James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1895

1 0 0 LILLYWHITE'SC R I C K E T E R S' A N N U A L. M I D D L E S E X . OFFICERS FOR 1894. -President , Earl of Strafford . Vice Presidents, Lord G. Hamilton , M. P. , V. E. Walker. Hon. Treasurer , W. Nicholson . Hon. Sec. P. M. Thornton . Assistant Sec . , J. A. Murdoch. Committee , Hon. A. Lyttelton , R. Henderson , G. Lee, J. Robertson , E. Rutter , C. M. Tebbut, M. Turner, C. I. Thornton, G. F. Vernon, V. E. Walker, I. D. Walker J. G. Walker, A. J. Webbe. Though at the end of the season they were able to claim the third place , a widegulf divided the Middlesex eleven from Yorkshire , who were second . In several respects the cricket was very disappointing . The wickets generally were not in favour of the batsmen, and the side was by no means as reliable for runs as in the past . Mr. Stoddart was not in the best health , and certainly not as dangerous with the bat. Mr. O'Brien , too, could only play in about half the matches , a great loss considering that he was in fine form. On the other hand Mr. Webbewas not as successful through an injury at Brighton , which no doubt took some of the heart out of him for the later matches . To compensate , Mr. R. S. Lucas madea marked advance as a batsman, and on the year's form showed him- self quite one of the surest run-getters in the eleven . The brunt of the bowling wasborne by J. T. Hearne and Rawlin, and on certain wickets they were as dangerous a pair as could well be found . In the Oxonian, Mr. L. C. V. Bathurst , Middlesex introduced an all -round cricketer of great promise . H e bowled in the later matches with remarkable success , and bids fair with ordinary luck to develop into a first -class player . R e s u l t sof M a t c h e s. Matches Played , 16 ; Won, 8 ; Drawn, 3 ; Lost , 5. Club. Opnts. Opponents. W h e r eplayed. W h e nplayed 1st 2nd 1st 2nd W o nb y Ins. Ins. Ins. Ins. (a) Somerset (a) Gloucestershire (a) Notts. (a) Lancashire (2) Sussex (a) Surrey (a) Sussex (3) Somerset MatchesD r a w n(3). (a) Gloucestershire (4) Notts. (a) Kent MatchesLost (5). (1) Surrey (a) Yorkshire . (a) Kent Lord's L o r d ' s MatchesW o n(8). Lord's Lord's Liverpool Lord's M a y14, 15 142 *32 58 ود 28, 29, 30 223 113 10 wkts. *no w d 72 47 Inns. & 104runs June7, 8, 9 206*121 99 2261w k t. *9 wd 11, 12, 13 76 *47 61 615 wkts. *5 wd " Brighton 14, 15, 16 314 *96 181 2256 wkts. *4wd " 2 1,2 2 185 *74 131 1266wkts. *4 w d July 16, 17, 18 91 *96 121 657 wkts . *3 w d T a u n t o n Aug. 6, 7, 8 1 3 2103 206 10919 runs R e m a r k s . Clifton Aug. 9, 10, 11 130 *247 225 $62 *8 w d. 18 w d. Inns. closed Nottingham Lord's 16,17,18 294 171 276 *67 *5 w d 2 4 115 Rain " Lostb y O v a l Lord's May24, 25, 26 31. June1 Tonbridge June 25, 26, 27 212 (4) Yorkshire (a) Lancashire Sheffield Lord's Aug.13, 14 " 20, 21, 22 143 281 369 *569 wkts . 221 266 300 *189 5 wkts . *5 wd 92 63 81 *753wkts. *7wd 174 250 *327 191 runs . *6 w d 98 152 184 *684wkts. Inns. closed *6 w d *1 w d