James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annaul 1897

1 7 0 LILLYWHITE'SCRICKETERS' ANNUAL. ETONCOLLEGE TWELVE IN 1896 .-*C. T. Allen : Worked very hard as captain , and set his side an excellent example of keenness in the field . A soundbat, with good defence andgreat driving power. Avery useful change bowler and a splendid field . A. D. Legard : Was most disappointing as a batsman, and seemed to have lost all form up till Lord's. A good field , and with practice might become a fair slow bowler. R. Lubbock : A fine bat, with a fine style , anda most consistent scorer , playing hard all round the wicket. Greatly improved in fielding . H. C. Pilkington : A very good bat, with excellent style , especially good at keeping downthe ball onthe off -side . A slow and sleepy field and a poor judge of a run . B. J. T. Bosanquet : Avery useful all -round cricketer . Bats in a stiff and awkward style ; hits hard, especially on the leg side . A very fair fast bowler and safe field . F. H. Mitchell : Bowls lobs with muchjudgment and accuracy . A s a batsman watches the ball well , but has been rather disappointing . A nexcellent field . C. K. Hutchison : A correct bat with good style , but errs somewhaton the side of steadiness . A quick and active field . C. H. Browning : A first -class wicket- keep, with a quiet and impressive style . Astubborn bat . F. H. Hollins : A useful bat with many good strokes , but fell off towards end of half . A n admirable cover-point with quick and accurate return . G. Tryon : Amedium paced left -handbowler. Lost his sting towards end of half. A free bat, not altogether void of defence . Acapital field . Hon. G. Ward: Bowls fast right- handwith a good yorker ; met with great success in early matches, though h efailed at WinchesterandLord's. A n unsuccessful bat anduncertainfield . E. Penn: A good soundbat, driving well on the off . A good field and safe c a t c h. Opponents. H A I L E Y B U R Y C O L L E G E , Captain for 1896.-J. F. Carter . R e s u l t so f M a t c h e s. Matches played , 12 ; won, 4 ; drawn, 2 ; lost , 6. Club. O p n t s. Whereplayed . Whenplayed . 1st 2nd 1st 2nd W o nb y. Ins. I n s. Ins. I n s. Matches W o n(4). G e n t l e m e nofH e r t s MarlboroughBlues KensingtonP a r k OldHaileyburyians Haileybury J u n e6 1 3 7 Haileybury June13 1 9 1 1 7 8 6 3*164 74runs; *7wd 1 3r u n s Haileybury J u n e20 *3 1 8 2 8 1 Haileybury July 4 2 5 3 2 1 9 3 7runs; *6 w d 3 4r u n s Matches Drawn(2) . C H E L T E N H A MCOLLEGE... R e m a r k s . Lord's July31, A . 1 157 261 288 *117 *8 wkts. d HaverfordCollege Haileybury July 6 *1 3 7 + 2 4 5 *3w d; +3 wd,i.c. Matches Lost (6). Lostb y. F. Bowden-Smith's X I. Haileybury M a y1 6 1 0 9 1 6 0 5 1r u n s Q u i d n u n c s Haileybury M a y23 1 5 4 2 6 5 1 1 1r u n s E t o nRamblers Haileybury M a y30 8 6*37 304 217runs; *3w d M . C . C .a n dG r o u n d Haileybury June27 144 *78 238 9 4runs; *9w d U P P I N G H A MS C H O O L Uppingham July 10, 11 188 109 275 *23 7 wkts.; *3wd WELLINGTONCOLLEGE... Haileybury July 17, 18 278 179 422 *37 9 wkts.; *1w d