James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1895

8 8 LILLYWHITE'SC R I C K E T E R S' A N N U A L. W .H e a r n e A .H e a r n e M a r t i n W . Wright.... M r .J. R. M a s o n 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. R u n s. W i c k e t s. 715-2 2 5 3 1 3 2 2 9 9 Average. 1 3 . 3 5 4 2 9 - 2 1 8 4 5 9 9. 4 0 14-97 749-2 1 3 0 8 1 1 0 4 6 9 1 6 2 3 0 . 3 8 2 4 3 0 2 3 1 8 . 6 9 6 2 2 1 1 5 4 5 3 0 . 8 0 G.G. Hearne, (9-3-19-0 ) ; and Rev. H. C. L. Tindall , (9-2-21-1 ), bowled in two innings only; and Rev. E. W. Taylor -Jones , (2-0-12-0 ) ; Mr. J. G. V. Weigall , (7-3-17-0 ) ; and Mr. W. H. Patterson , (7-1-22-1 ), but once. W.Hearnedelivered three no-balls and A. Hearne one, and Wright bowled one wide . L A N C A S H I R E . OFFICERSFOR 1894. President, A. N. Hornby. Committee, W . E. Openshaw, Harry Thornber , E. B. Rowley, E. Challender , R. Walker, S. M. Crosfield , R. Gorton, A. Appleby, G. Walsh, A. F. Pope, C. G. Hulton, O. P. Lancashire , A. T. Kemble, John Stanning , Henry Fairclough , and Ed. Roper. H o n. Secretary , S. H. Swire . Hon. Treasurer , J. MacLaren. Assistant Secretary and Collector , F. Reynolds, 26 Barton Arcade, Manchester . If the result of the season was disappointing , the cricket of the Lancashire eleven gave no cause for discouragement . O n the contrary , in the later matches in particular , they showedthemselves to be a formidable all -round side . Withstrange consistency , Lancashire generally does badly in the earlier fixtures , and last season certainly did not prove an exception to the rule . Still on the whole the all -round cricket was decidedly about the average . Justatthe outset neither Mr.A.C. MacLaren, whoheld the captaincy , nor Sugg either were in anything like their best form with the bat, and the run getting suffered , of course materially . On the other hand Albert Ward, whobegan well , finished badly, and the batting at times was certainly uncertain . The bulk of the bowling was done by Mold and Briggs , and the fast bowler , helped to a considerable extent by the wicket , always effective , did some remarkable performances on occasions . In Mr. S. M. Tindall Lancashire introduced a new batsman of the forcing style , who came off with remarkablesuccess in thetie m a t c hat the O v a las well as in the nextfixture at Lord's . Two new wicket -keepers were tried in the place of Mr. A. T. Kemble, w h obroked o w nearly in the season, in Thomasand C. Smith. The latter was the better of the two at the wicket , besides being a useful bat at times .