James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1890

T H EUNIVERSITIESA N DPUBLICS C H O O L SIN 1889. 1 4 1 bowler. E. Hind: Agood , hard-hitting bat, rarely letting a badball off , and aneat field . E. J. U. Cunningham : Avery good medium-pace bowler , getting u pfast off the pitch , with a good length ; amoderate bat, andagood field . W . B. Bell : Agood fast bowler ,but pays more attention to speed than to pitch ; a goodbut uncertain bat , and a moderate field . W. Cooper : A very fair bat , and asure catch in the long field . P. C. Phillips : Avery hard-hitting bat, but is in- clined to funkleg-balls too much; agood but slow field . E. C. Brierley : A very steady bat, and shows great promise ; agood field , and moderate change bowler . G. G. Lees : A good straight bat, a good field , and a very fair wicket -keeper. E. Roberts : Should be very useful next year ; a good bat, and a fair wicket- keeper. R U G B YS C H O O L , Captain for 1889 , A. W. Dixon. Resultso fM a t c h e s. Matches Played, 11 ; Won, 3 ; Drawn, 2 ; Lost, 6. Club. Opnts. Opponents. Where played . played . W h e n 1st 2nd 1st 2nd W o nb y i n n. i n n. i n n. inn. M a t c e sW o n(3) Oriel College,Ciford R u g b y J u n e4 1 2 9 61 *72 68runs; *3 w d R u g b yClub R u g b y 1 8 2 3 9 ود 7 8 *4 6161runs ; *4 w d Butterflies R u g b y July 8, 9 189 160 149 156 45 runs MatchesD r a w n(2). Remarks. M.C.C.andGround. R u g b y June21,22 169*132 142 188 *7 w d O l dRugbei ns R u g b y 27,28 197 *69 224 220 *2 w d M a t c h. Lort(6) Lostb y N e wCollege, Oxto. R u g b y M a y21 8 2 - 1 6 1 - 7 9 runs Trinity College , Oxford R u g b y J u n e1 57 *5 2 9 5 33 runs ; *6 w d Balliol College, Oxford R u g b y 6 و د 8 0*75 123 4 3runs; *3 w d F r e eForesters R u g b y 13,14 90 145 201 *37 10wkts ; *nowd LordFielding's Eleven..... N e wPaddocksJuly1 3 8 9 *1 3 1 42 r&7w; *3 w d M A R L B O R O U G HCOLLEGE.... Lord's ,, 31,Au. 1 66 172 125 *114 6wkts; *4w d 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 nInns. Average. A. W .Dixon. 1 3 0 1 7 1 4 4 1 3 . 2 E .F. Rutter. 1 4 0 2 6 2 5 3 18.10 F. J. Nicholls 1 8 0 8 0 8 5 8 1 6 E. J. Whitting 1 7 2 2 8 5 5 1 15.10 A.B e n h a m 1 6 0 6 8 1 9 8.15 P .F. W a r n e r 1 7 2 2 2 2 *4 6 14.12 1 J. A .Paul... 1 6 1 1 6 9 5 3 1 1 . 4 H. D. Rendall 1 3 5 1 0 2 *3 3 12.6 C.H e a d l a m 1 4 0 5 3 1 5 3 . 1 F .D .M e n z i e s 1 5 3 1 5 4 3 4 12.10 L. F. Cotton , 5 2 8 7 *3 3 2 9 B O W L I N GA V E R A G E S . Balls. Maidens. R u n s. Wickets. A.W .Dixon 1 1 2 6 8 9 3 9 6 4 1 Average. 9 . 2 7 F. J. Nicholls . P.F. Warner. A.B e n h a m ... J.A .P a u l H .D.Rendall F. W .Menzies L.F. Cotton 8 1 7 8 5 4 8 3 3 5 1 3 , 2 8 7 1 3 4 2 3 1 5 1 4 22.7 1 5 0 9 7 8 5 1 5 . 3 5 6 5 8 7 2 4 4 1 8 1 8 . 1 0 1 0 0 6 4 8 1 4 8 5 7 7 2 8 297- 1 8 1 6 . 9 2 0 5 1 3 6 1 2 8 0 . 1 RUGBY ELEVEN IN 1889 .-*A. W. Dixon (Capt .) : Bowled with great effect throughout ; agood bat and field ; a successful captain . *E. F. Rutter : Avery good bat , with taking style ; moderate field . *F. J. Nicholls : Agood