James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annaul 1897

T H EUNIVERSITIESA N DP U B L I CS C H O O L SIN 1 8 9 6. 1 6 7 CHELTENHAMELEVEN IN 1896.-*F. H. Bateman Champain: A n ideal captain . A very fine batsman, with all the best off-side strokes . A superb field . Avery steady slow bowler,with great variety of pace. *E. I. M. Barrett : Asplendid batsman; hits all round the wicket with enormouspower and perfect ease. Agoodground field , but has taken to missing catches . Afair bowler . A. D u Boulay : Afine upstanding batman; plays better than ever whenruns are needed . Agood field . Bowled steadily and well at all times . *C. D. Best : Areally first -rate wicket -keeper , neat , safe , and quick . Of immense value to the side . Moderate bat. * R. F. Finké: A fair batsman; did not improve. A good point . *D. Robertson : Afair batsmanand field . A useful but unreliable bowler. A. B. Skinner : Only got iuto form towards end of season . Hits with great determination and power; played most valuable innings versus Marlboroughand Haileybury . F. Kershaw: Amost consistent scorer ; lacks style ,but has good defence and scoring power. Quick and accurate in the field . R. Thornton : Avery neat and sound little batsman; cuts well and has strong defence . A first -rate field . J. N. B. Champain: A good sound bat ; plays very well on leg side . Improvedas a bat and field morethan anyone on the side . F. M. Luce : Avery useful left -handbowler ; thoroughly sound field anywhere. Plays with a very straight bat, and has lots of power. C L I F T O NC O L L E G E . Captain for 1896.-W. N. Pilkington . R e s u l t so f M a t c h e s . Matches played , 6 ; won, 0 ; drawn, 5 ; lost , 1. Club. Opnts. Whereplayed . When played . 1st 2nd 1st 2nd W o nb y. Opponents. I n s. Ins. I n s. I n s. Matches Drawn(5). R e m a r k s . LiverpoolClub Clifton M a y27, 28 286*209 268 *7wkts. d Incogniti Clifton J u n e3, 4 3 0 2 2 2 2*64 *5 wkts. d O l dCliftonians Clifton J u n e26, 27 307 *78 397 *5w k t s. d CliftonC l u b C l i f t o n July2 2 3 5 *5 1 *2w k t s. d Haverford Coll ., U.S.A. Matches Lost (1). C H E L T E N H A MCOLLEGE... Clifton July24, 25 *4 0 0 1 4 5 *2w k t s. d Lostby. Clifton July8, 9 218 188 365 *35 5 wkts.; *5wd B A T T I N GA V E R A G E S . T i m e s M o s tin I n n s. n o to u t. R u n s. a nInns. Average. E .H . L. Steinthal W .N. Pilkington .. 9 0 2 5 0 3 2 1 6* 7 1 . 8 5 9 2 2 4 2 1 1 3* 34-57 N .O.Tagart 5 0 1 5 5 6 7 3 1 G .H .N o t o n 9 0 2 6 4 1 0 4 2 9 - 3 3 A .M .Simpson 9 1 2 0 1 5 3* 2 5 . 1 2 J.D a n i e l l 7 0 1 5 6 5 5 2 2 - 2 8 S. V .W i l l i a m s 5. 0 1 0 9 4 5 2 1 . 8 0 W .G .G a r n e t t 8 1 1 4 0 3 4 * 2 0 F. D. Nicholson 6 3 4 5 2 1* 1 5 L. B.Fyffe 6 2 3 6 1 2* 9 C .M .B e n s o n 5 1 3 4 2 6* 8 . 6 0 L.B. Fyffe... F. D. Nicholson C. M . Benson B O W L I N G A V E R A G E S . Overs. Maidens. Runs. Wickets . Average. 1 5 2 5 9 2 7 1 1 9 14.27 9 9 . 4 2 4 2 5 2 1 5 1 6 . 6 0 1 2 9 2 5 3 9 2 1 4 2 8