James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1891

1 1 0 LILLYWHITE'SCRICKETERS' A N N U A L. B O W L I N G A V E R A G E S . O v e r s. Maidens. Runs. Wickets. E .C. Streatfeild. 110.1 5 3 1 4 5 1 6 Average. 9.1 Sharpe 1 2 9 1 . 2 5 4 6 2 2 5 4 1 7 9 12.106 L o h m a n n 1268.3 5 2 6 2 1 0 4 1 5 4 13.102 Brockwell . 117.2 4 2 2 5 0 1 6 15.10 W .W .R e a d. 7 4 1 7 1 7 5 1 0 17.5 H a r r i s 3 6 1 2 6 5 3 21.2 B e a u m o n t . 219.2 7 0 5 2 2 2 2 23.16 H e n d e r s o n 103.3 3 8 1 6 8 7 2 4 Bowley 242.4 1 0 3 4 3 7 1 7 25.12 Lockwood . 194.4 8 5 3 6 4 1 4 2 6 W .E .Roller 132.1 4 0 2 7 9 1 0 27.9 A b e l 6 3 1 9 1 2 7 4 31.3 Watts bowled in three innings , 23-7-47-0; Maurice Read bowled in two innings ,7-1- 21-1. The following bowled in one innings :- Ć. Mills , 6-3-5-0; C. L. Morgan , 9-2-23 - 0; and C. M. Wells , 3-0-16-0. E X T R A N E O U S M A T C H E SA T T H EO V A L. (In each case the winning side is placed first .) ContendingSides. W h e n played. 1st 2 n d 1st 2 n d i n n. i n n. i n n. i n n W o nb y 1 (1) SouthofEnglandv. Australians June16,17,18 (2) Players v. Gentlemen (3) England v. Australia July3 and4 Aug.11and12 163 121 113 74 97 runs. 184 *50 99 134 9 wkts.; *1 w d. 100 *95 92 102 2 wkts.; *8 w d. (1) Southof E n g l a n dv. Australians. June 16, 17, and 18. Thefirst time that the South of England hadbeaten anAustralian eleven . Thoughthe Australian captain wonthe toss , he decided to put his opponents in; and, considering the state of the wicket, he acted wisely . Indeed, had the Colonial team's fielding been up to their usual standard , the South wouldscarcely have got 163. As it was, Messrs . Grace (49) and W . W . Read(90) were responsible for 139 out of 155 from the bat, and they alone played Turner and Ferris with confidence . Mr. Grace wasmissed several times , but Mr. Read, who wasseen to muchadvantage , gave no chance till his score was 80. H ewas un- fortunately run out before completing his hundred . On the first evening the Australian batsmen shaped very badly, losing seven wickets for 53. Thefollow on was saved , though , by the plucky cricket of Blackham (56) and Walters (28 ), whotook the score from 58 to 111. In the second innings of the South , Mr. Grace (35) was again seen to advantage ; but as he received little support from the rest , the venture closed for 121. This left the Australians 172 to win; but the bowlers got a great amountof workon to the ball , and at no time did they seem like getting the runs . Blackham , who is always good at a crisis , again batted splendidly . Of the others , though , Lyons only got double figures , and Martin and Lohmann bowled unchanged throughout . The South won by 97 runs . South, 163 and 121 ; total , 284. Australians , 113 and 74 ; total , 187. Overs. Maidens. R u n s. Wickets. 1 2 6 5 0 4 0 7 6 Turner (2nd inns . South )....... 35.1 (2nd ,, Australians ) ...... 21 M a r t i n (2) Players v. Gentlemen. July3 and 4. Twopowerful sides had been got together , and the meeting was invested with peculiar interest by reason of the first appearance in these matches of Mr. F. R.