James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1898

1 5 4 LILLYWHITE'S CRICKETERS' ANNUAI, B A T T I N GA V E R A G E S . I n n s. T i m e s n o to u t. M o s tin R u n s. a nI n n s. Average. C.F.R y d e r W .L. H. Moss 1 5 1 4 7 4 1 1 9 3 3 - 8 5 1 4 1 2 3 3 6 7 1 7 . 9 2 H .N .H o l e 1 3 0 2 1 2 5 0 71 6 . 3 C .TC .D o l l 1 5 0 2 1 3 5 9 1 4 . 2 S.H e a t o n 1 5 0 1 9 4 4 5 12-93 G .Crosdale 14 A 3 1 3 2 3 7 1 2 G. S. Smith 1 1 2 9 1 2 7 10-11 G.K.Asprey 1 1 2 9 6 2 7 1 0 . 6 6 M .F. R. Wingfield 1 4 0 1 1 6 4 0 8 . 2 8 V. G. H a r m s w o r t h 1 4 4 8 2 *2 3 8 . 2 A .H . T o m p s o n... 4 0 6 3 3 5 15-75 C.F.R y d e r H .N . H o l e... W .L. H .M o s s V .G. H a r m s w o r t h B O W L I N G A V E R A G E S . Balls. Maidens. R u n s. W i c k e t s. Average. 1 9 0 7 9 9 5 1 9 . 8 6 6 0 2 8 3 6 7 1 8 2 0 . 3 8 9 9 9 3 1 6 3 6 2 9 2 1 - 9 3 9 6 0 3 5 5 2 4 2 3 2 2 - 7 8 C. F. Ryderbowled 3wides, H. N. Hole2 no-balls , W . L. H. Moss 2 wides, andV. G. H a r m s w o r t h7 wides. CHARTERHOUSEELEVENIN 1897 .-*C. F. Ryder (captain ) : Thebest bat in the team; plays a steady game, but does not spare loose balls , and is a good judge of a short run: useful left -hand bowler of mediumpace, and very smart field . especially in the slips , where his long reach is of great service to him. Throws in very hard from the country . Amost painstaking captain , who thoroughly understands the game. W. L. H. Moss : Mediumright -handbowler , withgoodcommandover the ball , and varies his pace well . Goodbat, and hits hard, but has not come up to last year's promise. W a sunlucky in both departments at the beginning of the season , but in later matches has been playing up to form ; excellent field , and can bowl lobs in an emergency . *M. F.R. Wingfield : Has failed to realise the promise of last year, a run of badluck early in the season no doubt accounting somewhatfor this failure ; playedwell in the Westminster match. Possesses a very good off -drive , but tries to makeuse of it too frequently ; very slow between the wickets ; moderate field . S. Heaton : Ayoung and steady bat of great promise , who obtains most ofhis runs on the leg side ; is not yet strong enough to score heavily ,but ought to makea lot of runs next season ; good field and safe catch, but is too fond of using one hand. C. C. T. Doll: Agoodbut somewhatsluggish bat ; mustmake his strokes with more freedom , though he occasionally shows good hitting powers; excellent field at cover-point , but must " dash in " more to save the short runs . H. N. Hole : Afair bat, whoplays a good innings at times ; has a very poor forward stroke , and is too fond of trying to pull good length straight balls to square leg. Good right -hand bowler of mediumpace; keeps an excellent length , and rarely sends downa loose ball . G. Crosdale : A smart wicket-keeper, but has not shownmuchimprovement on last year's form; is especially good on the leg side ; shows great promise with the bat, but is inclined to play too slackly at the nets ; makesmost of his runs by a peculiar leg stroke of his own. V. G. Harmsworth : A fast but somewhat erratic left- hand bowler, with a natural break, but must learn to keep off the leg side ; occasionally gets in a ball that might beat any batsman . Avery fair bat , and musttake pains in that direction , but is too slow between the wickets ; a very badfield . *G. K. Asprey : A promising bat with a nice free style , whois not