James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1888

THE AVERAGES (FIRST -CLASS) OF 1887 . 2 2 1 B A T T I N GA V E R A G E S .-Continued. I n n s. T i m e s n o to u t. M o s tin R u n s. a nI n n s. T. C. O'Brien 2 4 3 5 1 7 8 3 Average. 24.13 R a w l i n 1 3 2 2 6 6 8 4 2 4 . 2 M .R e a d 3 8 0 9 0 8 7 1 2 3 . 3 4 F l o w e r s 3 2 2 7 1 5 7 6 2 3 . 2 5 G .W .Ricketts 1 3 0 2 9 1 9 2 2 2 . 5 D a v i d s o n 1 4 0 3 1 2 7 5 2 2 . 4 W a d e 3 4 7 5 9 4 6 6 2 2 W . W . F. Pullen. 2 2 0 4 7 2 7 8 21.10 W .H.Dudney... 1 6 2 3 0 1 9 7 21.7 H .Philipson 1 6 3 2 7 9 1 5 0 2 1 . 6 F. H .Gresson 2 3 0 4 8 8 7 0 21.5 H u m p h r e y s 2 7 3 5 0 6 1 1 7 2 1 . 2 H .V .P a g e 1 4 2 2 5 3 *6 1 21.1 H e n d e r s o n 2 3 4 3 9 4 9 8 20.14 P a i n t e r 1 5 0 3 1 1 7 9 20.11 F. G. J. F o r d 2 0 0 4 0 9 7 9 20.9 E . M .G r a c e 2 7 0 5 5 2 8 4 20.12 O. G. Radcliffe 2 7 2 5 0 6 7 7 2 0 . 6 J. H i d e 3 2 3 5 8 2 1 1 5 2 0 . 2 W o o d .. 2 5 2 4 6 1 7 9 2 0 . 1 H .B .D a f t. 2 1 0 4 2 1 8 8 20.1 B e a n 2 6 2 4 7 7 *1 0 5 1 9 . 2 3 J. G. W a l k e r . 2 6 2 4 7 6 6 2 19.20 Scotton 1 9 1 3 4 9 5 8 19.7 L o r dHarris 7 0 1 3 4 5 1 19.1 A b e l 3 4 0 6 3 8 9 2 1 8 . 2 6 B a r l o w 2 8 1 5 0 3 7 6 18.17 G .J o w e t t 2 3 2 3 8 9 5 8 1 8 . 1 1 Y a t e s 2 6 7 3 5 2 *57 18.10 A .N e w n h a m ... 1 1 2 1 6 7 5 6 1 8 . 5 P. J. de Paravicini . 1 4 4 1 8 4 7 0 1 8 . 4 E.A.Nepean 2 7 4 4 0 7 7 1 17.16 J. N . T o n g e 1 7 1 2 7 4 4 0 17.2 Chatterton 2 2 1 3 3 4 6 6 15.19 J. H .B r a i n 2 1 0 3 3 1 7 4 15.16 O. P. Lancashire . 1 6 0 2 5 5 4 5 15.15 R . T. T h o r n t o n 1 4 1 2 0 6 3 5 15.11 P r e s t o n 3 1 2 4 4 6 - 9 3 15.11 F. T o w n s e n d 1 7 1 2 4 2 5 6 15.2 H .W .Forster 2 0 2 2 7 2 *6 0 15.2 Cropper 1 4 0 2 1 1 4 3 15.1 M .C. K e m p 8 1 1 0 4 3 1 14.6 Tester.... 2 8 0 3 9 5 7 0 14.3 C.A . 8 m i t h 1 9 3 2 2 6 *4 3 1 4 . 2 A .H e a r n e 2 9 4 3 5 1 *36 1 4 . 1 T H EB O W L E R S . AMATEURbowling was never weaker, and all the honours in this department havefallen to the professionals . Lohmann, Briggs , Watson, and Woottoneach got over a hundred wickets , and taking into account the workhe had to do, andthe little help as a rule he got from the wickets , Lohmann's figures are ex- ceptionally fine . Mr. E. A. Nepean, the slow bowler of the Oxford University eleven , madea very creditable débût in first -class cricket , otherwise there was no sign of any newtalent of promise to recruit the thinned and enfeebled ranks o fa m a t e u rbowlers.