James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1888

1 5 6 LILLYWHITE'SCRICKETERS' A N N U A L. B A T T I N GA V E R A G E S . T i m e s M o s tin I n n s. n o to u t. R u n s. anInns. A. M .Paterson . 1 5 1 2 1 4 *3 6 Average. 1 5 . 3 P.H . Morrison . 1 4 0 1 4 0 3 2 1 0 R .C. B r o w n 1 5 2 1 5 2 3 0 1 1 . 6 F .E . W o o d h e a d 1 6 1 3 3 3 8 1 22.2 P. C. C o c h r a n 1 5 0 1 0 7 3 3 7.5 G .B. Paterson .. 1 5 2 9 2 1 8 7.7 R .H . D u n... 1 6 0 1 5 5 2 9 9.6 M .R o s e 1 5 0 1 2 0 4 3 8 H. T. S. Gedge. 1 2 3 6 5 1 4 7.5 P. E .S m i t h 1 4 4 6 2 2 2 6 . 2 D.L. Evans 1 1 3 8 9 2 4 11.1 B O W L I N G A V E R A G E S . B a l l s. M a i d e n s. R u n s. W i c k e t s. A .M .Paterson 3 0 2 2 5 8 5 1 1 Average. 7.7 P.H .Morrison 5 2 1 3 6 1 9 2 7 2 7 . 4 R. C. B r o w n 4 5 8 2 3 2 3 3 1 8 12.9 F. E. Woodhead 2 5 0 1 5 1 1 0 5 2 2 R .H .D u n 7 2 5 2 2 3 3 8 3 8 8.8 M .R o s e 1 3 2 8 8 2 5 2 1 3 7 1 4 . 8 P. E .S m i t h . 7 0 9 3 3 2 6 2 1 7 1 5 . 4 D .L. E v a n s 4 9 0 3 6 2 0 9 1 7 1 2 . 2 LORETTO ELEVEN IN 1887. -Alexander Macdonald Paterson (Capt., 1885-7 ) : A fair bat, but lacking in defence , and has a weakstroke on the off ; bowls both " round hand" and " grubs ," neither very well, but the latter have been useful on two or three occasions ; a fine field at point, but hardly so brilliant as last year ; as captain has been most energetic and untiring , and has shown good judgment in the very difficult task of managing the wretched bowling wehave hadthis year. Piercy Henderson Morrison (1884-7 ) : As vigorous a bat as ever , but still with the old fault of hitting too early and too often ; has an awkward habit of putting his leg in front , and is apt to play forward too soon at a good length ball ; an erratic bowler , with no commandof pitch , though at times very useful ; a good field " in the country ," having improved in picking up the ball , andbeing a very sure catch . Frank Ellis Woodhead (1884-7 ) : Byfar the best bat in the XI.; began the season well, but wentoff in the middle of the term, though latterly he seems to have almost recovered his old form again ; bowls fast and at times fairly well ; a good field at mid-off . Robert Charles Brown (1886-7 ) : A verygood field at cover -point , with lots of dash and a quick return , but not quite so clean in picking up as last year, and still gets flurried over a sharp run. O n e of the best bowlers of a badlot, andhas moreconfidence andpatience than for- merly ; greatly improved in his batting , both in defence and hitting ; but not muchathomewith slow bowling . Peter Campbell Cochran (1886-7 ) : Wouldbe a good bat if he did not play back at half volleys ; has considerably improved in power, cutting and hitting well off his legs , but still too cramped in style , especially in his forward play ; a very fine field and safest of catches " in the country " ; has been also knownto bowl. George Bennett Paterson (1887 ) : A steady and useful bat with some defence , and quite free from nervous- ness ; has a good stroke to leg , but is weakon the off side ; a poor wicket- keeper, being too slow with his hands and not good at the catches . Robert H a y Dun(1887) : Amost patient , useful , and slow -scoring bat , with astrong defence andheaps of confidence ; a poor field , and not very good at taking a throw in to his wicket ; latterly his " lobs " have been most destructive , but are not always to be depended on. Patrick Smith (1885-7 ) : Has bowled as steadily as ever ,