James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1888

2 2 0 LILLYWHITE'SCRICKETERS' A N N U A L, C H A P T E R V I I I. T H EA V E R A G E S ( F I R S T- C L A S S ) O F 1 8 8 7. HEREWITHWe give the figures of the most successful exponents of the game in 1887. The grounds, it maybe stated , at the outset were all in favour of the batsmen, and run-getting in consequence was considerably above the average . It was essentially a batsman's year , and the scoring was on several occasions very high . Arthur Shrewsbury and Mr. W. G. Grace stood out, however, in bold relief . Shrewsbury's performances were phenomenal , only being equalled by Mr. Grace in the best of his manysuccessful seasons , 1876. Eight times in all he scored over a hundred runs, and his consistently brilliant batting throughout the summerentitled him to be considered the best bat of the day. Mr. W. G. Grace's success was remarkable , considering that he has taken partin important matches for nearly a quarter of a century . Evennow, after twenty- three years of hard work, he has no superior as an all -round cricketer . B A T T I N GA V E R A G E S . T i m e s M o s ti n I n n s. notout. R u n s. a nI n n s. Average. Shrewsbury 2 3 2 1 6 5 3 2 6 7 78.15 W .G. Grace... 4 6 8 2 0 6 2 *1 8 3 54.10 A. J. W e b b e. 3 1 5 1 2 4 4 *2 4 3 4 7 . 2 2 W .W .R e a d 3 6 2 1 6 1 5 2 4 4 4 7 . 1 7 K. J. K e y 4 4 5 1 6 8 4 2 8 1 43.7 W .E .Roller 1 2 0 4 9 0 1 2 0 40.10 H a l l 3 6. 4 1 2 4 0 1 6 0 3 8 . 2 4 Ulyett 4 1 2 1 4 8 7 *1 9 9 38.5 G u n n .. 3 0 3 9 5 8 *2 0 5 35.13 R o b i n s o n 2 1 4 6 0 4 *1 1 1 35.9 F.T h o m a s .. 1 7 1 5 5 4 1 1 4 34.10 W . C. Bridgeman 1 1 2 3 1 3 *1 6 2 3 4 . 7 A. J. Thornton... 9 1 2 7 5 1 3 7 34.3 J. Eccles 2 2 2 6 7 7 1 1 3 33.17 B a r n e s 3 0 1 9 5 7 1 6 0 3 3 J. Shuter 2 7 0 8 7 1 1 1 1 32.7 Quaife... 3 0 1 9 2 6 1 1 1 31.27 E. Crawley 9 2 2 1 5 *1 0 3 30.5 A.M. Sutthery. 1 4 1 3 9 1 7 3 30.1 F. Sugg 1 5 1 4 1 7 9 8 29.11 1 L e e 2 0 0 5 9 1 1 6 5 29.11 S. W .Scott 1 3 1 3 5 4 9 9 2 9 . 6 L. Martineau 1 1 4 2 0 6 1 0 9 2 9 . 3 W .N e w h a m . 1 6 1 4 3 8 1 0 8 2 9 . 3 W .H .Patterson 1 3 0 3 7 7 9 9 2 9 A. N. Hornby 2 6 1 7 1 7 1 0 5 28.17 A .E . Stoddart 2 8 0 7 9 9 1 5 1 28.15 E .H .B u c k l a n d 1 3 0 3 7 4 1 4 8 2 8 . 1 0 Briggs ...... 3 1 2 8 1 9 6 8 28.7 W .Rashaleigh 3 0 1 8 1 6 1 0 8 2 8 . 4 L .W i l s o n 1 3 0 3 6 6 7 9 2 8 . 2 J. A. D i x o n 1 2 0 3 3 5 8 9 27.11 A .P. L u c a s 1 0 3 1 9 3 4 7 27.4 F .M a r c h a n t. 2 4 2 5 8 6 7 2 26.14 F . H e a r n e . 3 7 1 9 2 1 1 4 4 2 5 . 2 1 L o h m a n n 3 6 3 8 4 3 1 1 5 25.18 G .G .H e a r n e 3 1 3 7 1 4 9 1 25.14 P e e l...... 3 7 4 8 3 5 9 1 25.10 B a t e s.. 4 0 0 9 9 6 1 0 3 2 4 . 3 6 H o n. M. B. H a w k e. 4 1 2 9 6 7 1 2 5 24.31 1