James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1898

1 8 4 L I L L YW H I T E ' SC R I C K E T E R S' A N N U A L. FETTES ELEVEN IN 1897 .-*J. A. Campbell (1893-4-5-6-7 ) : Has made an excellent captain , and is to be heartily congratulated on the success of the team. A very dangerous school bat, strong in defence , and a very powerful hitter . H ehas done somebig performances . A useful , steady bowler ,but hedid not goon nearly enough. A safe field . J. T. Turner (1896-7 ) : Areally good bat, with fine strokes on the off ; effective bowler on a fast wicket; rather inclined to be short . Goodfield . *J. A. Lumsden (1896-7 ) : Haslost muchof his pace, but has proved effective on manyoccasions ; better bat than his average would indicate . Fine out-field . *J. R. Lindsay (1896-7 ): Not nearly so successful a bowler as last year. Greatly improved of late as a bat. Safe but slow in the field . * W. G. Glover (1896-7 ) : Afine bat, especially on the off; hash a da lot of b a d luck. Uncertain, but fair field . *B. Blacklock (1896-7 ) : A very useful player ; has comeon a lot in batting , and has fine strokes off his legs . Safe wicket -keeper. D. B. Monyреппу (1896-7 ) : Hard hitter , but has had little success . Very smart field in any position . Good fast bowler. *W. H. Todd (1897) : A nugly bat , possessed of awonderful eye ; has played several very fine innings . Good point . L. West (1897) : Hard hitter , with , however, rather weak defence ; should be useful next year. Safe, butvery slow in the field . *J. S. B. Brough (1897 ) : Hits well to leg ; wanting in defence . Good field . *A. G. Fleming (1897) : A sticky bat, but smothers the ball too much. Goodfield . Might makesomething of a lob-bowler. Opponents. L O R E T T O S C H O O L . Captain for 1897.-J. F. A. F. Swanston. R e s u l t so f M a t c h e s . Matches played, 16 ; won, 9 ; drawn , 4 ; lost , 3. MatchesW o n(9) . E a s tL o t h i a n L a s s w a d e A . O. Mackenzie'sX I. G l e n a l m o n d A c a d e m y G.Watson'sX I. M e r c h i s t o n Club. O p n t s. Where played . Whenplayed . 1st 2nd 1st 2nd W o nb y. Ins. Ins. Ins. Ins. P i n k i e M a y2 2 *2 1 3 4 3 9wkts.; *1 w d L a s s w a d e M a y27 *5 9 5 8 P i n k i e M a y29 *9 7 5 4 9wkts.; *1 w d 4w k t s.; *6 w d P i n k i e J u n e5 *186 4 8 1 0wkts.; *now P i n k i e July19 *1 9 3 5 5 8wkts.; *2 w d P i n k i e July26 2 3 6 3 1 4 6 I n n s. & 159r. M e r c h i s t o n July 2, 3 142 *20 93 6 5 8wkts; *2w d BlairL o d g e P o l m o n t July17 9 7 9 0 3 5 7 r u n s M a s t e r s P i n k i e J u n e2 2 Matches Drawn(4) . B r u n s w i c k P i n k i e M a y1 *1 3 2 + 6 8 H e r i o t s' F .P. P i n k i e M a y8 1 3 3 ※7 9 Dalkeith P i n k i e M a y16 7 0 7 0 R O S S A L LS C H O O L Rossall J u n e11,1 2 *3 2 3 Matches Lost (3) . F E T T E SC O L L E G E F e t t e s July9, 1 0. 1 5 8116 143*133 O x f o r dA u t h e n t i c s P i n k i e July12 113 *30 176 L a s s w a d e P i n k i e July2 2 4 8 1 0 5 4 3r u n s R e m a r k s . *6 w d; †6 w d *7 wkts. d 191+112 *5 w d; +5 w d Lostb y. 7 wkts.; *3wd 63runs; *2w d 5 7r u n s