James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1895

1 5 0 LILLYWHITE'SC R I C K E T E R S' A N N U A L. fine fielder . E. C. O. Graham; Improved very much as a bat, and played a really good innings v. Haileybury . His cutting is quite first -class , but his forward play is still not sound. A brilliant field . W. H. Denne ; Afine field at extra slip . Fair left -hand slow bowler ; came on a good deal as a bat. W. F.L. Day Auseful and promising all round cricketer ; can bowl, bat and field very fairly Should turn out well with increased strength . C. A. D. Best ; A very decent and plucky wicket-keeper . Not much of a bat . J. D. K. Jones ; A brilliant fielder . A slogging bat , and straight fast bowler . Met with great success v. Marlborough. C L I F T O NC O L L E G E . Captain for 1894.-J. H. Curtis . R e s u l t so f M a t c h e s . Matches Played, 8 ; Won, 5 ; Drawn, 2 ; Lost, 1. C l u b. Opnts. Where played . Whenplayed 1st 2nd 1st 2nd Ins. Ins. I n s. Ins. W o nb y Opponents. MatchesW o n(5). Incogniti C l i f t o n M a y30, 31 9 1 2 8 2 5 0 4 6 277r u n s F l a x-B o u r t o n Flax-Bourton June28 1 6 0 9 4 6 6r u n s M . C . C .a n dG r o u n d Clifton July6, 7 CheltenhamCollege C l i f t o n July13, 14 *2 8 8 105 68 CliftonC l u b. Clifton July19 *4 0 2 8 9 MatchesD r a w n(2). LiverpoolClub Clifton M a y16, 17 1 1 9 O l dCliftonians Clifton June22, 23 149*287 184 Matches Lost (1). TrinityCollege, Oxford.. Clifton J u n e1 4 127 *250 238 *42 175 105 9 wkts; *1wd inns. 313rs & 6 w; 4wd R e m a r k s . 9 9 *67 *5 w k t sd o w n *6 w k t sd o w n Lostby. 129rs &3 w;*7wd & 115 runs; *6 wd B A T T I N GA V E R A G E S . N o .o f T i m e s M o s tin I n n s. n o to u t. R u n s. a nI n n s. Average. J. H . Curtis 1 3 2 709 .... 228* 6 4 . 4 C. L. Townsend 1 2 1 3 9 9 9 5 36-2 C. B o n h a m-Carter 1 0 2 2 3 4 4 2 * 29.2 T. B. Nicholson 1 0 1 1 6 6 3 9 18.4 G. S. G r a h a m-Smith 1 2 0 2 2 9 8 6 19.4 F. E. T h o m a s 1 2 2 1 5 5 5 1 15.5 R . O. d eG e x 9 3 9 0 2 8* 1 5 M . E. McConaghey 9 0 1 0 7 3 5 11.9 W . N. Pilkington 7 1. 4 9 2 5 8.1 F. J. d eS a r a m 5 1 3 8 2 5 9.5 H . B a r s t o W 8 2 7 4 4 8 12.3 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. Wickets. Average. C. L. T o w n s e n d F .E. T h o m a s R .O .d eG e x J. H . Curtis 3 4 1 . 3 8 3 7 2 9 8 5 8.3 1 9 3 5 8 3 5 2 2 9 12.1 1 1 8 . 2 3 0 2 1 2 1 9 11.1 30.1 9 7 5 6 12.5 CLIFTON COLLEGE ELEVEN IN 1894.-J. H. Curtis : Is a powerful and brilliant bat, and plays in a masterly fashion uncommon at his age, especially whencutting and driving ; he is a very good and safe field , and set an excellent example of hard work to the Eleven . C. L. Townsend: Is a first -rate slow bowler ; he is stronger than last year and his pitch is more accurate , while he retains all his old power of putting work on the ball . He has improved very