James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1891

2 5 6 LILLYWHITE'SCRICKETERS' A N N U A L. C H A P T E R X . M R. G. F. V E R N O N ' ST E A MIN I N D I A. T H E tour undertaken by the Amateurs under the commandof Mr. G. F. Vernontowards the close of 1889 was the first visit to India of a party of English cricketers . The team wasin no waya representative one, but it proved too muchfor the elevens against which it had to compete, and out of thirteen matches only one waslost . The team was composed of the following :- G. F. Vernon (Captain ) . L o r dH a w k e. J. G. W a l k e r. A .E. G i b s o n. E . M . L a w s o nS m i t h. H .Philipson. G. H. Goldney. T h eresults of them a t c h e sw e r eas follow:--- E .R . D eLittle. F. L. S h a n d. J. H. J. Hornsby. A . E. L e a t h a m . T. K. Tapling . H o n. A. M . Čurzon. Matches Played , 13 ; Won, 10 ; Drawn, 2 ; Lost , 1 . Club . Opnts. Opponents. W h e r eplayed. W h e n played. 1st 2nd 1st 2nd inn. inn. inn. inn. W o nb y MatchesW o n(10). Bengal N o r t h e r nIndia Ceylon ColomboClub CalcuttaClub N o r t h-W e s tProvince B o m b a yG y m n k a v e L u c k n o w A g r a Punjaub. B e h a rW a n d e r e r s N o r t h e r nIndia K a n d y Nov. 28, 29, 30 350 155 118 inns & 77 runs C o l o m b o Dec. 6, 7 1 9 4 103 81 inns& 10 runs Calcutta 2 3, 24 311 *31 249 90 9 wkts ; *1 w d Calcutta و د 31, Jn.1,2 315 153 145 inns & 17 runs Allahabad Jan.16, 17,18 153 *68 60 160 7wkts; *3 w d A l l a h a b a d و و 20, 21, 22 154 *197 159 191 6 wkts; *4 w d B o m b a y 2 7, 2 8 2 5 3 98 81 i n n s& 7 4runs L u c k n o w Feb. 6, 7 79 229 125 60 123 runs A g r a 1 4,1 5 2 9 6 116 1 1 4 inns& 6 6runs L a h o r e Fb.27, 28, Mh.1 325 158 127 inns& 40runs MatchesD r a w n(2). R e m a r k s. Baulepur Jan. 9, 10 1 2 6 1 4 5 *91 *9 wkts M e e r u t Feb. 21, 22 3 0 4 2 0 5 *7 4 *2 w d MatchLost(1) . Lostb y Parsees B o m b a y Jan.3 0,31 9 7 61 82 *77 4 wkts; *6 w d B A T T I N GA V E R A G E S . T i m e s M o s tin Inns. n o tout. R u n s. a nI n n s. Average. L o r dH a w k e 5 0 1 7 1 6 5 3 4 . 1 G. F. V e r n o n 1 5 1 4 7 8 1 2 8 3 4 . 2 J. G. Walker..... 1 8 1 5 1 5 1 0 9 30.5 A .E .G i b s o n 1 8 1 3 9 3 1 0 0 2 3 . 2 E.M. Lawson-Smith 1 6 0 3 6 4 1 1 7 22.12 H .Philipson. 1 7 2 3 3 0 6 5 2 2 G. H .Goldney. 1 0 2 1 3 8 4 7 17.2 E .R .D eLittle 1 4 3 1 7 4 3 1 15.9 F .L. S h a n d 6 3 3 6 1 3 1 2 J. H. J. Hornsby. 1 3 1 1 3 9 8 7 11.7 A .E .L e a t h a m ... 1 6 0 1 4 9 3 2 9 . 5 T. K. Tapling 7 0 4 3 2 0 6.1 H o n. A. M. Curzon 1 0 4 3 0 *9 5 Hornsby took 69 wickets ; Gibson, 67; DeLittle , 49; andLeatham, 26.