James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1891

1 4 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. M a i d e n s. R u n s. Wickets. H o n. F. J. N. Thesiger 34.1 9 7 5 8 Average. 9.3 G. F. H. Berkeley 2 0 6 . 3 5 9 4 5 2 2 9 15.17 E . Smith 229.2 5 4 6 3 5 3 1 20.15 H .Bassett...... 3 2 6 . 3 1 1 5 6 0 6 2 8 21.18 L. C. H .Palairet 148.3 5 1 3 4 6 1 2 28.10 W .D. Llewelyn bowled in three innings (7-0-44-0), and Wilson in one innings (5-1- 2 4 - 0). OXFORDUNIVERSITY ELEVEN IN 1890.-H. Bassett (St. Catharine's ) : A medium-pace left -hand bowler , straight , and can keep up an end ; gets runs if the bowling is not too fast ; moderate field . G. F. H. Berkeley (Wellington and Keble): Agood left -hand medium-pace bowler ; curls in the air a good deal ; difficult to play on his day ; fair bat and field . H. C. Bradby (Rugby and New) : Agoodbat, hits well , and safe field . M. J. Dauglish (Harrowand Magdalen) : Keeps wicket well sometimes , but very uncertain . M. R. Jardine (Fettes and Balliol , captain for 1891 ) : A good bat, with strong defence , but plays back too muchon the fast wickets ; a beautiful field , with good return ; can bowl slow round at a pinch . W. D. Llewelyn (Eton and N e w) : A pretty bat ; cuts and drives very well ; ought to be very good next season ; good field . L. C. H. Palairet (Repton and Oriel ) : Afine baton a good wicket ; drives especially well ; agood field , and fair change bowler . H. S. Schwann ( Clifton and Corpus): A thoroughly sound bat , with strong defence ; played some good innings for the University ; fields fairly well . E. Smith (Clifton and University ) : A capital all -round cricketer ; dangerous fast bowler ; fine hitter , and splendid field . Hon. F. J. N. Thesiger (Winchester and Magdalen ) : The captain of the eleven , and a very good one too ; a good bat, though somewhatcramped in style ; cuts well ; a beautiful field , being both quick and safe ; discovered in the ""Varsity match" that he could bowl. G. L. Wilson (Brighton and Hertford ) : Amuch better bat than his average shows ; hits hard, but too fond of trying to do some- thing with every ball ; usually a safe field . C H R I S TC H U R C H , O X F O R D . Matches Played , 17 ; Won, 9 ; Drawn, 8. 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. anInns. Average. H .A. R h o d e s 1 5 8 2 4 7 *7 5 3 5 . 2 J. A. Gibbs 1 5 0 4 9 1 1 2 7 32.11 E. L. Metcalfe 1 5 0 4 3 1 9 2 28.11 L.R. W i l k i n s o n 1 4 1 3 6 8 6 7 2 8 . 4 A .R o s s 2 0 3 4 3 9 9 5 25.14 R. E. Olivier 1 1 4 1 4 2 4 2 20.2 W .B. T h o m a s 1 8 1 3 3 9 5 8 19.16 F .Street 1 8 2 3 0 4 4 4 19.2 W .J. Gifford 1 4 0 2 2 6 3 5 1 6 . 2 J. B. Littledale 1 8 0 2 8 3 4 9 15.13 L o r dH .Scott 1 5 0 2 1 4 4 3 14.4 A .R .H u r s t 6 0 7 4 2 0 12.2 P . J. Gaisford 1 3 2 9 4 *2 2 8 . 6 B O W L I N G A V E R A G E S . R u n s. Wickets. Average. L. R. Wilkinson P. J. Gaisford J. A. Gibbs. F. Street.... W .B. T h o m a s 6 3 1 5 5 11.26 4 2 7 3 6 11.31 4 3 0 3 5 12.10 5 1 1 3 6 14.7 1 9 1 1 9 10.1 A .R o s s J. B. Littledale . A .R . H u r s t 3 8 9 3 3 11.26 8 1 8 1 0 . 1 1 4 5 8 . . . . . 18.1