James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1890

T H EUNIVERSITIES AND PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN 1889. 1 2 7 expectations ; still the hard wickets have been all against his bowling ; poor bat , butavery fair field . *G. C. Barker : Hasbowled very steadily , but is blessed with little luck; is a very hard-hitting bat, especially to the on-side , but has latterly learnt to cut very well . *F. R. Meade : Very good bat, scores very fast , his cutting is very good, and he can also pull short ones well ; good field , andsafe catch in the country . *M. H. Stanbrough : Failed to comeoff at all in thebeginning of the season , but has lately played very well ; is a splendid field , withvery quick return , and a safe catch ; is a somewhat erratic bowler, but frequently gets wickets . C. H. King: A really good wicket -keeper , but has beengreatly handicapped by a badhand; in batting has a style of his own, but is sometimes a difficult m a nto get out . *B. W. Holman: Thebest bowler in the team, especially on ahard wicket ; bowls medium pace , and has a very good yorker ; is improving as a bat , but must learn to hit . *N. F. Shaw : Very steady bat; always in a long time for his runs ; fair field , and can keep wicket w h e nrequired . G. O. Smith : Amost promising bat, hits especially well to leg, butmustlearn not to try and hit straight balls in that direction ; steady bowler, andsmart field ; should be very good next year. *J. G. Woodhouse : Splendid field at point , and fair medium-pace bowler ; bats well in practice , but has not comeoff in matches . *J. D. Irvine : Very fine field at cover -point ; fair left- handmedium-pace bowler ; poor bat. C H E L T E N H A M C O L L E G E . Captain for 1889 , Hon. W. G. Thesiger . Resultso f M a t c h e s. Matches Played, 13 ; Won3 ; Drawn, 5 ; Lost, 5. Opponents. MatchesW o n(8). R.A.C. Cirencester MertonCollege .......... Cirencester . . . . Matches Drawn(5) . Liverpool ... EastGloucestershire ... OldCheltonians . . . . CLIFTONCOLLEGE....... Clifton Matches Lost (5). KebleCollege Exeter College ....... Incogniti MARLBOROUGHCOLLEGE.... M.C.C.andGround. . . W h e n Club. Opnts. Where played . played . 1st 2nd 1st 2nd ود Cheltenham June14,15 169 *100 221 136 W o nb y C h e l t e n h a mJ u n e1 8 8 C h e l t e n h a m 6 *1 7 2 7 4 1 6 8 1 4runs 4runs; *8w d Cheltenham July 11 1 0 8 7 8 8 0runs R e m a r k s. *9 w a C h e l t e n h a m 25, 27 184 1 9 31 8 6 Cheltenham 2 8,29 818 230 *83 *2 w d Cheltenham July 5, 6 208 303 249 *141 *6 w d Cheltenham 1 8 " *279 *8 wd Lostb y Cheltenham M a y1 8 Cheltenham 2 1 وو Cheltenham 27,28 Marlborough June 21, 22 Lord's Aug.2,8 B A T T I N GA V E R A G E S . 8 2*114184 - 102 runs ; *8 wd 6 9*109 128 88 61 90 *166 158 138 275 *19 9 1161 265 5 9runs; *6 w d 4 w; *6 w d 9w; *1w d inns & 18runs T i m e s I n n s. n o tout. R u n s. M o s ti n a nInns. W .Hodges.. 1 7 4 3 5 2 *1 1 9 Average. 27.7 T. Campbell 4 0 8 4 4 2 2 1 J. B. Cockburn 1 9 0 3 4 2 7 1 1 8 R. Simson 9 0 1 5 4 5 4 1 7 . 1 1 H o n. W .Thesiger 1 8 2 2 5 6 *9 0 1 6 A .J. H a l l 1 0 8 1 6 6 *2 2 15.14 R. G. Austin 1 7 1 2 3 9 4 6 1 4 . 8 A .C. T h o m s o n ...... 1 8 1 1 9 8 *3 0 11.6 H .Nelson 9 2 8 2 *8 7 1 1 . 5 E .M .Young............ 1 2 1 1 1 0 2 8 1 0 P. Oswald . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 9 2 159 2 6 9.6