James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1892

1 9 4 LILLYWHITE'SCRICKETERS' ANNUAL C H A P T E RVII. T H EA V E R A G E S( FIRST- C L A S S) O F 1891. WHEREASin 1890 , five batsmen, including two amateurs , amassed an aggregate of over a thousand runs each, only four succeeded in doing so in 1891 , andall of these were professionals , viz . , Shrewsbury, Gunn, Abel, and Bean. This is almost wholly to be accounted for , of course , by the wretched weather, and con- sequently bad wickets , generally experienced . At the same time , several batsmen -notably Ulyett , Peel, and Mr. T. C. O'Brien-almost succeeded in reaching the thousand runs . B yfar the most remarkable feature of a bowlers ' season was the magnificent wayin which Arthur Shrewsbury played himself into form after a succession of early failures . Fewpeople , indeed , would have been bold enough to predict that the great Nottinghamplayer would come out at the finish with anaggregate of 1071 , and an average not far short of fifty runs per innings . Gunn, too , played fine cricket , and deservedly won second place , while for a long period it seemed as though Abel would be top of the tree , with Bean, of Sussex, not far behind . Thelatter , indeed , did far better with the bat than ever before . Dr. W. G. Grace was , for once in a way, not himself , and as a conse- quence he comes out rather low down-indeed , it is a significant fact , that the great batsmanwas not able to reach an average of 20. Amongthe others who showa markedfalling off maybe mentioned Mr. Cranston , Quaife , LordHawke, Briggs , Mr. Shuter, and Mr. A. J. Webbe. Mr. W. W. Read, if not so success- ful as heretofore , scored consistently well . Albert Ward, whohas an average of over 30, was materially assisted by two or three big innings , and the same m a ybe said of Mr. Stoddart , who scored the only innings of over 200. Other amateurs in very brilliant form were Messrs . Newham, O'Brien , Marchant, L. C. Palairet , and Challen of Somersetshire; professionals in good form were Maurice Read, Peel , Ulyett , andBarnes . The figures of Messrs Streatfeild and McLarenare not so good as they would seem, since this pair only batted a few t i m e s. B A T T I N GA V E R A G E S . S C O R E R SO F 1 0 0 0R U N SA N DU P W A R D S . Shrewsbury G u n n A b e l B e a n T i m e s M o s tin I n n s. n o tout. R u n s. a nI n n s. Average. 2 5 3 1 0 7 1 1 7 8 48.68 3 7 5 1 3 3 6 1 6 9 41.75 3 5 1 1 1 3 9 1 9 7 33.50 3 8 5 1 0 0 2 *1 4 5 30.36 A V E R A G E SO F 3 0R U N SA N DU P W A R D S . McLaren, A. С. 7 2 2 2 2 8 9 44.40 O'Brien, T. C. 3 3 4 9 3 6 1 1 3 32.27 Streatfeild , E. C 1 3 4 2 7 9 9 8 81.00 Ward(A. ) .. 2 9 1 8 4 1 1 8 5 30.03 O V E R2 0A N DU N D E R3 0R U N SP E RI N N I N G S. Crosfield, S. М. 1 4 3 3 2 0 *8 2 29.09 Stoddart, A. Ε . 3 2 1 8 5 7 *2 1 5 27.63 Marchant,F. 2 6 2 6 6 0 1 2 3 27.50 Challen. J. B. 1 8 3 3 9 4 8 9 26.26 R e a d(M ) ... 2 9 1 7 2 2 1 3 5 25.78 Douglas, R. Ν. 1 8 0 4 4 7 1 3 1 24.83