James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1893

9 4 L I L L Y W H I T E ' SCRICKETERS' A N N U A L. 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. a nI n n s. Smith(A. ) 2 9 2 8 0 7 1 1 1 Average. 2 9 . 2 4 Ward(F.) . 5 0 1 4 3 6 2 2 8 . 3 Sugg 3 5 1 9 6 4 *1 0 7 2 8 . 1 2 W a r d(A.) 3 4 1 8 8 4 1 8 0 2 6 . 2 6 A. C. M c L a r e n 2 0 1 4 8 2 1 3 5 25.7 B a k e r 3 3 0 7 3 4 1 0 9 2 2 . 8 Briggs 3 2 0 6 3 8 1 1 5 1 9 . 3 0 Yates 1 8 2 2 8 8 7 4 1 8 S. M. Crosfield 2 8 2 4 5 5 *8 2 17.13 T. R. H u b b a c k 7 1 9 6 3 3 1 6 W a t s o n 3 2 1 4 2 3 4 *4 6 1 3 G. K e m p. 1 1 0 1 3 9 4 4 12.7 Tinsley 7 0 8 4 4 4 1 2 A. N.Hornby 1 4 0 1 5 5 3 3 1 1 . 1 A. T. K e m b l e .. 3 3 3 3 2 4 5 0 10.24 M o l d 3 0 1 0 1 1 3 3 6 5.13 The following also batted :- C. H. Benton, three times for 12 runs; Ellis twice for 13 runs ; R. Smithoncefor 17 runs; Barlowonce for 6 runs. B O W L I N G A V E R A G E S . W a t s o n Briggs M o l d . S m i t h O v e r s. M a i d e n s. R u n s. W i c k e t s. Average. 762.3 3 7 2. 1 1 2 3 9 3 12.7 1041.2 4 3 1 1 7 2 0 1 3 2 1 3 . 4 888.3 3 0 4 1 9 4 2 1 4 4 1 3 . 7 0 8 8 . 2 3 0 2 0 3 9 22.5 Thefollowing also bowled :-Ellis , 52-22-84-5; Baker, 91-39-157-4; S. M. Crosfield , 2 0 - 6 - 5 1 - 1 . M I D D L E S E X . OFFICERS FOR 1892.-President , Earl of Strafford . Vice - Presidents , Lord G. Hamilton, M.P. , V. E. Walker. Hon. Treasurer , W.Nicholson . Hon. Sec . , P. M. Thornton. Assistant Sec . , J. A. Murdock. Committee , Hon. A. Lyttleton , R. Henderson, G. Lee, J. Robertson , E. Rutter , C. M. Tebbut, M. Turner, C. I. Thornton, G. F. Vernon, V. E. Walker, I. D. Walker, J. G. Walker, A. J. W e b b e. WITHpractically an unlimited supply of first -class batsmen, Middlesex has always at hand the material for a very formidable side . In J. T. Hearne, too, it had been fortunate enough to chance on a bowler who in one season had sprung at a bound into a foremost place among bowlers . Yet, with all their advantages , the Middlesex eleven were, after all , something of an uncertain quantity . Their form at the outset was suggestive of a more than ordinarily successful year. Stanley Scott's sensational scoring was of itself sufficient to invest the performances of the Middlesex eleven with interest . Still , even though they were able to secure the first -class wicket -keeper they had been so long wanting in G. McGregor, the out -cricket was certainly disappointing . His winter's trip to South Africa had apparently taken some of the sting out of J. T. Hearne's bowling ; and effective though he was in the earlier matches, Rawlin, on the whole, was rather expensive . Phillips , too , was a little uncer- tain , and as E. A. Nepeanwas not able to play very often , a good change was lost on frequent occasions . Norcould it be said that the fielding was always reliable ; on the contrary , it was frequently faulty , in some particular cases muchbelow the mark. Batting has always been the strength of Middlesex , and so it waslast year . T. C. O'Brien's hitting was hardly so successful as in the previous year, but with Stanley Scott , Stoddart , Nepean, A. J. Webbe, Henery, Jardine , and a number of others of almost equal merit , Middlesex has the nucleus of a remarkably strong batting side .