James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1889

1 5 2 LILLYWHITE'SCRICKETERS' A N N U A L. 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 to u t. R u n s. a nI n n s. P. H. Latham 1 7 2 4 0 6 *1 0 7 Average. 2 7 H .H . H a n s a r d 1 8 1 3 5 9 5 8 21.1 H. R. Sedgwick 1 8 1 3 1 5 *6 5 1 8 . 4 H .S. Ainslie 1 1 0 1 7 4 8 0 15.8 L. B. Corbett... 8 3 7 7 *4 2 15.4 H .Malins. 1 7 2 2 0 3 6 1 13.5 R.M. Harvey. 1 7 0 2 1 5 3 7 12.6 F. H .Morris 1 3 2 1 2 0 3 6 1 0 . 9 P. G. Reynolds 5 1 2 8 1 1 7 C. G.Wotherspoon 1 3 0 7 8 2 1 6 A.Harding. 1 3 5 4 2 2 6 5.2 C. W .Johnson(12thm a n) 1 0 0 3 9 1 2 3 . 9 H .Malins P. H. L a t h a m C. G. Wotherspoon A.Harding.. H. R. Sedgwick B O W L I N G A V E R A G E S . Balls. R u n s. W i c k e t s. 1 3 4 3 4 9 6 3 8 Average. 13.5 6 7 3 2 9 4 2 1 1 4 7 4 0 3 1 8 1 6 1 9 . 8 1 3 0 7 5 5 5 2 4 2 3 . 1 1 2 8 7 3 1 7 3 Morris bowled in two innings , taking 3 wickets for 24; Ainslie in one innings took 1 wicket for 6; andHansard1 wicket for 7. MALVERNELEVENIN 1888. *H. R. Sedgwick : O n one or two occasions has played good cricket ; plays very flukily till set , when he hits hard and well ; a capital field at cover-point , and has taken the wickets fairly successfully , though expensive in the matter of byes ; bad judge of a run. *H. H. Hansard : Thebest bat in the eleven , though he never makes more than fifty ; plays with a very straight bat, and has improved in his leg strokes ; a first -rate field in the country ; with more experience he ought to makehis mark. *H. S. Ainslie : W a sunable to play till late in the season ; hits freely , but is uncertain , and does not makeas muchuse of his reach as he ought ; a goodpoint . *R. M. Harvey: Wasvery successful at the beginning of the season , but fell off as the wickets got slower ; always keen and full of energy in the field . *C. G. Wotherspoon : Hasat times bowledvery successfully , and has improved since last year ; bowls faster andwith more commandover the ball ; has at times proved useful in knocking up a few runs at the end of the innings , but has not improved in form asmuchas he ought to have done. *H. Malins : Has proved most serviceable with the ball and done several good performances , as his analysis will show; played one good innings , but has not scored so consistently as he ought to have done, mainly because he does not play with a straight bat. P. H. Latham: Has comeon a great deal since last year, and played some very sound cricket ; is still weakonhis leg stump and on his leg side generally ; muchimproved as a field , and is a very fair change bowler . A. Harding : Has had a lot of hard workto do, and done it very creditably ; he bowls very steadily , keeps a good length , and gets a fair amountof spin on; has been kept ontoo long at a time very often ; has not sufficient self -confidence as bat, and could be muchbetter thanhe thinks . *F. H. Morris : Avery plucky and improving wicket -keep ; disappointing as a bat, thoughhe has several good strokes , especially on the on- side and in front of cover -point ; always plays the game. L. B. Corbett : Very promising , and ought to prove of great service when he gets stronger ; plays very straight , and has good defence , but ought to make more runs on the leg- side ; an excellent field near the wickets . *P. G. Reynolds : Plays very straight and watches the ball well , but has not much punishing power ; poor field .