James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1888

2 2 4 LILLYWHITE'SCRICKETERS' A N N U A L. WEBBER SMITH , Major . Fine bat, strong defence , and hits hard ; excellent field , especially at cover -point . TOPPIN, C. (Cambridge). Plays for Cumberland. D E R B Y S H I R E . BARRINGTON, G. B. A good steady bat, always making runs against any kind of bowling , though not so successful in County matches as might be ex- pected ; a good slow bowler, and safe catch . COCHRANE , A. H. (Repton ) . A very useful cricketer ; good bat , hitting hard ; useful left -hand bowler, and fair field . EADIE, W. S. A very promising cricketer ; plays the gamecorrectly ; ought, with practice , to make a first -class batsman; rather slow in the field ; did not assist the County in 1887 . EVERSHED, S. H. (Clifton ). A good bat, and smart field ; did not play last year . EVERSHED, W. (Clifton ) . A good all -round cricketer ; hits very hard whenset ; didnot play for Derbyshire last year . MAYNARD,A. E. J. (Harrow and Cambridge ). Agood bat , and very good field . WALKER, G. G. Acapital left -handfast bowler ; can hit hard ; was of great use to the Countyas anall -roundcricketer ; should be morealert in the field . WRIGHT, S. G. A good bat and field . E S S E X . BISHOP, F. A. A very good fast bowler ; was very successful in more than one Countymatch last season ; is a sure but slow field . ΒΟΥΤΟΝ, Η. Played for the County in the later matches of the season , and showedmost promising batting form. BUXTON, C. D. (Harrow and Cambridge ) . A very fine batsman , playing in splendid , upright style ; is a magnificent and hard-working field anywhere ; bowls slow round-arm with considerable success . Captain of Cambridge University in 1888 . FOWLER, H. (Clifton and Oxford). A tremendous hitter , and should be more useful to his County, but is unable to play often . FRANCIS , W. Agood bat , but not so successful last season as previously ; a splen- didandmost energetic field . GREEN, C. E. (Uppinghamand Cambridge) . The Captain of the eleven ; in his daya very fine batsman; a thorough judge of the game, and the mainstay o fE s s e xcricket. O W E N, H. G. (Maldon) . Avery steady and sound batsman, with strong defence ; played well in County matches , and plays goodbowling well . SEWELL, R. P. Is full of cricket , and bats in very taking style ; wouldmakea very fine player had he more patience ; is a very fine field , and should makea good bowler , having a very good delivery . STEVENS , F. H. (Felstead ) . Fell off in his batting , and disappointed most good judges of the game last season ; bowls slow round-arm, sometimes with s u c c e s s . G L O U C E S T E R S H I R E . BUSH, J. A. (Clifton ). A safe wicket -keeper ; not successful as a bat . CROOME, A. C. M. (Wellington ) . FRANCIS, G U Y(Cheltenham) . A useful all -round cricketer ; fair bat. GRACE, E. M. Still a very effective bat , with a good eye for hitting ; plays in a style of his own; a splendid field . GRACE, W. G. Still one of the very best batsmen of the day ; hits all round freely , and times the ball with extraordinary precision ; bowls with great