James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1892

T H ECOUNTIES IN 1891 . 6 5 A. J. W e b b e P. J. de Paravicini Phillips G .F .V e r n o n R a w l i n A. K. W a t s o n . Hearne(J. T.) E. C. Mordaunt. H . Menzies.. B A T T I N GA V E R A G E S.-Continued. T i m e s I n n s n o tout. R u n s. M o s ti n a nInns. Average. 1 5 1 1 5 2 3 8 10.12 5 0 5 3 2 3 1 0 . 3 2 1 9 1 2 2 3 1 10.2 6 0 5 4 1 8 9 2 3 1 1 3 4 4 4 6 . 2 7 0 3 3 1 8 4 . 5 2 3 4 8 6 2 1 4 , 1 0 4 0 1 6 1 1 4 5 1 1 4 1 1 3 . 2 Burton, *1, 0, 0, and Sanders , *7, 6, 3, batted in three innings ; and the following in two :- F. Bryan , 0, 0 ; J. Robertson ,4, 3 ; J. P. Rogers , *7, 0 ; Hon. F. J. N. Thesiger , 26, 19 ; W .B. Anderson, 0, 2; andR. S. Lucas, 5, *21. W. R. Moonbatted once, *17. B O W L I N G A V E R A G E S . Hearne(J. T.)... R a w l i n E.A. Nepean E .M .H a d o w Phillips... Overs. M a i d e n s. R u n s. Wickets. Average. 686.4 2 6 3 1 2 1 9 1 1 8 10.39 4 9 8 1 9 3 8 2 7 6 5 12.47 343.4 9 9 6 8 9 4 1 16.33 4 6 . 3 1 4 8 6 5 17.1 142.4 3 6 3 9 8 2 1 18.20 Burtonbowled in two innings , 23-8-35-2; and A. E. Stoddart , 5-1-19-1, and Е. С. Mordaunt, 3 - 1 - 4 - 1 , eachinone. N O T T I N G H A M S H I R E , OFFICERS FOR 1891. -President , Col. Denison , Babworth . Vice - President , The Mayorof Nottingham. Committee , C. W.Wright, J. A. Dixon, C. J. Elliott , W . F. Bromley, J. Robinson, A. H. Bonser, Dr. Dixon, H. Turner, Dr. Williams , G. H. Fillingham . Hon. Sec . , Captain Oates , Langboro' Hall , Newark. Secretary , E. Browne, Trent Bridge Ground. NOTTINGHAMdid not have, on the whole, such an unsatisfactory season as would appear at first sight . It is true that they wonfive , drew five , and lost four of their fourteen bonâ fide inter -county engagements . But on closely analysing these figures , we find that four of their five wins were by crushing majorities , that all of the drawngames were left in an even state , excepting one which was a moral victory for Notts, and that of the defeats , that b yMiddlesex at Lord's wasby the narrow margin of 49 runs. Double victories were gained over York- shire andSussex . So soon as Arthur Shrewsbury succeeded in playing himself into form, he gave manysplendid expositions of batting . So also did William Gunn, and it is a significant fact these two great cricketers scored nearly sixteen hundredruns betweenthemfor the county. FlowersandBarnestoo, on occa- sions, provedof the utmostservice ; butof course their performanceswereover- shadowedby those of Gunnand his compatriot , who each on two separate occasions scored three figures in the same match . It was in the bowling , indeed , that the chief weakness lay ; Attewell , who worked untiringly , being very moderately supported . Both Shacklock andFlowers (the former of w h o msus- tained an injury in one of the later matches) were terribly expensive , while the colt Bagguleywill have to get older and stronger before he can be of permanent use. Sherwinbehind the wicket was as good as ever, but all round, the eleven wereby no means so formidable as of yore, and the infusion of newblood is sadly needed. Apleasing incident of the season was the reappearance of the veteran Richard Daft, who, on AugustBankHoliday , wasmost enthusiastically greeted bythe Surrey crowd. 6