James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1894

1 8 8 C P T LILLYWHITE'S CRICKETERS' ANNUAL. HTTP keeper , kept down the byes but did little else . Average 11.73 . J. G. Hooper (1892-93 ).-Not muchof a bat and lost his bowling altogether . The best field in the Eleven . Average 8. Bowling :- 6wickets for 125 runs ; average 20.83 . J. E. Biddell (1893 ).- C a m eon but little in batting ; has an excellent drive on the off . Auseful change -bowler for two or three overs . Average 10:03 . Bowling :- 6 wickets for 72 runs ; average 12. R. W. Formby (1893 ).--The hitter of the Eleven ; has a good eye and some of his drives were first -class . A fast bowler of the nothing -but-long -hop style . A bad field . Average 16:36 . Bowling :- 7 wickets for 122 runs ; average 17:43 . E. L. H. Owen-Jones (1893 ).-Keepshis bat straight and has a useful carpet -stroke on the on-side by which he gets a good-length ball wide of mid-on. A safe catch in the out -field , but slow at start- ing and throwing in. Average 6.75 . J. C. Lord (1893). A genuine surprise : from a doubtful Second Eleven bowler , developed into a reliable First Eleven bat. Nevermisses a leg -ball and scores off most of those on the leg -stump. Slow in the field . Average 45. C. H. Lyon (1893).--A fair field ; shaped very well with the bat, but rarely stayed long enough to make any of his excellent off -strokes . Average 4:25 . Bowled 1 wicket for 4 runs . G. W. Bartholomew (1893).- Apoor field , anddid little for the batting of the Eleven. Average 6.33 . PriorP a r kCollege.-- Matches played, 9 ; won, 5 ; lost , 3; drawn, 1 . C. Morgan, Hits very hard when set , but is ugly to watch ; keen field ; and canbowl. W. Palmer, Fidgety cricketer , but is nevertheless a useful bat, and sharp field . F. Scoles , Most energetic man ; very safe and quick outfield ; makes runs quickly , and will bowl for ever . H. Bilsborrow ,- A ttimes keeps wicket very well, and a good field anywhere. Must get out of the habit of cut- ting straight balls . V. O'Connor ,-Should become a first -rate cricketer ; bowls verv well, with a quantity of spin ; bats in good form and much improved in fielding . C. Cardoys , Hard-working field , and hits hard on the on side . C. Bunbury, A tpresent a diminutive memberof the team, but shows promise in each department . P. Boland, Slowfield, and steady bat, lacking power to punish loose bowling . T. Stickland , Safe catch and field ; has no idea of batting , but canbowl abit A. Cope,--Slow field , but manages to hold catches whenthey come to him ; poor bat. M. Cope, Not sufficently keen at present to become really good. 1 1 RuthinG r a m m a rSchool.-- G. H.Griffiths , (captain ) (12.1 )- M a d e an excellent captain on the whole, although he was guilty of one or two errors of judgement, which luckily had not disastrous consequences ; a good slow bowler, a fair field , and a somewhat lucky bat. R. L. Jones (18.0)- Avery good all- round member of the team ; has a strong defence and a pretty cut in front of point ; is probably the safest field in the eleven , and has a most puzzling action whenhe bowls . J. T. L. Jenkins (10.7 )-Didnot come up to the expectations formed of him in 1892 ; he was certainly very unlucky in his batting , but at the beginning of the season he seemed entirely to have lost that stubborn defence whichmadehim so useful last year ; bowled fairly well, and also fielded well at point . N. Low (8.1 )- Agood long -stop in a difficult year, owing to hard grounds ; he improved in his batting , but is still very stiff in style ; must practice bowling . A. T. Hone(6.7)-Improveda great deal as a bowler , and was of the greatest use in the school matches ; a very hard and lofty hitter , but unfortunately chiefly in practice matches . R. E. Wright (6.5 )- Agood field and a steady bat; played one or two remarkably good innings , but was handicapped by illness in the middle of the season. F. Foulkes (2.5)- Agood long -field and splendid throw ; saved the school by his batting at Bangor, and so numerous other failures maybe passed over . R. H. Jones (2.)--Developed into a very fair wicket -keeper , but should make sure of holding the ball as well as stopping it ; has a style of batting "peculiarily his own. " V. Jones (2. )-A fair field , and with lots of practice should make a decent left -hand bowler ; a very unlucky bat, and did really im- prove during the season . J. B. Hone(1.6 )- Afeeble bat at present , but improved agreat deal in his fielding towards the end of the season ; should be able to do