James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1889

5 6 LILLYWHITE'SCRICKETERS' A N N U A L. games , and though he took a little more to hitting towards the end, rarely failed to score . Of the others , Mr. Dubashwas undoubtedly the best , though Messrs . Bapasola , Pavri , and the captain , and Morenas, whohardly fulfilled his promise of 1886 , were useful at times . Someof the bowling was quite upto the average . Mr. Pavri's figures in par- ticular were above the ordinary . H ebowled fast round-arm, of a good length, and towards the end of the tour developed a very good style , varying his pace and pitch well , besides makingthe ball do a good deal at times . H e delivered , as will be seen , over five thousand balls at a cost of just under two thousand runs, and took in all a hundred and seventy wickets for an average of less than twelve runs -really good figures . Mr. Pandole, though more expensive , was very successful in the earlier matches, and Mr. P. D. Kanga's fast underhand puzzled the batsmen at times considerably . The younger Kanga, a left -hand medium-pace bowler, too, did good service more than once, having a neat de- livery with accuracy of pitch . If sometimes uneven, the fielding was generally good, not seldom brilliant . Commencing at Leyton on June 7th , they finished at the Oval on Sept. 13th , so that the really active part of the tour extended over a little more than three months. On the whole they had no reason to be dissatisfied with the cricket they showed, and the successes they had will no doubt stimulate themto gain greater proficiency in the game. The establish- ment of a Gymkanain Bombayfor the regulation of Parsee sports should bring their cricket under a proper organization , andtend to consolidate it to the advan- tage of anyfuture tours . Theresults of the matches and the averages of the team are given here. R e s u l t so f M a t c h e s . Matches Played, 31 ; W o n, 8 ; Drawn, 12 ; Lost , 11 . Opponents. W h e n Where played . played . Club. Opnts. 1 s t 2 n d1st 2 n d W o nb y i n n. inn. i n n. inn. MatchesW o n(8). Gents. ofHastings ,with bowler Hastings July 3, 4 145 95 182 95 9 wkts; *1 w d Gentlemenof Bury.. B u r y و د 20, 21 156 6 4 4 0 inns& 52 runs Gents. of Northamptonshire .. Northampton Gents.of Bournmouth,12 aside BournemouthAug. 3,4 " 3 0, 31 119 81 61 42 97 runs 6 1 *37 56 41 7 wkts; *4 w d G e n t l e m e nofE a s t b o u r n e. E a s t b o u r n e 13, 14 168 256 302 56 66 runs G e n t l e m e nofR i c h m o n d R i c h m o n d و د ود 22, 23*164 35 97 100 7 wkts; *3 w d GentlemenofEastSurrey Selhurst 24, 25 78 162 115 63 62runs Gentlemenof Bridlington .... Bridlington Ag. 31 Sp.1 169 73 91 131 20 runs G e n t l e m e nofE s s e x G e n t l e m e nofK e n t. MatchesD r a w n(12). Gents. of Richmond, 12 a side Richmond U n i t e dServices G e n t l e m e nofR o c h d a l e Gentlemenof Staffordshire R e m a r k s . Leyton June7, 8 1 3 4*205 4 4 7 *9 wktsd o w n B l a c k h e a t h ود 1 2, 13 146 250 243 *61 *7 wkts d o w n 1 4, 1 5 *99 2 2 5 *8 wktsd o w n Portsmouth July 6, 7 133 220 124 *45 *3 wkts down R o c h d a l e و ر 9 , 1 0 *54 2 9 5 *n o w k td o w n S t o k e 16, 17 155 98 101 *37 *2 wkts d o w n M.C.C.a n dG r o u n d. Lord's و و 27. 28 91 *35 179 *2 wktsd o w n Cambridge University L.V.C. Cambridge Aug.8,9 2 5 4 1 0 6*2 9 6 *7 wkts down Gentlemenof Scarborough Scarborough 27, 28 119 91 140 *70 *7 wkts down Gentlemenof Warwickshire .. Birmingham Sept. 4,5 164 *62 200 219 *3 wkts down Gentlemenof Leicestershire Gents. of NorthDerbyshire.. MatchesLost (11). Gents. of WestMiddlesex Leicester 6 , 7 4 0*1 1 4 226 *5 wktsd o w n Buxton و د وو 1 0, 11 132 91 125 *17 *2 wktsdown Lostb y Gentlemenof Surrey Gentlemenof Hampshire Gentlemenof Sussex Gentlemen of Longsight Westof Scotland Gentlemenof Liverpool Gentlemenof Norfolk Twelveof Public Schools M.C.C. andGround... Gentlemenof Surrey....... ChiswickP k. June18,19 O v a l Southampton Brighton Longsight Glasgow Liverpool N o r w i c h Leyton Lord's 2 2, 23 113 79 126 366 25, 26 137 116 152 211 29,30 155 91 387 July 13,14 40 70 131 ود وو 18,19 89 27 82 230 23, 24 51 134 130 Aug.6, 7 و د وو 17,1 8 20, 21 78 129 137 121 149 178 177 74 232 Sept. 12,13 82 118 49 196 runs *56 5wkts; *5 w d 73 1 wkt; *9 w d 94 7 wkts; *4 w d 21 10wkts ; *no w d O v a l 160 9 runs 80 161 164 *78 5 wkts; *5 w d 300 runs " 110 runs وو و و inns. & 141runs inns. & 21runs