James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1894

THE UNIVERSITIES A N D PUBLIC SCHOOLSIN 1893 1 8 7 I n n s. P. J. Kirkby... 8 HertfordCollege.-Matches played , 17 ; won, 6; drawn, 5 ; lost , 6. B A T T I N GA V E R A G E S . Average. 30.87 T i m e s n o to u t. R u n s. M o s tin a nI n n s. 0 . 247 7 6 M .W a d e-Smith 1 9 2 1 . 1 01426/ 1 5 0* 2 5 . 0 5to 9 6 1A. V. Houghton 1 8 1 . . 3 7 8 93 22.23 1 0 T. G .Scott... 1 9 1 2 7 2 5 6 1 5 . 1 C. W. W. Surridge 2 0 1 2 6 7 5 4* 1 4 . 0 5 M .Berkley A.M.Bury 1 2 1 1 1 0 5 2* 1 0 1 3 0 1 0 4 .. 2 7 g o d a i w W . J. Griffiths .... 1 3 9 6 2 3 7.38 A. H . W a l k e r 4 1 201 9* 616 R. F. Pechey 1 2 1 5 9 1 4 5.36 C. G. C. Lillingston 3 0 5 5 1.6 * Signifies notout. C. W. W. Surridge took 66 wickets ; M. Berkley , 8; A. V. Houghton , 14 ; A. M. Bury , 10 ; M. Wade-Smith, 9 ; T. G. Scott , 4; andC.G .C. Lillingston , 3. M e r c h a n tTaylors' School, Crosby.--- Matches played , 17; won, 10; lost , 6; drawn, 1. F. G. Thompson (capt .) (45)Amagnificent bat ;has plenty of strokes , and is a heavy and consistent scorer ;his off driving is simply superb .At point his fielding is smartness itself . As acaptain has shewn great judgement and inspires his menwith confidence . L. M. Crump-(3.) Acapital bat ; has improved greatly since last season ; smart and safe in the field ; his bowling has been scarcely so successful this year as last . F. A. West-(5. ) : A very uncertain batsman ; a capital bowler (fast round ), with a very good length ; a fair , sometimes brilliant , field . J. C. Jack-(7.): Plays with a very good style , but has been unfortunate ; hasnot madethe improvement expected in wicket keeping . J. Duncan-(7. ) : A free hitter , but did not as a bat , realise the expectations formed from his last year's play ; uncertain in the field . F. G. Gilling-(7.) : Plays with a straight bat, thoughoften inclined to slog ; an excellent bowler ; a good catch ; though at times sleepy in the field . H. E. Hughes (6. ) : Afair bat ; rather unlucky ; his fielding was capital in the early part of the season , but fell off greatly . W. R. Duckworth -(5. ) : A stylish , but uncertain batsman ; fields well ; bowled with success when ever tried . J. A. Duncan--(25) Arather weak bat ; an excellent and promising slow bowler ; fielding good though occasionally faulty . H. Beausire-(5. ) : А good defensive batsman, and a safe field ; might prove a bowler with more practice . G. R. Haigh-(8) : A capital bat for his years ; has bowled well and with great promise . A very fair field . A. S. Clarke -Batted well and steadily , until an unfortunate disagreement deprived the team of his services ; a very fair bowler, and sharp field . B O W L I N G A V E R A G E S . O v e r s. M a i d e n s W .R . D u c k w o r t h. F. G. Gilling J. A.D u n c a n L .M . C r u m p F. A. W e s t R u n s. W i c k e t s. 2 1 . 3 1 5 4 1 2 Average. 4 . 5 1 4 6 4 1 2 6 2 4 8 5 . 4 U R 1 5 5 . 3 3.5014 1 2 3 0 1 0 0 2 6 . 1 9 d a 1 6 6 3 3 3 5 4 5 5 6 . 4 8 1 . 4 2 4 1 5 5 2 2 7.0 A N e w t o nCollege.--Matches played , 12 ; won 8 ; drawn 1 ; lost 3. C. L. Donaldson (1891-93 ). - A damaged wrist and indifferent health com- bined to spoil his batting ; twice scored when they were badly wanted. useful bowler , but inclined to be too short . Average 12.80 . Bowling :- 5 0 wickets for 401 runs ; average 8:02 . H. B. J. Taylor (1891-93 ).--- Far the best bat in the Eleven ; has a good stroke in front of cover and drives well; is at his worst against slow bowling . Hardly satisfied expecta- tions in the matter of fielding . Average 60-11 . H. B. Daniell (1892-3 ).-Bowls left -handmediumwith a good deal of work from the leg . Quite failed to fulfil his last year's promise of batting . A nuncertain field and did not get back to his wicket for a run-out. Average 2.86 . Bowling :-41 wickets for 349 runs ; average 8:51 . Arthur Morrison (1892-93 ).-Avery straight and steady bat with little punishing power ; played several extremely useful innings . As a wicket-