James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1888

T H EUNIVERSITIESA N DPUBLICSCHOOLSIN 1887. 1 7 9 Martin (3.7 ) : Agood out-field ; has not had much chance of showing his batting powers , as he usually whips in the team; scores very slowly . A. F. Rutty (6.13 ) : A promising bat , but is young, and so cannot score very heavily ; must really work with more energy in the f i e l d. N .Perkins L .D a v i e s D .B .J a m e s B O W L I N G A V E R A G E S . Balls. M a i d e n s. R u n s. W i c k e t s. Average,AL 2 2 6 5 1 3 2 8 3 4 1 3 7 6 . 1 2 1 5 1 8 9 5 6 3 4 6 8 9.22 1 8 2 8 9 0 5 1 8 University College of Wales(Aberystwith).-Matches played , 8; won, 6; lost , 2.-*J. J. S. Rowe(Capt.): A nexcellent bat, although rather impatient for run-getting at the start ; a good slow bowler , with a nice break , and dashing cover -point ; captained the team with good judgment . T. R. Dawes : Has an excellent average of 22, the best of the team, also the only score over 50; his untiring defence served the team in good stead ; a good field at point,andcan bowl a little . * J. R. Evans: Thebest bowler the college has produced-fast right ,with plenty of break ; accomplished some marvellous performances , and onmore than oneoccasion wonthe match for U.C.W. * T. L. Hinchco : A careful left -hand bat, played s o m evaluable innings; bowlsfast left with somesuccess ; a lazyfield. * D. E. Evans: H a s entirely lost his bowlingpowersof 1886, but playedsomegoodinnings; a capital field . H. D. Moseley: Did not come off well , although he seems to have entirely forsaken his hitting tactics of 1886; a moderate field . E. F. Thomas : A good wicket -keeper , but cannot bat. * J. D. Jenkins : Agood bat, and medium-pace bowler ; most successful in latter department ; a sure catch . * J. H. Farmer : A moderate batsman, and good out-field ; bowls fast right ,but not very straight . * T. Young : A fair , but very unlucky bat ; best manin the team in the "country." WellingboroughG r a m m a rSchool.-BOYS' ELEVEN.-Matches played , 10 ; won, 7 ; drawn, 2 (strongly in favour of the school ); lost , 1. The Boys' Eleven scored over 300 runsonce, andplayed threeother innings of upwardsof 200runs. 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 tout. R u n s. a nI n n s. Average. A. G. Henfrey (capt .). 1 3. 1 5 0 4 1 1 9 4 2 P.A. Fryer 1 1 1 3 3 4 *1 3 3 3 3 . 4 G .S. T u x f o r d 1 1 1 2 0 2 6 7 2 0 . 2 C. W .King 1 2 0 1 7 2 5 9 1 4 . 4 F. G. Manning. 1 3 0 1 6 6 3 8 1 2 . 1 0 A.F. Fernie 1 3 2 1 3 3 5 0 1 2 . 1 E .H .Fryer 1 1 2 1 1 7 *4 1 1 3 E.J. Tayler 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 4 9 . 3 C.H .Tovey 9 4 1 0 1 *2 9 2 0 . 1 J. W. Summerhayes 4 3 2 4 *1 6 2 4 G .A. Medcalf 1 0 1 1 6 5 1 . 7 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. C. W .King G .S. T u x f o r d A.G.Henfrey. E.H .Fryer. F. G.M a n n i n g G.A.Medcalf 128.4 4 6 2 3 0 4 5 5 . 5 104.1 3 0 2 3 6 2 8 8 . 1 2 67.2 2 4 1 4 2 1 4 1 0 , 2 2 6 6 6 0 7 8 . 4 1 9 3 7 1 4 1 7 . 3 2 1 6 4 4 2 2 2 C. H. Tovey, 1 wicket for 10 runs ; E. J. Tayler , 1 wicket for 14 runs. F. W. Trolove and J. P. Islip played in some of the matches, but did not gain their XI. colours. W e y m o u t hCollege .- Members , 187. - Colours , Red and black .-Matches played , 14; won, 5; lost , 9.-J. H. Chick (8.9 ) : A very steady bat, whose patient play hasoften been of service ; moderate field . J. Fall (5.3 ): A disappointing bat; as a bowler lacks strength to keep up his end for long ; a good field . W. K. Hopkins (9.2) : Not so sure a bat as last year, but generally safe for a few runs; has wonderfully developed in bowling ; a brilliant field anywhere . A. C. Laing (10) : A thorough success as captain ; greatly im- proved as a bat , playing several capital innings ; a very successful bowler ; good field . R. M.