James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1896

136 LILIA 'W H ITE S CRICKETERS ANNEAL. b o w l in g a v e r a g e s . Mr. A. C. S. Glover Pallett Cresswell ... Santall Whitehead . Levey Shilton Barnes W. G. Qnaifc ♦• • « Overs. Mdns. Runs. Wkts. Averae 217*1 56 611 33 18*51 980*1 331 1919 92 20*85 81 20 178 8 22*25 945*4 377 1786 78 22*89 484*4 152 1038 39 26*61 59 15 176 5 35*20 99 30 180 4 45 56 15 145 3 48*33 23 6 62 0 'Die following bowled in two innings only:—Barton, 63—18—115—5 ; Ward, 71—13—174 ; H. G. Hill, 25—6—70—0. Diver, 5 - 0 —15-0 , bowled once only. Pallett bowled 9 wides and 5 no-balls, Santall 15 wides and 2 no-balls, Glover 3 wides, l>evev 2 wides, and Whitehead and H. G. Hill 1 wide each. Y O R K SH IR E . O f f ic e r s fo r 1895.— President.: M. J. Ellison. Vice-Presidents: Lord Hawke and Major W. H. Shepherd. Treasurer: M. J. Ellison, jun. Committee : M. J. Dodworth, C. Stokes, E. Barber, D. Haigh, J. Tomlinson, J. J. Hoimsfield (Sheffield), J. W. Bannister, Aid. Bower, and F. Mudd (Leeds), R. N. Rhodes, J. Wr. Cockerham, Seth Waring (Bradford), A. P. Crosland (Huddersfield), Sain Shaw (Dewsbury), H. Ostler (Hull), W. Carr (Barnsley), J. A. Riley (Halifax), J. Harrop (Wakefield), F. W. Thornton (Craven), F. II. Vaughan (York). Secretdru: J. B. Wostinholm, 10 , Norfolk How, Sheffield. SruKKY and Yorkshire are the only Counties which play all the others qualified for first class, so that the only real comparison can be between them. On their form of 1891 it seemed as if the Yorkshire eleven had decidedly the hest chance for the Championship. Up to a certain point they were Surrey’s most dangerous rivals, and even until the middle of August they were well in the running. Four defeats in the last month of the season, however, caused their retirement to the third place, where they finished. A fine team at all points, their failures at the end of the year were not easy of explanation. In hutting they were decidedly strong. Six batsmen scored a thousand runs pj ail first-class matches, which was more than any other County could say. With Peel, Hirst, Mr. F. S. Jackson, and Wainwright they had four first-class howlers all of different styles. As a fielding side, too, they had no superiors. Even then they lost seven matches to fourteen won. They were a better side than they looked on paper.