James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1896

Ti l K CHIEF CRICKETERS INT 1805. 283 KENT. E asby , J. W .—Born at Appleton Wiske, Northallerton. Aug, 32, 1867; a good batsman, with plenty of patience and fine defence ; played good cricket in the earlier part o f the season, and for the first half headed the Kent batting averages ; a good field, and fair change bowler.—Address: County Cricket Ground, Canterbury. ____ ' H earnk , G. G .— Born at Ealing. July 7, 1856. 5 ft. 6 i n . ; l i s t ; a fast straight left-round bowler ; bats and bowls left hand ; a steady bat. Address : 140, Lewisham High Road, New Cross, S.E. ; e Lord 's. H earnk , A lec . —Born at Ealing, July 22, 1853. 5 ft. b i n . ; 9st. 5lbs. ; a good slow round-arm bowler, with break from leg ; steady bat, with any amount of patience ; headed the County batting and bowling averages in 1895, and scored 1,477 runs in all matches. Address: Ivy Bach Villa, Brown- hill Road, Catford, S .E . ; e L o rd ’s. H earne , W a l t e r . —Born at Chalfont, St, G iles ’s, January 15, 1864. 5 ft. 11£ in ; 32 st.; a right-hand medium pace b ow le r ; bowled with great success in 1894, but was unfortunately prevented playing in 1895 owing to illness, and was a great loss to the County. Address : County Cricket Ground, Canterbury. M ar t in , F red er ick . —Born at Dartford, October 12. 1861. 5 ft. 10 i n . ; 12 st. 4 l b s . ; a medium pace bowler (left-arm) ; gets a good deal of work on the b a l l ; a much improved bat ; fair field. Address: Old Dover Road, Can­ terbury ; e L o rd ’s. W r ig h t , W a lter . —Bora at Hucknall Folkard, February 29, 1856. 5 ft. 7£ in ; 10 st. 8 lb s . ; a left-hand, medium-pace bowler ; has occasionally been very successful, but has never recovered the form he showed previous to his accident at the Oval in 1893; a brilliant field, and by no means a bad bat. Address : Maidstone ; e Mote Park. LAN CA SH IRE . B aker , G. A .—Born at Mai ton, April 18, 1862. 5 ft. 9 in. ; l i s t . ; good bat and change bowler and capital field ; not quite so successful in 1895. Address : 7, Broad Street, Bury ; e Bury. B r igg s , J ohn . — Born at Sutton - in - Ashfield, October 13, 1862. 5 ft. 5 in ; 10 st. 6 lb s . ; a first-class all-ronnd cricketer, being a capital bat, good left- hand bowler and splendid field at cover -po in t ; bowled in fine form last season, but showed a great falling off as a bat.—Address: St. P e ter ’s Square, Manchester. H allam , J .—Born at Leicester ; good medium pace bowler and prom ising b a t ; made his first appearance for the County last season, and should prove useful to the team next year. Address : County Cricket Ground, Man­ chester. L ancaster , A .—A slow left-hand bow ler ; fair bat and f ield; was o f great assistance to the County during the past season, Address: Enfield, near Accrington . M old , A r thu r . —Born at Middleton Cheney, Northamptonshire, May 30, 1865. 5f t . l o i n . ; lOst. 7lbs. ; a first-class fast bowler, with an easy delivery ; an improving bat and fair field ; took 182 wickets for the CountV in 1895, and 213 in all matches. Address: 21, Duke Street, Old Trafford , M an ch ester ; e Lancashire. O ak ley , W il l iam .— Born at Shrewsbury, May 6, 1861. A left-handed medium- paced bowler, with a lot of work from le g ; very useful change. Address : 6, V ictoria Terrace, Langright, Manchester; e Sefton Cricket Club, L iverpool.