James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1891

T H EUNIVERSITIESA N DP U B L I CSCHOOLSIN 1890. 1 8 7 Batswithplenty of style (perhaps almost too much); has some pretty and effective strokes , b u twill neverhithardtill h eloses his flourish ; really excellent andclever field . F. B. Sykes (3.6): Hastrained on this year, and is now very promising ; is developing a nice style all round, andcantake the wicket if required ; will bat well someday. T. Luke (14.66 ): Auseful , slogging bat, with acapital eye andconsiderable power; in the field does fast anddaring work; should play the gamemore seriously . C. H. Smethurst (0) : Hasbeen signally unlucky this season; hebats very carefully , and has strong defence ,but needs morefreedom of style ; far fromsatisfactory inthefield . St. George's School, Harpenden.-Matches played , 16; won, 8; drawn , 4; lost4. 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. W i c k e t s. Average. Rev.R. H. W i x..... C. W .Harrison... 1 8 . 4 6 3 3 6 5.50 1 7 3 5 2 6 8 . 6 6 Rev. C. W .Bennett.. 6 7 . 2 1 4 1 7 6 2 0 8 . 8 0 T. H. Vaughan 1 7 1 . 2 6 0 3 2 9 3 5 9 . 4 0 C.C.Pinkey 121.2 3 9 2 6 3 2 7 9.74 J. H .Gill 8 9 . 2 2 2 2 4 6 2 5 9 . 8 4 F. J. S. Moore 5 4 . 3 1 6 1 5 3 1 3 11.76 S. F. P. M o o r e 1 6 0 . 1 5 2 3 3 4 2 5 13.36 St. John's College , Hurstpierpoint.-B. F. Smith (16.5 ): An excellent captain , sparing nopains for the good of both teamandground; the latter has seldom been better looked after ; his cricket has improved all round; is astraight slow-mediumbowler, with a break from off; agood bat onthe leg-side ,but apoor runner between wickets . C. F. Bigge (25.2 ): Areally goodbatwithsounddefenceandverycleandriving andcutting powers; shouldm a k ea first- rate wicket -keeper , but must practise the leg ones; did not bowl muchbut always cameoff ; a fine field andthrower . H. W. Keeling (14) : Is a good bowler though at first he was inaffective ; very straight with a good pitch and off -break ; a good bat andfine field . H. M. Harford (9.8) : Auseful bat, scoring fast while in; does not make enough behind the wicket ; a good ground field at mid-off , and muchimproved in his catching . J. W. Leary (11.1 ): Avery fair bat,but still woodenas to his wrists ; played some good innings ; bowled very well whenwanted and withmuchmore commandof the ball than last season . W. F. Hoare-Ward(4.8) : Disap- pointing; his batting , though not lacking form, failed to produce runs,chiefly through playing across ; his bowling lost its sting after five overs , which were generally good ; a good field and safe catch . W. P. Dean(5.2): Inproved greatly , andwill makeagood bat whenheunderstands forwardplay; canhit veryhard, andshould go infor it ; a very safe catch. C. J. H u d s o n (6.7): Lacksfire ; mustget hisleft shoulderd o w ninplayingforward, andpractise his leg-side play; avery straight change bowler . H. A. Key(4.5) : Useful sticker , playing well forward ; should practise sprinting . C. A Waller (6.5): Likely bowler and promising bat; should go in forhitting ; sleepy field . A. E. Chivers (6): Acomingbat andpossible bowler. J. W .Leary C. F. Bigge... H .W .Keeling B .F. S m i t h W .F .H o a r e-W a r d B O W L I N GA V E R A G E S . Wickets. Average. T I T O v e r s. 3 4 Maidens. R u n s. 4 1 3 1 0 2 4 5 4 5 3 1 1 . 3 3 4 . 8 St. Paul's School.-Matchesplayed, 11; won, 7; drawn 1; lost , 3.-L. S. Brown, Captain (27.4 ) : Best all-round m a nin the team; possesses sound defence ,but has aweak stroke o nthe off ; hits hard andscores rapidly whenset ; a slow -mediumbowler , breaking both ways ; afair field and throws in well . R. H. de Montmorency (32.62 ) : Afree bat, and hits very hard, especially on the off ; a very fair bowler , varying his pace well ; a safe field . P. B. Parker (14.7); Avery steady bat with gooddefence ; hits hard occasionally ; has improved agood deal inbowling ; a safe catch in the long field ; captain for 1891. W. J. Ainsworth (12.82 ) : A stylish bat,playingwithconsiderable freedom; hasbeen unluckythis season; fields at point,andis the smartest m a nin the team; has been knownto bowl. R. O. Schwarz (9.27 ); Plays very straight andsteadily with confidence at critical times ; cuts well ; bowls occasionally ; a very safe field . G. L. Pont (17.3 ): Avery useful m a n; plays acautious game; is the most consistent scorer in the team; a good field at cover -point . E. C. Elliot (10.34 ) : Afair bat, cuts well ,but h a sabadforwardstroke ; should tryt ohit less; bowlsfast-m e d i u mwithbreakfromtheoff . C. E. Stamp (9.67): Avery stiff bat,but hits hard andcleanly ; hasbeenfairly successful as wicket -keeper . A. E. Jeaffreson (5.14 ): Avery fair bat ; does not meet the ball hard enough in