James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1896

228 L ILIA WHITE 'S cricketers ’ ANNCAL. The Abbey School, Beckenham, Kent. Matches played, 17; won, 15; drawn 1 •lost, 1.—A record season, the school bowler being absent during part of the one match which was lost by the narrow margin of 111 runs. Ihe drawn match was against Elstree, at Elstree. where the Abbey declared then- innings closed, the previous match having resulted m an easy victory for Beckenham. ~E H’. Ih'llon (35): Au excellent left-hand bat; drives well to the off. Steady and effective bowler. A most reliablo captain. E. B. (20): A thoroughly sound bat with patient defence ; unlucky at the beginning of the season. E. IT. Comabe (121): A very patient bat, but wants more punishing o f power. A poor field. L. E. Milburn (18): A hard hitter, with plenty v-------- hat not reliable. Fair change bowler, (i. Crosdale (14): A brilliant wicket- "i \ i i . n _____ : ________ U n . i / v / M i n i n l ^ o H n i n r / / i / r / 1 a \ ^ promise, keeper. Flayed one fine innings, but has gone off in batting. J. J). Craig (14): Vreliable and steady bat, wanfs power. A very good point. B. (A Cbanner (11): Fair defence, but lacks punishing power, and is slow in the field. (). }\ Q. Ifoare (iS): Played well at times, particularly in the first Elstree match. *1"V • 1 1 1 X _______ A . . 1 , ^ n -l «■> l U A f l A l H 7 T 1 i ( A \ _ 4 I l / / ( • V V. / « -X JLIM J V V* 7 j ; -------------- - Promises well, but must take more pains in the field. //. J. Carpenter (4) : Excellent left-hand bowler, but a poor bat. Unable to bowl the first month. It. T. Cord (4): A smart field. Only scored freely in second eleven matches. BOWLING AVERAGES. Overs. Runs. Wickets. Average E. W. Dillon .................................. ... ,‘104*3 460 91 5*05 H. W. Carpenter.................................. ... 172 310 56 5*53 L. E. Milburn ................................... ... 68 149 21 7*09 J. D. Craig and B. G. Channel' also bowled. Weymouth College. Matches played, 11; icon , 2 ; lost, 6. BATTING AVERAGES. Times Most in A. J. Whyte ............. Inns. not out. Runs. an Inns. Average. ... 17 1 359 76 22*4 C. A. Sewell ............. ... 17 0 313 75 18-4 II. P. E l l is ....................... ... 12 1 185 83 16*8 W. S. Masterraan............. ... 17 0 226 80 13*3 C. R. Farrer ............ 17 0 2<)0 42 11*7 G. L. Mayo........................ ... 11 1 114 31 11*4 II. f. Lewis ............. 12 *>A* 90 21 9* EL. L. Budge 6 *) 36 20 9* H. E. Forrester ............. .. 13 0 78 37 6* 11. E. Thomas ............. 8 *> 51 18 51 C. A. Whyte ............. ... 13 l 42 21 3*5 W. E. I^aidman ............ 8 W 54 21 9* F. Lowndes........................ ... 11 1 56 23 5*6 W. E. Dean........................ 7 1 35 15 8*8 M. Girdlestone ............. 10 5 25 13* 5* 8. Bartlett........................ *> •a• 0 15 11 7* BOWLING AVERAGES. C. R. Farrer ............. Ovei s. Maidens., Runs. Wickets. A verage. ... 114 28 354 35 10*11 W. 8. Masterman............. .. 105 25 327 26 12*57 H. E. Forrester ............. .. 217 29 105 26 15*17 A. J. Whyte ............. .. 16S 32 541 34 J5*3 G. L. Mayo........................ II. I. Lewis............. ... 56 38 11 6 103 133 7 4 3 TX 35 •A:\**2 H. E. Thomas 25 5 88 9 itf ^ 29*3 9* W. E. I>aidman ............. 20 4 72 8