James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1895

T H EF I R S TS O U T HA F R I C A NT E A M. 7 moral tonic of the sort that was urgently required since Routledge had previously beenalmostthe only m a nto get m a n yruns. W eshall not go much into detail as to the rest of the tour. Probably the strongest opponents met during it were Derbyshire , Warwickshire (with them two matches were played ) and the Amateur eleven captained by Mr. C. W. Wrightat Portsmouth . The four matches with these were all drawn, none of the four distinctly in favour of the Colonists . But both the matches played in Scotland were won; of the three in Ireland two were actual victories , the third wasa moral win; while district elevens of Liverpool , Leeds , and Scarborough , and a scratch team (including Martin and Alec Hearne) got together by Viscount Cantelupe were also beaten . Before passing on to individual criticism , we will give the averages of the m e m b e r sof thet e a m. B A T T I N GA V E R A G E S . I n n s. T i m e s n o to u t. Highest R u n s. S c o r e . C. O. H .Sewell 3 7 3 1 0 3 8 1 7 0 Average . 3 0 . 1 8 E. A. Halliwell 3 8 9 7 5 9 1 1 0 26.5 D.C. D a v e y 8 1 1 4 6 5 0* 2 0 . 6 . . . .. . . T. Routledge. 4 3 5 7 6 8 1 5 2 2 0 . 8 . . . . . A . W . Seccull 2 3 0 3 5 5 6 3 15.10 F .H e a r n e 3 4 1 5 0 8 1 0 4 1 5 . 1 3 C. L. Johnson 3 7 3 5 0 8 1 1 2 1 4 - 3 2 . . . G. Cripps 3 4 7 3 9 4 5 4 1 4 . 1 6 . . . . . . C .Mills 3 2 1 4 5 2 6 4 14.18 G .G l o v e r 3 1 4 3 7 7 4 1 1 3 . 2 6 G .S. Kempis 1 0 0 1 1 7 2 4 1 1 . 7 D .P a r k i n 1 3 3 9 8 2 2 9 . 8 H .H . Castens 2 6 2 2 3 5 2 9 9.19 J. Middleton 2 7 9 1 4 8 2 1* 8 . 4 G. R o w e.. 3 0 1 0 1 3 5 2 7 6-15 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. T. Routledge.. 15.1 4 3 5 3 1 1 - 2 G .R o w e 9 5 0 - 2 3 1 4 1 7 5 1 1 3 6 12-119 J. M i d d l e t o n .. 5 9 5 - 3 1 7 3 1 3 1 1 8 3 15-66 C . L. J o h n s o n 4 1 5 1 4 9 8 7 7 5 0 17-27 G .G l o v e r 3 8 5 . 1 1 0 3 9 9 2 5 6 17.40 C. O. H .Sewell 6 4 2 0 1 7 2 8 2 1 . 4 . . . .. . . . . . . C .Mills 280.4 7 1 6 6 4 2 8 2 3 - 2 0 . . . . G.Cripps 3 7 . 4 5 1 2 9 4 3 2 - 1 A . W .Seccull 6 7 . 4 1 8 1 7 1 4 4 2 - 3 D .P a r k i n 9 9 3 0 2 5 0 5 5 0 F .H e a r n e 1 9 6 5 6 1 5 6 G. S. Kempis 6 0 1 9 1 3 0 2 6 5 Hearne bowled in two innings only. Routledge and Johnson bowled three wides apiece , and Glover and Mills two each. Johnson delivered two no-balls , and Parkin, Glover, Middleton, andMills one each. Thebest menon the side were undoubtedly Sewell , Halliwell , Routledge and R o w e. The first andlast namedare quite young players . W ebelieve we are correct in asserting that neither has yet reached his majority . Yetthey proved with bat and ball respectively , the mainstays of the team. Sewell had considerably the best batting average on the side , and was the only manwho twice reached three figures andthe only manwho scored a thousand runs during the tour. H e was only absent from two matches . Rowetook nearly as manywickets as any other two men on the side ; and the manner in which he kept up an end, kept down the runs , and most important of all , got wickets , was worthy of a great bowler in his prime . If success thus early obtained does not spoil him, he ought yet to do much greater things.