James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1893

THE AVERAGES (FIRST -CLASS ) OF 1892 . 2 2 9 in the earlier matches gave promise of a great performance . This was fulfilled to a certain extent , if not wholly, for hehad really the best average of the year with one exception -Shrewsbury. W. H. Patterson hardly played sufficient innings to justify a comparison , and of the rest Hewett, who was credited with the highest number of runs madeduring the season , W . W. Read, L. C. H. Palairet , A. E. Stoddart , andW. G. Grace, were the most successful . W. G. Grace, too, played fine cricket in the latter part of the season , another and con- vincing proof of a vitality which time does not seem to be able to exhaust . Of theyoungeramateurs , P. H. Latham, of Cambridge, and R. W . Rice, of Oxford, showedthe most promise . The latter , though not considered good enough for the Oxford Eleven , proved himself to be such a reliable batsman for Gloucester- shire , that one mayreasonably expect for him a great future . Of the profes- sionals , Shrewsbury, though quite out of form in the early part of the season , w a san easy first . Gunnsecond , longo intervallo , batted consistently well throughout. Abel also did well . Of the younger generation , Henderson, A. Smith, Alec Hearne, and Wainwright, whomadea distinct advance as an all- roundcricketer , werethe pick of the rest . 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 . I n n s. T i m e s n o tout. R u n s. M o s tin a nI n n s. Average. Shrewsbury 3 4 4 1 2 6 0 2 1 2 4 2 . 0 0 Scott, S. W . 3 1 5 1 0 1 5 2 2 4 39.03 Hewett, H. т. 4 2 2 1 4 0 7 2 0 1 35.17 R e a d, W .W . 3 7 5 1 0 8 8 *1 9 6 34.00 Palairet, L. С. Н. 4 6 4 1 3 4 3 1 4 6 31.97 Stoddart, A. Е. 4 7 2 1 4 0 3 1 3 0 31.17 Grace, W .G.... 3 7 3 1 0 5 5 9 9 31.02 G u n n 3 9 2 1 1 2 0 1 0 3 30.27 A b e l 4 1 1 1 1 0 8 1 1 7 2 7 . 7 0 O V E R3 0R U N SP E RI N N I N G S. Patterson, W . H. 1 4 1 5 1 1 1 1 4 39.30 O V E R2 0A N DU N D E R3 0R U N SP E RI N N I N G S. Murdoch, W. L. 1 7 2 4 4 3 8 3 2 9 . 5 3 H e n d e r s o n... 2 9 5 6 9 4 *7 4 28.91 Latham, P. H..... 1 0 1 2 5 4 6 9 28.22 Smith(A.) .... 2 5 1 6 5 0 1 1 1 27.08 Hearne(A.) 3 2 2 8 1 0 *1 1 6 27.00 Daft(H. B.) 1 6 6 2 7 0 *4 3 27.00 Smith, E. 2 3 1 5 9 0 1 2 2 2 6 . 8 1 Fleming, J. L e 1 0 0 2 6 0 1 3 4 2 6 . 0 0 Rice, R. W . 2 5 2 5 9 2 6 7 25.73 B r a n n,G. 3 5 0 8 9 7 1 4 7 25.62 Nepean,E.A. 1 2 2 2 5 6 6 1 25.60 Shuter, J. 2 6 2 6 1 1 9 3 25.45 Wainwright 3 9 4 8 9 0 1 0 4 2 5 . 4 2 W a r d(A.) 3 7 2 8 8 4 1 8 0 25.25 Chatterton .. 2 2 2 4 9 9 *1 0 9 24.95 Jardine ,M.R. 1 7 1 3 9 2 1 4 0 24.50 N e w h a m , W . 3 0 3 6 5 8 6 9 24.37 Sugg(F. H.) 3 0 1 705 *1 0 7 24.31 Jackson,F. S. 3 1 0 7 5 1 8 4 2 4 . 2 2 Maclaren, A. C. 1 9 1 4 2 9 1 3 5 23.83 Henery, P. J.T. 2 2 1 4 9 3 *8 1 23.47 O'Brien, T. C. 3 8 1 8 6 5 7 6 23.37 Radcliffe , O. G. 3 1 1 6 9 9 1 1 7 2 3 . 3 0 L o c k w o o d 3 0 2 6 4 2 1 0 2 2 2 . 9 2 B a k e r 2 8 0 6 3 5 1 0 9 22.67 Kitcat, S. A. P..... 1 6 1 3 4 0 5 5 2 2 . 6 6 Streatfeild , E. C........ 2 2 2 4 5 0 1 1 6 22.50