James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1896

172 L IMA w h i t e ’ s CHICKKTEKS* ANNUAL. UN IVERS ITY COLLEGE. Matches played, 17 ; iron, 10; lost, 1; drawn, 6 . BATTING AVERAGK8. M. Y . Barlow • t• Inns. 9 Times not out. 1 Buna. 435 Most in an Inns. 133 Average. 54-37 F. G. II. Clayton . A <• ... in 1 755 161 50-33 I>. Christophcrcion •#• 13 4 :m 120 40-66 K. A . W oodward ... ••• 21 1 634 16S 32*70 H . K. Wanw*y • t• ... 11 1 818 86 31*80 H. C. Armstrong .. •## ... 19 2 447 73* 26 29 (t. J o r d a n ............. ••• ... 10 1 206 119* 22*66 C. J. B o l d .............. • a a 8 1 149 50 21*28 . C. Tasker Evans ... A •• ... 11 5 127 70* 21*16 G. W . Johnson • • 8 2 94 37 15*66 R. A. Greig.............. •*• 8 1 78 44 11*14 The bowlinganalyse were not kept, but the following took wickets:—R. A. Greig, 41 wickets; F. ( t . U. Clayton, 33; C. Tasker Evans, 30; G. Jordan, 22; I). Ohristoplier- aon, 20. U niversity C ollege E leven in 1895. — Jf. Y. Barlow: B a t ted b r illian t ly whenever he p layed , a broken finger keep ing h im ou t o f the late m a tches . F ine hard -h itting bat, scoring very fast all round. G ood field. F . G. U. Clayton: A fter starting badly scored heav ily and con s is ten t ly , m ak ing three cen tur ies . F ine bat, with a beautiful cut and off-drive. G ood bow ler and field. I). Christo - pherson: Th ough his average is improved by not outs, he has batted very well fo r the College. A s a slow left-hand bow ler has been very usefu l. K. A. Woodwind: P layed several fine inn ings. M ost tak ing ba t to w a tch when set. Fine out-field. I I . l t . Wausey: B a tted well at tim es , but did not p lay very often . G ood field at point. If. C. Armstrong: Im p roved g rea t ly th is year . H is consistent batting was o f the greatest service to the C o llege . P la y s well o ff his legs. G ood field. G. Jordan : U sefu l h a rd -h itt ing bat. A good steady bow ler and very fine field, espec ia lly a t extra m id -off. < 7 . J. lie id : Ow ing to row ing un fortuna te ly cou ld not p lay till late in the term . P roved h im se lf to be a most useful bat, with a n ice style . Cap ita l field. C. Tasker Brans: A s a bow ler (right m ed ium ) has been o f the very grea test service, p e r fo rm in g espec ia lly well on som e occa s ion s . V e ry fa ir bat. G. W. Johnson: A g o od and p lucky w icket-keeper , and a much better bat than his average ind ica tes . R. A. G reig : Bow led ex trem e ly well the w h o le t e rm ; left-hand fast. T h e hard w ickets seemed to suit him , but he sh ou ld n o t cu lt iva te his slow hall too much. A s a batsman possesses a s ty le o f h is own . J