James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1898

1 6 2 LILLYWHITE'SCRICKETERS' ANNUAL, HARROWELEVEN IN 1897.-P. T. Maw(captain ) : Tookgreat pains with his eleven , and worked them up well in fielding . A very fair field himself , and dangerous batsman , but suffered greatly from ill -health . *T. G. O. Cole : Fell off in bowling , but improved wonderfully in batting . Very fine cutter and driver . Moderate field . E. M. Dowson : A very fine bowler , using his head well , andvarying his break and pace. Not always blessed with the best of luck. A ninvaluable batsman at a crisis . A very poor field , especially off his own bowling . Captain in 1898. H. J. Wyld: Areally fine hitter , with a fine off- drive ,but lacks defence . Useful change bowler and fair field . E. B. I. Studd : Seldom came off , but can hit very well . Perhaps should play a bolder game. Very fair field . W. P. Robertson : Very fair bat, with great strength , and watches the ball well . Is forming into a very fair wicket -keeper . F. W.A. Rattigan : Ill -health prevented his showing up well in 1897. Afine bat if in form,driving and cutting well . Only moderate field . *A. S. Drew: A hitting bat, twice cameoff whenwanted, but lacks defence . Very fair field . J. F. Wilkes : Very good and quick field . Moderate bat . S. F. A. Hurt : Steady bat , fair field , and very steady , straight medium-paced bowler . W. S. Medli- cott : Agood field andcapital catch. Very steady bat ; scores very slowly . Opponents. L A N C I N G C O L L E G E . Captain for 1897.-T. H. Fowler. R e s u l t so f M a t c h e s . Matches played , 14 ; won, 6 ; drawn , 1 ; lost , 7. MatchesW o n(6) . E a s t b o u r n e Mr. W .Armitage's X I. Club. O p n t s. Whereplayed . Whenplayed . 1st 2nd 1st 2nd W o nb y. Ins. Ins. Ins. Ins. E a s t b o u r n e M a y1 8 2 7 0 2 3 0 4 0r u n s Lancing J u n e1 1 3 9 1 0 8 3 1r u n s H U R S TC O L L E G E ... H u r s t J u n e1 0 6 3 4 6 1 7r u n s M a s t e r s Lancing July 1, 2 2 1 9 1 0 6 93 20r u n s O l dB o y s Lancing July3 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 0 1r u n s SirHenryFletcher's X I. Angmering July 6 5 8 3 0 2 8r u n s Matches Drawn(1). R e m a r k s. B l u e m a n t l e s Lancing July1 0 *7 9 *2 5 8 *6w d. i.c .; *6 w d MatchesLost (7). Lostb y. M a s t e r s Lancing M a y24, 25 2 1 5 2 9 9 8 4r u n s M r .F.H e a d ' sX I. L a n c i n g J u n e5 6 0 2 6 8 2 0 8r u n s M.C.C.andG r o u n d Lancing J u n e1 5 9 7 2 2 6 1 2 9r u n s Dolphins Lancing J u n e1 9 1 8 8 *1 9 0 Stoics Lancing J u n e2 6 2 0 2 2 3 0 B R I G H T O NC O L L E G E Brighton July8 6 15 21 4 9 S. P A U L ' SS C H O O L. Lancing July17 8 3 2 8 0 *2 runs; *7 w.d. 2 8r u n s I n n s. &36runs 1 9 7r u n s B A T T I N GA V E R A G E S . T i m e s I n n s. n o to u t. R u n s. M o s tin a nI n n s. W .H . Follett 1 8 1 3 3 8 7 3 Average. 1 9 . 8 8 R .F. Cardale 1 6 3 2 5 8 6 0 1 9 . 8 4 . . . T .H .F o w l e r 2 1 0 3 3 9 8 7 1 6 . 1 1. G .E .G r e e n e 2 0 4 2 1 6 5 0 1 3 . 5 R .W i l s o n 1 8 2 1 9 3 6 2* 12.06 R .E .D r a k e 2 0 2 2 0 8 4 6 11.55 R .H .C.M e r t e n s 1 9 1 1 8 5 2 3 10.27 H .B .D r a k e 1 7 0 1 4 7 4 8 8 . 5 8 L .H .R e a d... 1 8 2 1 2 0 3 1 * 7 . 5 8. V .M e r c e r 9 2 3 7 1 1* 5:26 G .B. Lancaster ... 1 4 3 4 8 1 6 4 . 3 6