James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1896

THE UNIVERSITIES AND PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN 1895. 171 M agdalen C ollege E leven in 1895.— B . N. Bosworth-Smith ( c a p t a in ) : A v e r y g o o d ba t , w i th s o u n d d e f e n c e ; p la y e d c o n s i s t e n t l y w e l l f o r th e C o l le g e , as h is a v e r a g e sh ow s . A u s e fu l le f t -h a n d b ow le r . E x c e l l e n t f ie ld a n yw h e r e . E . A . M o r re s : A u s e fu l , a l l - r o u n d c r i c k e t e r . D id n o t m e e t w ith a s m u ch su c c e s s w ith th e b a l l a s la s t y e a r . G o o d f ie ld . / / . J). C o rb e t : Im p r o v e d as a b a t im m e n s e ly , an d p la y e d s e v e ra l e x c e l l e n t in n in g s . I s a m o s t u s e fu l b ow le r , w ith a cu r l f r om le g . *G o o d f ie ld a n d c a t c h , b ’. L . F a n e : V e r y g o o d ba t , e s p e c ia l ly on th e o f f s ide . W a s o f g r e a t s e r v ic e to th e C o l l e g e . / / . \V. K aye : A v e r y fa i r b a t , w i th o u t m u ch d e fe n c e . F i e ld s w e l l a t c o v e r . C a n b ow l a b i t . M. M o r t : F a s t b ow le r , bu t r a th e r e r r a t ic . H a r d -h i t t in g b a t , w ith n o d e fe n c e . U n c e r t a in f ie ld a n d c a t c h . C. J lead lam : A n e x c e l l e n t w i c k e t -k e e p e r , a n d o f t e n p la y s a m o s t u s e fu l in n in g s . W. S. C a se : A g o o d b a t ; d id n o t p la y m u ch ow in g to h is s c h o o l s . F i e l d s w e l l a t t h i i d m a n a n d in th e c o u n t r y . B o w l s s low le f t . / / . ] ) . Jjcreson-Goiver : B r i l l i a n t b a t ; s c o r e s v e r y fa s t , w i th p le n t y o f s t r o k e s a l l r o u n d th e w i c k e t . F a i r c h a n g e , s low b ow le r . V e r y g o o d fie ld . /. 7/. Johnson: A fa i r c r i c k e t e r . H i t s h a rd w h e n se t . U s e fu l f ie ld . H a s b e e n k n ow n to b ow l . J. / / . 7 'helps : F a i r w ic k e t -k e e p e r . H a r d -h i t t in g b a t . (J. B . Hailes : A v e r y g o o d a l l - r o u n d c r i c k e t e r , b e in g a s ou n d b a t . G o o d c h a n g e b ow le r , a n d an e x c e l l e n t f ie ld . W a s u n a b le to p la y m u c h f o r th e C o l l e g e . 7 / . A . Arkw r iyh t : M o s t u n c e r t a in b ow le r , bu t on h is d a y v e r y g o o d . H a s fa l le n o f f in h is b a t t in g . A g o o d fie ld . ORIEL COLLEGE. Matches played, 1 4 ; icon, 5 ; drawn , 8 ; lost, 1. O kiel C ollege T welve in 1895.— J\ F . ITarner: A b r i l l ia n t b a t , w ith s p le n d id s t r o k e s a l l r o u n d th e w i c k e t . U n f o r t u n a t e l y f o r th e c o l l e g e w a s u n a b le to p la y m u ch o w in g to th e c la im s o f ’V a r s i t y c r i c k e t . A g o o d c a p t a in , s e t t in g h is m en a g o o d e x am p le b y h is u n fa i l in g k e e n n e s s a n d e n e r g y b o t h o n th e f ie ld a n d o f f (a v e r a g e 58). C. B. Bards w e l l : A g o o d b a t , w i th s om e v e r y n i c e s t r o k e s ; p la }-ed e s p e c i a l ^ w e l l f o r th e c o l l e g e . N o t s o s u c c e s s fu l in b o w l in g th is y e a r , bu t w i l l n o d o u b t c om e o n a g a in n e x t . A s g o o d a s l ip a s e v e r (a v e r a g e 57). T. C . llobinson : A v e ry u s e fu l b a t , w ith g o o d f o r c i n g pow e r s ; p la y e d v e ry c o n s i s t e n t ly . A v e ry fa i r f ie ld a t p o in t (a v e r a g e 42 ). A . W . Isaac : A v e r y f r e e a n d d e p e n d a b le h i t te r , b e in g p a r t i c u la r ly s t r o n g o n t h e o n s id e . A k e e n c r i c k e t e r a n d e n e r g e t i c f ie ld (a v e r a g e 59). A. 7 / . S. H a y n e s : Q u i t e a g o o d b o w l e r o n h is d a y , b e in g a b le to b r e a k b o th w a y s , b u t r a t h e r u n c e r t a in . A v e ry g o o d c a t c h . M o d e r a t e b a t (a v e r a g e 15). 7\ L e e : A v e r y f a i r w i c k e t ­ k e e p e r at th e b e g in n in g o f th e s e a s o n , b u t u n f o r t u n a t e ly , o w in g t o b a d h a n d s , f e l l o f f g r e a t ly . C om p l e t e l y ou t o f fo rm w i th th e b a t (a v e r a g e 7). C . F . Borrouyhes: A v e r y g o o d f ie ld , bu t e x t r em e ly d i s a p p o in t in g as a b a t (a v e r a g e (10 ). F . ll\ Jiomney : A n e x c e l l e n t ba t on a fa s t w i c k e t , bu t n o t q u i t e s o g o o d o n a s low o n e . A p o o r f ie ld , bu t is im p r o v in g (a v e r a g e 5(5). B . I ) . B ann on : A f in e p la y e r , w ith b e a u t i fu l fo rw a r d s t r o k e s . S h o u ld h a v e a g o o d c h a n c e o f h is “ b lu e ” n e x t y e a r . E x c e l l e n t lo n g f ie ld , a n d n ow a n d th e n ta k e s a tu r n w i th th e l e a t h e r (a v e r a g e 51). IT. E . Harrison : A k e e n c r i c k e t e r , a n d a v e r y s t e a d y b a t , w h o p la y e d v e r y c o n s i s t e n t l y , a n d w a s o f g r e a t u se ; m i g h t p la y m o r e f r e e ly w ith a d v a n t a g e . S a fe f ie ld a n d im p r o v in g b o w l e r (a v e r a g e 59). G . W rejord Brown : A m u c h im p r o v e d c r i c k e t e r a l l r o u n d , a n d s h o u ld b e g o o d n e x t y e a r w i th b o t h th e b a t a n d b a l l . G o o d f ie ld . E . T. G am i e r : A sm a r t g o o d b o u n d t o s u c c e s s a n d w a s u s e fu l o n o c c a s i o n s . W i t h p e r s e v e r a n c e w o u ld b e o f u se w i th th e b a t . Sm a r t f ie ld (a v e r a g e 15).