James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1896

THE CHIEF1 CR ICKETERS IN 1 895 . 281 E v a n s , C h a r l e s . —Born at Whittington Moor, February 19, 1866. 5 ft. 11Jin. ; l is t . 10 lbs. ; fast bowler, right hand; good bat; did not play much in 1895. Address: Sheepbridge, Chesterfield ; e Pitsmoor. H o l m e , J o s e p h . —Born at Church Gresley, June 29, 1862. Yrery useful all­ round player ; left hand bowler ; very hard-hitting bat; good field; only played three times for the County. Address : Talbot Hotel, Varlow Street, Burton-on-Trent. M a l t h o u s e , S a m u e l . —Born at Whitwell, October 18, 1859. 5 ft. 5 in . ; lOst. 12 lbs. ; left-hand bat, hits very hard; bowls medium right, with a fair amount of break ; good and hard working field ; only played once in 1895. Address : Whitwell, Chesterfield ; e Meltham Mills. P o r t e r , G . —Born at Spondon, December 8 , 1861. 6 ft. 2 in .; 14 st. 3 lbs. ; very good fast bowler; fair bat; w*as of great assistance to the County in 1895. Address: Spondon; e Burton-on-Trent. S t o r e r , W i l l i a m . —Born at Butterley Hill, Ripley, January 25,1868. 5 ft. Sin.; 10J s t . ; one of the best professional wicket-keepers of the day; first-class bat, and was third in the averages last season. Address: Derby; e Lord’s. S t o r e r , H.—A very fair bat, and likely to be of use to the County in this department of the game; can bowl ; smart field. Address: Derby. S u g g , \V a l t e r . —Born at Ilkeston, May 21, 1860. 5 ft. 9 in . ; 10st. ; very good medium pace bowler, with break ; good bat and field ; had a very success­ ful season in 1895. Address: 27, Whitechapel, Liverpool. D U R H A M . A n d e r s o n , |W.—Excellent fast bowler, left arm, high delivery ; e Keigh­ ley, 1896. G r e g o r y , J o h n .— Good slow, right arm bowler, with plenty of break; punish­ ing, but impatient ba t ; good field; e Durham City, 1896. L a m b e r t , T h o m a s . —Excellent wicket-keeper; patient and sound bat. Address: 31, High Bridge, Newcastle-on-Tyne. N i c o l l , D a v i d . —Very straight, fast, right-hand bowler; excellent field; e Sunderland, 1896. W e l f o r d , J a m e s W.—Fine and punishing b a t ; good change bowler and splendid out-field. B u r n s , J.—A good batsman; useful slow bowler and good field ; rather out of luck in 189ft. Address : County Cricket Ground, Leyton ; e Lord ’s. C a r p e n t e r , H.—Born at Cambridge, July 12th, 1869; has developed into one of the best professional bats in the South ; scored over 1,000 runs last season, including a fine innings of 143 against Surrey, and has the good average of 31*06 for Essex in County matches; good bowler and field. Address : County Cricket Ground, Leyton ; e Lord’s. F r e e m a n , E. C.—Born December 7th, 1860; a very promising bat; fair change bowrler and good field. Address : County Cricket Ground, Leyton. M e a d , W .—Born March 25, 1870; first-class medium-paced bowler, with great command over the ba ll; took 120 wickets for Essex last season, and 179 for 14*55 in all matches; much improved as a b a t ; a good field. Address: County Ground, Leyton; e Lord’s. P i c k e t t , H.—Born March 16, 1862; fast right-handed bowler; kept up his reputation in 1895; in Leicestershire match at Leyton took all the wickets in the first innings; fair bat and field. Address: County Ground, Leyton ; e Lord’s. R u s s e l l , T.—Much improved as a wicket-keeper; a very useful batsman at times ; fair change bowler. Address : County Ground, Leyton.