James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1898

T H EU N I V E R S I T I E SA N DP U B L I CS C H O O L SI N 1 4 5 9 7. S e l w y nCollege. B A T T I N G A V E R A G E S . I n n s. T i m e s n o to u t. R u n s. M o s ti n a nI n n s. A v e r a g e J. E . Linnell H .S. C r o o k 8 1 1 - 9 . 0 2 3 9 7 9 3 4 9 . 5 3 5 5 1 0 4 3 9 . 4 O. W .Wright 7 3 2 7 3 6 9* 3 9 E .B . S h i n e 0 7 0 6 6 3 5 J. D u n c a n 5 2 1 6 2 7 4 3 2 . 2 A .C .Miller 1 0 0 2 2 5 5 3 2 2 . 5 J. P. S i m e o n 6 0 1 3 0 9 3 2 1 . 4 J. F. H .Wilgress 6 0 1 2 7 4 7 2 1 . 1 R .H .B r o w n e 6 3 9 3 3 7* 15.3 R .d eL.. W h i t e 5 3 5 4 2 3* 1 0 . 4 H .F. S e v e r n 6 0 3 4 1 2 5 . 4 Thefollowing also played :- C. White, *4 - 7 - 1 - 8* ; A. Jones, *2-4-6-1; W . L. Newcombe, *5-1-5; H. Barton, 6-9. O. W .Wright R .H .B r o w n e A .C.Miller H .S. C r o o k... B O W L I N G A V E R A G E S . Runs. Wickets. Average. 4 5 8 3 2 1 4 . 1 0 1 7 6 1 1 1 6 3 6 5 2 0 18.1 2 5 4 1 3 19.7 The following also bowled :-Shine, Wilgress . C. White , Simeon and Jones . SELWYNCOLLEGE ELEVEN IN 1897.-E. B. Shine (capt .) : W a sunfortu- nately engaged in playing for the University all the term. A very good fast bowler anda punishing hitter . A splendid field . J. E. Linnell : Hasscored consistently throughout the term. A most excellent bat, with a useful cut. A good field . A. C. Miller : Avery good, useful bowler . A nexcellent field and a g o o dbat, but seemsinclined to hit too freely before h e is set. J. A. F. Wilgress : Unfortunately was often unable to play through illness . A slow but useful bat, but quite useless in the field . R. H. Browne: Has hardly done himself justice with the bat this season , but is a useful change bowler, and a very good untiring field . O. W. Wright : Aconsistent andgood bat, and is a goodbowler, bowling a really excellent slow ball , but is inclined sometimes to bowl fast and trust to luck. H. S. Crook : Agood punishing bat, hitting well all round the wicket . Goodfield , and useful change bowler. J. Duncan: A hardhitter , but quite an unfinished bat. Hasgot runs whenwanted. Un- certain field . J. P. Simeon: Ahardhitting bat,but very inconsistent . G o o d field andhas taken the wicket on occasion. with moderate success throughout the season . Plays with a straight bat, but is a slow scorer . H. F. Severn: H a skeptwicket Aweakbat. R. de L. White : Fields fairly well .