James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1895

T H EC O U N T I E SIN 1894. 1 0 3 B O W L I N G A V E R A G E S . I n n s. O v e r s. M a i d e n s. R u n s. Wickets. Average. Bathurst , L. C. V.... S 106.2 4 5 1 9 2 1 7 1 1 - 2 9 Hearne, (J. T. ) 3 1 966.3 4 1 9 1 6 7 0 1 1 9 1 4 - 0 3 - R a w i i n 3 0 768.1 3 2 0 1 2 9 3 9 0 14.36 Phillips (J. ). 1 4 128.1 3 0 3 1 9 1 9 16-78 Stoddart, A. Ε. 2 0 1 6 0 . 2 5 5 3 3 1 1 5 22.06 Pawling, S. S.... 6 73.3 1 5 2 1 9 9 2 4 - 3 3 - Westhorp, J. 4 2 5 8 6 7 2 33.50 Ford, F. G. J.......... 6 5 5 1 7 1 2 3 3 41.00 Douglas , J. (17-0-54-0 ) bowled in two innings only , and O'Brien , T. C- (4-C-16-0 ) only once . S. S. Pawling delivered two wides and a no-ball ; F. G. J. Ford and L. C. V. Batharst , two wides each, and Rawlin one wide: N O T T I N G H A M S H I R E . OFFICERS FOR 1894. -President, W m. Wright. Vice-President , the Mayor of Nottingham. Committee , C. W. Wright, Lord Belper , R. Edwards, S. McCrae, W. Hollins , H. Turner, Dr. Williams , Dr. G. B. White, J. Forman, G. M. Royle, W. H. Speed, Dr. Dixon. Hon. Sec ., Captain Oates , Langford Hall, Newark. Secretary , E. Browne, Trent Bridge Ground. The all -round cricket of the Notts eleven contrasted very unfavourably with that of someten years ago. Shrewsbury's inability to play was, of course , a very severe blow. Another serious misfortune was the ill -health of Gunn, which pre- vented that great batsman from playing regularly till the season was half over. The cares of captaincy seemed to have a prejudicial effect on Mr. Dixon's batting , at least he was nothing like so successful as in 1893. Besides Gunn, indeed , the only batsmen who had an average of over 15 were Flowers and Mr. C. W . Wright, the latter of whomplayed several good innings , notably one against Surrey , at the Oval. All round the cricket was muchbelow the best standard of Notts . Still , the season was not without a certain amount of promise . In Hard- staff and Handfordthe County introduced new bowlers , and we shall be surprised if the latter in particular does not prove to be of use. In Pike , too, the eleven found a newwicket -keeper whobids fair to be quite first -class .