James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1888

T H EUNIVERSITIESA N DPUBLICSCHOOLSIN 1887. 1 7 1 CraigmontSchool, E d i n b u r g h.-Matches played 19; won, 9 ; drawn, 2; lost , 8. B A T T I N GA V E R A G E S . M o s tin I n n s. R u n s. a nI n n s. Average. J. H . L eMessurier W .M .Scott W .E.A n d e r s o n W .Taylor 1 4 3 1 6 *6 5 2 4 . 4 2 4 2 4 9 *3 9 11.18 7 6 6 4 4 9 . 3 2 3 1 9 0 3 6 9 . 1 J. W a t s o n 2 4 1 6 8 2 7 8 W .W o o d. 2 1 9 3 1 7 6 . 3 J. Russell 2 2 1 3 4 1 9 6 . 1 4 W .A n d e r s o n 1 9 1 3 1 3 1 6.17 A .Gifford 1 2 4 9 1 1 6 . 1 J.M ' C l e w 1 6 7 0 1 8 5 . 5 G .B. Marrable 1 9 8 0 2 1 4 . 8 J. B. K y d. 8 3 2 2 0 4 . 4 L a n e(prof.) . 1 2 1 4 4 3 3 1 4 . 4 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. Wickets. Average. J. L eMessurier J. G. W a t s o n J.Russell W .M .Scott 2 4 0 7 2 4 9 0 6 6 7 . 3 3 2 4 9 6 6 0 3 7 4 8 . 1 1 1 6 2 3 3 3 9 5 4 7 0 8 . 1 9 9 8 2 3 2 0 2 1 8 1 1 . 4 D e v o nCountySchool, WestBuckland.-Matches played , 12; won, 1 ; lost , 5; drawn, 3 . - W .Thomas(14.9) : A good, steady bat, andefficient captain ; not quite so suc- cessful in makingruns as last year,but bowled very well . H. H. Taplin (22.11 ) : Avery steady , useful bat, andgoodbowler; did excellent service for the eleven. F. W. Taplin (17.3) : Seemed tohaverecovered muchof his old form in batting , and was a very efficient long-stop . R. M. Latham(12.4 ): Hadagain a higher batting average ,but sometimes hit too wildly ; was occa- sionally useful in bowling slows . H. S. Potbury (9.7) : Improved very greatly , and showed considerable promise ; played in excellent style . G. C. Collyer (8.12 ): Sometimes appeared nervous , but did good service with bat andball . J. Brown(7.13 ) : Avery fair all -roundplayer . P. D. Butt: Sometimes played very nicely . E. H. Couch (6.4) : Showed good promise, and played steadily . G. P. Searle (8.3 ) : A fair bat and field . G. W. Harris : Very good at long- field . S. J. Cook(9) : Sometimeseffective as a bowler. B O W L I N G A V E R A G E S . W .T h o m a s H .H . Taplin. R.M .L a t h a m G .C. Collyer . J.B r o w n S. J. C o o k Balls. M a i d e n s. R u n s. Wickets. Average. 1 0 9 0 6 8 4 8 7 5 6 8 . 3 9 1 0 0 0 5 4 4 6 2 3 7 12.18 4 0 3 7 2 4 8 2 2 11.6 3 6 1 1 5 1 8 3 7 26.1 2 9 2 7 1 6 8 9 1 8 . 6 1 1 4 1 1 4 7 6 7 . 5 F a u c o n b e r g eSchool, Beccles.-Matches played , 17 ; won, 12; drawn, 2 ; lost , 3.-THE ELEVEN IN 1887.-C. O. Raven, Captain (47.4 ): Very good bat, playing muchmorecarefully than last year ; good driving and cutting powers ; bowls fast right -hand, very straight , with good length ; fine field and catch , especially out. E. F. Carnegie (15.9 ) : Agoodandvery pretty bat, but too apt to send catches in the slips ; good left -handbowler, coming in a good deal from the leg ; good field , especially at cover -point , and safe catch . G .W. Beck (11.1 ) : Has very muchimproved in his batting , playing very straight this year ; fast and extremely erratic bowler ; good field and catch ; useful manout,as he throws very well . H.F. Freeland (6.2): Poorbat,has one stroke , a drive on the off side ; whenbowling must pitch his balls up to get wickets ; good field , and certain catch. J. C. Vidal(6) : Plays extremelywell, thoughsmall; fair field , but poor catch. R. M . Shepheard(5.6) : H a splayed steadily during the season; a good m a nto go in first ; goodfield at long-on; also is a safe catchat times. H.D o w s o n(5) : H a shadhardluck in havinganinjured kneehalf the season; whenhehas played he has not come up to last year's form; fair change bowler , good long- stop, and very safe catch . L. W. Bennett (4.1 ) : Has very muchimproved in batting ; very goodout-field andcatch . W. Wyllys (18) : Goes in last , but always gets a few runs bychance ; poorfield . W. Farquharson (2.1): Hassome notion of batting ; must get over his nervousness andimprove his fielding if he wants to be any good. P. Robertson (1.6): Apoor bat, moreat h o m ewith slow bowling than fast ; a fair field , but not always a safe catch ; can bowl slows fairly well.