James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1888

T H EUNIVERSITIESA N DPUBLICSCHOOLSIN 1887. 1 6 9 your wickets , the runs will take care of themselves ';" not a success as a wicket -keeper . E. B. Winch (10.6 ): The captain of the eleven , and a very good captain too; has managed his team well,andhasconscientiously looked after the interests of the club ; a very promising bat, but should cultivate a sounder defence of the off -stump; a very capable point. E. Berens (10.2 ) : A nextraordinary little left -handbowler ; this season his performances have been quite pheno- menal; a very promising bat, and capital field . P. W. Gordon (7.7): A much improved bat, andgood field ; with care and attention will make a good cricketer . E. E. P. Rose (6.3): Very steady as a batsman,with good defence ; must try to punish loose balls a little more heavily ; fair field ; good change bowler. C. H. Hart-Davis (6): Gave great promise early in the season , butfell off muchtowards the end; has the elements of a cricketer , andmust persevere . W. Bamford(2.3):I npractice a most promising andpretty bat, but through lack of nerve failed to comeoff inmatches; a very straight and effective bowler ; good field . S. B. Bullivant (2.2 ): A fast andsure field anywhere,butespecially goodat cover ; animprovingbat. E .B e r e n s W .B a m f o r d J. R . M a s o n M .W . Thompson E .E . P.R o s e T .H a n k s .. B O W L I N G A V E R A G E S . O v e r s. M a i d e n s. R u n s. W i c k e t s. 6 0 2 5 7 4 2 6 Average. 2 . 8 4 5 7 2 2 7 7 2 4 3 . 2 9 2 3 9 1 5 5 3 1 5 1 0 1 2 1 4 5.25 3 2 9 6 3 5 12.6 8 3 1 5 4 3.75 B a t hCollege.-L.Mossop (6.9): Fell off very remarkably as a bat ; agood field , and ener- getic captain . A. Ross (30.4 ) : Improved greatly as abat ; has astrong defence and pretty cut ; scoredconsistently ; often took the wickets well. A. B. Wilson(10.6) : Unfortunatelypreventedby illness from playing much; a fair bat , and change bowler . T. S. Wilson (10.7 ): A promising but mostdisappointing bat ; takes no trouble ; a good right -arm bowler ; very effective on a fiery wicket; abadfield . W. J. Smyth (6.6 ) : A promising bat, whois always put in too late ; a dan- gerous left -handbowler on a sticky wicket ; a good field anywhere . E. L. Storrar (19.2 ): Ahard hitter, w h omakesrunsoff badbowling; a goodfield . W. P. H a y d o n(5) : Adisappointing bat; a veryfair slowbowlerwith a fair spin; a goodfield . A. Garrett(8.4) : A patient and correct bat,w h oalwaysplays the game, and should be good; sleepy in the field ; occasionally bowls. A. Henderson (8.8) : Avery poor bat,who occasionally makes a sensational hit ; a bad field . G.M. A. Ross (3.8) : Apoor bat, and fair field . F. Hulbert (8) : Sometimes a good field ; a very w e a kbat. B O W L I N G A V E R A G E S . T. S. W i l s o n. W .J. Smyth. W .P. Haydon O v e r s. R u n s. W i c k e t s. Average. 1 8 6 3 2 7 3 6 9 . 1 2 7 2 5 8 1 4 3 13.5 1 4 2 3 0 4 2 1 14.5 B e d f o r dM o d e r nSchool. Captain , R. E. H. Anderson ; Secretary , G. H. Hems- ley.-R.E. H. Anderson: A goodfield , andbrilliant batw h e nset, but is hardlysteady enough. W. B. Thomson: Goodbat, particularly hard hitter on the off ; a splendid field . C. S. Mar- ston: Showedgood formfor his 91 not out, but indifferent since ; indifferent field. S. R. H a r d e n: G o o dbat,clean andhardhitter ; very useful medium-pacebowlerwith difficult break at times . A. O. Jones : Steady andsound bat, difficult wicket to take ; very useful wicket -keeper . G.Bailey : Plays straight ,but lacks freedom ; very useful change bowler . J. Pennycuick : Very fair fast bowler, goodpitch andjudgment; as a bat toom u c hgivento slogging. C. E. Lovell: Hitshard and freely ; should pay more attention to style ; fair field . H. P. Buchan : Good straight bat, hits well to leg; good field . L. G. Brown: Pretty style , should hit harder , finishes his stroke toosoon. R. C. Williams : Good, straight , andsteady bat; veryuseful field . Blundell's School, Tiverton, D e v o n.-Matchesplayed , 13; won, 9; drawn, 2 ; lost, 2.-T H EE L E V E NIN 1887.-*C. W . Gooch, Capt. (26.6) : Mostenergetic and successful captain; hits very hardall round; dashingout-field ; cankeepwicket. *M. H. Toller (20) : A nex- cellent batsman, but needs steadiness ; a very straight fast bowler; most successful on his day; notkeenat practices . A. S. Page(25): A steady and consistent batsman; cankeep wicket; is muchtoo easily discouraged . C. W. Brabant (8.7): Adiminutive batsman, with gooddefence, and a fine stroke to the off; mostunlucky in out-matches; a goodout-field . B. H. Drury (16.3 ) : A good medium-paced bowler , with lots of break ; useful batsman ; ex- cellent field at point . G. H. Arundell (28.1 ) : Improved greatly in defence during the season ; canhit very hard , especially to leg ; vigorous field , and change bowler , G. Drage (10): Some-