James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1889

1 7 8 LILLYWHITE'SCRICKETERS' ANNUAL. D e v o nCountySchool, WestBuckland.-W. Thomas , Captain (9.4 ) : Agood , steady bat, and effective bowler . F. W. Taplin (12.5 ) : Areliable bat,sometimes hits very hard; mostuseful behind the wickets . H. H. Taplin (9.7 ) : A fine bat , andplays in good style ; began well, but was unfortunate during latter part of the season ; bowled consistently well , and bore thebrunt of the attack ; a fine field anywhere. E. H. Couch(7.5): A nimprovingbat, hits very cleanly ; will make a goodbowler . G. P. Searle (6.1 ) : A steady bat, andvery good field . H. E. Sherlock (3.2 ) : Bats in good form; bowls fairly , and is a good field . J. Bartlett (3) : Canhit hard; a fair field . G. C. Collyer (2.5): Didnot come up to expectations as a bat ; has improved in his bowling , was occasionally most effective . H. P. Champion (2.1 ) : A fair and promising bat and field ; wants strength . A. Gifford (1.3) : Fielded well throughout the season ; disappointing as a bat. E. Adams(1.1 ) : A keen cricketer , but unlucky ; fields well , a n dcanbowlfairly well . B O W L I N G A V E R A G E S . G. C. Collyer W .T h o m a s H.H. Taplin E. H .C o u c h H. E. Sherlock E .A d a m s . F. W . Taplin Balls. R u n s. Wickets. Average. 3 9 6 1 6 8 2 2 7.14 4 7 4 1 7 8 2 1 8.10 7 7 7 3 2 5 3 7 8 . 2 9 1 2 1 4 5 4 1 1 . 1 1 1 1 7 1 5 1 4 . 1 2 4 1 8 1 1 8 4 9 4 5 2 2 2 . 1 D o v e rCollege.-Matches played , 12; won, 12; drawn, 0; lost , 0.-Colours , Broad BlackandWhiteStripes , with Crest; ground, FolkestoneRoad,Dover.-H. S. Bush(45): A very fine all -round cricketer ; as a bat is even nowalmost first -class ; scoring all round with great rapidity ; must learn to be patient on a slow wicket ; a good medium-pace bowler , possessed of manydodges , and at times quite deadly ; a first -class field anywhere ; a good judge of the game, and has madeanexcellent captain . C. E. Wilson (21.76 ): A hard hitter , whoseplay suffered in the beginning of the season from nervousness ; a very good field , and safe catch" in thecountry; " a slow bowler, w h ocanget wickets at a pinch. A. N. D. Fagan (13.74) : A goodandsteady bat, whoseaverage shouldbe m u c hhigher if he could hit a half- volley ; a fine field , and has taken the wicket with success . H. C. A. Brooking (16) : Avery goodfast bowler, w h ounfortunately did notget into formtill late in the season; a splendid field andcatch , and a tremendous hitter when set . F. O. Wyatt (10.46 ) : Avery difficult m a n tobowl; mostuseful to tire a bowler; should bea very good bat next year; m u c himproved in fielding . A. E. Delavoye (14.3 ) : An uncertain bat , very strong on his " off," very weak on his " leg " side ; a really brilliant field at point , and a bowler whoshould be deadly whenhe haslearned to pitch theball up. J. B. Orr(10.37) : Verydisappointing as abat; toofondof a" pull ;" a very fine field at mid-off , and a safe catch . C. C. Onslow (9.33 ) : Has played little , owing to work; a useful bat,and really good field . R. J. Hunter (14) : A hard-hitting left-h a n dbat, w h ocan nearly always get a few runs; has not fulfilled expectations in his bowling, and sometimes goes to sleep in the field . C. P. Isaac (4.88 ) : Bats in beautiful style , butsomehowfails to get runs at present ; uncertain in the field . W. R. Hunt(4.27): With a little more quickness would makea good bat ; avery good ground field ,but somewhat uncertain catch. FulneckSchool, near Leeds.-Matches played ,14; won,10; drawn , 1; lost , 3. 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. S. C. Ashton 1 2 2 1 5 5 *5 5 15.5 W .B a t t 1 0 1 1 0 1 *2 6 11.2 E .H u m b e r s t o n e 4 0 1 0 2 6 0 2 5 . 2 N .L i b b e y 1 4 4 1 1 4 *3 2 11.4 Rev. W. T. Titterington 4 0 7 4 2 5 1 8 . 2 J. A. Yonge.... 1 6 2 3 5 9 *6 6 25.9 G .H .A s t e n 7 0 2 6 1 6 3 . 5 R. Bracewell 7 1. 2 2 1 1 3 . 4 R .Elliott 8 3 2 4 1 2 4 . 4 S .H a l e 8 1 4 1 *1 4 5.6 W .A. Thompson 1 5 0 1 3 7 2 8 9 . 2 E .W a l d e r 1 4 1 7 6 1 5 5.11 B O W L I N GA V E R A G E S . Overs. M a i d e n s. R u n s. Wickets. Average. R .Elliott 6 9 1 1 1 7 0 1 5 11.5 N .Libbey 1 6 7 4 0 3 8 6 6 0 6 . 2 6 E.Walder 1 9 2 6 0 3 5 1 6 2 5.41