James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1896

208 LILLYWHITK’ s CRICKETERS’ ANNUAL. BATTING AVERAGES. Times Most in Inns* not out. Runs. an Inns. Average. G. (). Turnbull ... •«• »•• 1o 1 451 88* 25*01 F. H. Fasson • A/ 1 255 54* 15 J. M. 1L Duncan... ............. 8 7 90 24* 11*25 J. F. Thompson ... 1 i*• l ' 2 135 29 10*38 A. Morton............. ............. 16 3 144 27* 9 W. 1>. P. llardisty ............. 7 6 61 25* 8*71 C. A. Cunningham •• ••• Af 1 145 26 8*52 It. T. Neilson ... ............. 17 0 142 33 8*35 H. A. Taylor ............. 18 0 126 37 7 E. R. Jones 14 • *• *■ 2 95 19* 6*78 BOWLING AVERAGES. Overs. Maidens. Runs. Wickets. Average. J. M. B. Duncan ... ............. 197 62 330 31 10*07 C. A. Cunningham ............. 190*4 56 3S1 37 10*20 II, A. Taylor ............. 181*3 49 862 28 12*92 E.R. Jones ............ 56 15 145 11 13*18 G. O. Turnbull ............. 81 16 213 14 15*21 R. T. Neilson ............. 31 9 69 4 17*25 M erchiston E leven in 1895.— *(f. O. Turnbull : A powerful bat when set Best on a fast wicket, as his play is mostly forward, but not a scorer. A fine field anywhere. F. II. Fasson : Plays a good defensive game, and shows correct methods, but has not acquired any punishing power. An excellent field. *77. A. Taylor : Improved considerably in bowling and fielding, but his batting was still too showy to be effective. J. M. B. Duncan: A prom ising bowler, but since he has attempted to bowl faster he has lost accuracy. An ugly, but an improving bat. J. F. Thompson : A very steady left-handed bat, but without any o f a left-hander s pow7er o f punishing. *A. Morton : Much improved in his batting, and has played several very useful innings. Wou ld make more runs if he did not so often hit across the wicket. A very active field. JV. D. P. lla rd is ty : A rapidly improving batsman, but as yet without much knowledge o f the game. Takes pains at practice, and learns quickly. *C. A . Cunningham : His batting is stronger than last year, but he still loses his wicket too often through impatience to score. His bowling has often been very useful, <specially in the later matches. His fielding is generally very good. It. T. Stilson: A good bat with an attractive style, standing up well to the fastest bowling. He takes much trouble to improve, and deserves a higher average. A very smart field. K. It. Jones: Can make a few runs sometimes, but his batting is rather careless. Towards the end o f the season it was discovered that he could bowl, and get wickets when the other bowlers failed. J. S. Geilcie : A fairly good bowler in practice, sometimes sending down a really difficult ball, but is unfortunately erratic in matches. Fields very well, but is still quite an ineffective bat.