James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1893

1 9 4 LILLYWHITE'SCRICKETERS' A N N U A L. L e a m i n g t o nCollegiateSchool.--Matches played , 14; won, 6; drawn1; lost , 7. 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 to u t. R u n s. a nInns. Average. G .M .B e n n e t t... 6 0 7 4 4 0 1 2 . 3 3 W .A.C o l e m a n 1 8 2 1 4 8 2 4 9 . 2 5 W .R. B e n n e t t. 1 1 1 7 6 1 9 7 . 6 0 S. H .Hill. 1 3 4 4 2 *1 2 4 . 6 6 F. W .Griffiths. 2 0 0 8 4 1 6 4 . 2 0 B . Collins 1 4 5 3 4 1 3 3.77 F. W . Skinner. 9 1 2 9 7 3 . 6 2 F. A.B a k e r 1 6 1 5 3 1 3 3 . 5 3 A.E. B .B r o w n e 1 4 0 4 2 1 6 3 . 0 0 G . S. B r o w n. 8 0 2 2 1 5 2.75 G .E. Wright 1 5 0 3 9 8 2 . 6 0 C. H.Howkins. 1 8 1 3 4 7 2 . 0 0 B O W L I N G A V E R A G E S . Overs. M a i d e n s. Runs. Wickets . Average. F .A .B a k e r F. W .Griffiths A.E .B. B r o w n e 1 1 8 2 1 2 3 0 4 7 4 . 8 9 2 0 5 5 6 3 6 6 7 2 5 . 0 8 7 2 2 2 1 5 1 2 5 6 . 0 4 M e r c h a n tTaylors' School, C r o s b y.-Matches played , 17; won, 12; lost , 5. F. C. Crump, captain : Enthusiastic and fairly successful captain ; fair bat, with weak forward stroke ; cankeep wicket . F. G. Thompson (24) : hard-hitting and excellent bat, with a very pretty cut ; splendid point . L. M. Crump(11): Agood bat, driving to the on excellently ; a verygoodfast bowler , with a good pitch ; good field . J. Duncan (15) : Avery successful bat, cutting wonderfully well for his size ; uncertain field . R. L. Dunman(11) : Asteady bat,with acrampedstyle ; a really good bowler , breaking from the off ; brilliant field anywhere , with a remarkably quick return . A. J. Richardson (10) : A good bat, steady field , and fast , though erratic bowler . J. C. Jack (6) : A promising bat , with a very pretty off-drive ; really good natural wicket -keeper , and smart field . A. S. Clarke (5.5) : Good and steady bat ; very fair fast bowler, and sharp field . F. G. Gilling (5.5) : A most promising all -round player ; apatient andsteady bat, driving beautifully ; agood bowler , with power of breaking both ways; areally splendid field . F. A. West(5.2) : Avery fair bat ; the best bowler in the eleven , though out of form this season ; takes most wickets with a fast leg-break ; very fair field . J. A. Marsh (2.2 ) : A nunlucky bat; fails through nervousness ; a really brilliant out-field . J. A. Duncan(4): A goodbat, should hit harder ; very fair field ; can bowl. W. L. Collinson : A poor bat, though scores fast whenset ; aweak and unenergetic field . RuthinSchool, Denbigh- R. S. Alston (9.5 ) : Proved himself an efficient captain ; hasavery pretty cut but not muchdefence on the leg side ; too anxious to score quickly , and aslowm a nbetweenthe wickets; ahard-workingbutnot brilliant field . J. T. L. Jenkins (13.4) : Thebest all-round cricketer in the eleven ; very steady bat, and a splendid m a nto send in first ; useful change bowler on a hard wicket , and a splendid point , where he brought off some "gallery " catches . T. H. Griffiths (8.4 ) : Workedvery hard for the team; muchtoo fond of slogging to stay long at the wickets ; hits very hard; bad judge of a run ; a great acquisition as abowler ; varies his pace and pitch with judgment ; safe field as a rule . R. L. Jones (7.7 ) : Wonderfully steady bat at the nets , but failed to do himself justice in matches ,perhaps through nervousness ; useful field but should practise throwing in. A. T. Hone (7.4 ) : Might do m u c h morewith his great reach in smothering balls by forward play ; came out well at times ; cannot keep his length bowling , but sends in good balls when he does . H. Jones (6.1) : A promising cricketer ; should develop his hitting powers and mindnot to send the ball up; did very well behind the wickets , and is a safe catch andfield . R. E. Wright (6) : Very stiff at the wickets,buthas a good idea of forward play; safe field but a slowone. F.M .H o w a r d (4.5): Very little idea of batting ; slogs wildly ; good long field and throws in very well indeed ; would makean excellent change bowler if he took pains . T. Price (2.6) : Weakbat; too casual at his net practise to improve ; good longstop , even on a bad ground. F. R. Nicholls (2.4): Should do well if careful ; made great progress in batting and bowling ; has an easy action and keeps a good length ; safe catch and good field . N. Low(2) : Weakas yet but promising ; was played for his fielding , which was excellent at all times ; throws in straight and well; perfectly safe catch. O v e r s. M a i d e n s. R u n s. B O W L I N G A V E R A G E S . W i c k e t s. Average. A .T. H o n e 7 5 1 6 1 1 5 2 3 5 J. T.Jenkins 5 0 . 2 1 5 9 8 1 8 5 . 4 T. H. Griffiths . 102.8 2 0 2 0 5 3 0 6 . 8 F. R. Nicholls 2 8 2 6 9 4 1 7 . 2 H .Jones 5 2 6 0