no means representing his true worth; quite the most useful bat in the team ; a good long -leg , and a sure catch . T. Hughes (1887 ): Has been of the greatest service to the team, having bowled throughout the season with great success ; has a very nice left -hand delivery and a pitch which, thanks to careful attention to coaching ,has come near to perfection ; apainstaking , useful bat , with a style of his own; a poor field . *G. S. Davies (1887) : A vigorous bat, especially on the off , with a very cramped style ; a persevering wicket -keep ; mightbowl if he tried ; avery valuable man, whowill be muchmissed . H. A. Hutton (1887 ) : A most promising bat, whowill turn out really well ; at present has a weakness for the slog absolute ; an uncertain though pretty field . B. Lorrimer (1887 ) : Has won his place by his consistently excellent fielding at cover -point ; is still quite young ; his batting and bowling are both very promising . R U G B YS C H O O L , Captain for 1887 , G. F. Jackson . Resultsof M a t c h e s. Matches Played , 13 ; Won, 6 ; Drawn, 1 ; Lost , 6. Club. Opnts. W h e n Opponents. Whereplayed . played . 1 s t2nd 1st 2nd W o nb y i n n. inn. i n n. i n n. MatchesW o n(6) Trinity College , Oxford R u g b y M a y31 1 3 6 -9 1 4 5runs University College , Oxford R u g b y J u n e2 1 4 5 8 1 6 4runs FreeForesters Rugby " 8,9 117 192 77 159 86 runs Oriel College , Oxford R u g b y 1 4 1 7 8 1 0 8 7 0runs " C L I F T O NC O L L E G E R u g b y 2 1 2 3 8 5 1 1 8 7runs و و R u g b yClub R u g b y July 11, 12 83 193 122 119 35 runs MatchD r a w n(1). R e m a r k s . OldRugbeians R u g b y ود 2 3, 24 330 1 9 1*126 *7 w d Matches Lost (6) Lostb y N e wCollege, Oxford Rugby May11 7 6 2 0 9 1 3 3runs BrasenoseCollege, Oxford R u g b y 2 4 6 6 *9 5 Balliol College, Oxford R u g b y ود ود 2 6 9 8 1 0 8 Butterflies R u g b y Ju30, Jy1 112 66 125 236 M A R L B O R O U G H C O L L E G E L o r d ' s July 27, 28 117 66 131 269 29r&6 w; *4 w d 1 0r u n s 183 runs 217 runs M.C.C. andGround... Lord's و د 29, 30 114 112 253 inns. & 17 runs 1 1