James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1898

T H EUNIVERSITIESA N DP U B L I CS C H O O L SIN 1 8 9 7. 1 7 3 bat. Goodout-field , and has beenknownto bowl. C. W. Watney : Stylish bat, with somefirst -class strokes on the off -side . Shaky at present whenhe goes in,but is young , and should make a good cricketer . Good field in the country . P . Eglington : A colt of great promise ; small but strong . Watchesthe ball anddefends his wicket remarkably well ; cuts very clean and hard , and can hit all round . Weak point hitting at straight balls to square -leg and mis- timing slow ones . *E. A. Wilson : has workedhard at it, but fortune has not favoured his efforts . Strong, but fails to apply his strength . G. T. B. Hext : Secured his place in the team by consistently steady bowling , slow , medium right . With the bat his style is not classic , but by bold hitting has got runs whenbadly wanted . F. W. Kemp : Has come on a good deal both in defence and style . Fields well , and plays the game. S C H O O L . S H R E W B U R Y Captain for 1897.-F. H. Humphrys. R e s u l t so f M a t c h e s . Matches played , 11 ; won, 4; drawn, 4 ; lost , 3. Club. Opnts. Where played . When played . 1st 2nd 1st 2nd W o nb y. Opponents . I n s. I n s. I n s. Ins. Matches W o n(4) . W r e x h a m ... Edgbaston R O S S A L L S C H O O L L u d l o w Matches Drawn(4) . Shropshire County Derbyshire Friars O l dSalopians LiverpoolX I. Matches Lost (3) . Oswestry ADulwichX I. ... M.C.C.andGround Shrewsbury June12 *1 8 7 1 1 8 Shrewsbury June19 *1 1 8 9 8 Shrewsbury June22, 23 2 4 8 Shrewsbury July 24 *2 5 0 Shrewsbury M a y29 *8 3 + 2 0 8 Shrewsbury June29, 30 1 4 5*203+409 Shrewsbury July 9, 10 Shrewsbury July 21 Shrewsbury June 5 Shrewsbury 4 7 *1 1 8 J u n e14, 1 5 Shrewsbury July 14, 15 1 4 11 1 4*3 7 4 6w k t s.; *4 w/d 4wkts.; *6 w d 109 88 Inns. &51 runs. 1 1 4 136r.; *7 w d,i.c Remarks. *3 w d; +9 w d,i.c *7 w d.; +9wd,i.c . 258 144 270 *111 *6 wkts. d *1 5 1 + 2 6 0 *7w d; +2 w d,i.c Lostby. 4wkts.; *6w d 1 3 1151 170*115 7wkts.; *3 w d Inns.&119runs; *5wd, i. c 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 .G. Jones... 1 2 7 1 9 5 4 0* 3 9 E. G. Skelton 1 4 3 2 6 6 5 2 2 4 . 1 8 R .M .D r u c e 1 5 1 3 2 5 8 8* 2 3 : 2 1 C.C. H . Twiss 1 5 1 2 6 8 7 3 19.14 . . . A .B. Leather 1 5 0 2 5 4 4 5 1 6 . 9 3 F. H. Humphrys 1 5 2 2 1 4 5 5 1 6 . 4 6 C. W .Alexander 1 5 0 2 4 6 5 2 1 6 . 4 0 F. H. Bowring 1 2 1 1 5 2 5 5 1 3 . 8 1 A .S. Goldie 6 0 6 4 2 6 1 0 . 6 0 G.D .H a s l a m 9 2 3 6 1 3 5 . 1 4 W .P. Salt 6 0 1 4 8 2 . 3 3 F. H. Humphrys C. W .Alexander G .D .H a s l a m F.H .Bowring A .S. Goldie E . G. Jones... R .M .D r u c e A .B. Leather . . . B O W L I N G A V E R A G E S . Overs. Maidens. Runs. Wickets. Average. 2 9 4 . 2 7 7 7 1 6 5 0 1 4 . 3 2 8 1 . 4 1 3 2 8 3 1 5 1 8 - 8 0 1 3 4 3 5 3 3 3 1 4 23.78 2 2 2 . 2 4 5 5 9 9 2 1 2 8 - 5 2 1 1 0 5 0 1 5 0 . . . 1 7 2 7 3 1 7 3 2 1 2 9 0 1 9 0 1 5 0 6 6 0