James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1899

1 6 0 LILLYWHITE'S CRICKETERS' ANNUAL. HARROWELEVEN IN 1898.-E. M. Dowson (captain ) : A good cool and collected bat ; a good captain . Inbowling wasthe mainstay of the side , and promises to turn out an unusually good all -round cricketer . F. W. A. Rattigan : Abeautiful fast wicket bat. Useful fast bowler, Moderate field . H. J. Wyld: hard-hitting bat, with plenty of defence . Aslow left -handbowler of somemerit. Fairfield . E. B. T. Studd : Agood sound bat with plenty of strokes . Agood field . Hasbeen known to bowl . W. P. Robertson : A good steady bat. Quite a good wicket-keeper . A. S. Drew: Apainstaking correct bat ; hard hitter . Fair field . W. S. Medlicott : Goodsound bat, with muchpatience ; might perhaps hit near at times . The best field on the side . J. F. Wilkes : Only a moderatebat. Dashingfield , but uncertain . S. F. A. A. Hurt: Steady mediumbowler. Poor field . Useful bat to fast bowling , very weakto slow. G. Cookson : Very correct bat ; especially useful on slow wickets ; strong defence. Goodfield . C. R. Kennaway: A slow right -hand bowler ; varies his pace well. Only m o d e r a t efield. Opponents. L A N C I N G C O L L E G E . Captainfor 1898.-R.H. C. Mertens. R e s u l t so fM a t c h e s . Matchesplayed, 15 ; won, 6 ; drawn, 3 ; lost , 6. Matches W o n(6) . Club . Opnts. Where played . Whenplayed . 1st 2nd 1st 2nd W o nb y. I n s. I n s. I n s. I n s. W .Armitage'sX I. L g.M a n o r J u n e7 1 2 6 7 6 5 0r u n s E a s t b o u r n e Lancing J u n e1 1 *2 4 6 1 0 8 138runs; *6 w SouthSaxons St.L e o n a r d sJ u n e3 0 *2 1 4 4 8 166runs; *8 w T. T. Simpson's X I. Lancing July 9 1 8 4 8 5 9 9r u n s H U R S TCOLLEGE... Lancing July2 1 3 7 1 0 7 3 0r u n s M a s t e r s Lancing July23 2 3 7 1 7 3 6 4r u n s MatchesD r a w n(3) . A .L. Gaskin'sX I. Lancing M a y2 1 #5 2 + 1 5 5 M a s t e r s Lancing J u n e2 4 *1 6 0 + 5 4 Dolphins Lancing July1 2 *2 5 6 + 9 5 Matches Lost (6). Remarks. *9 w d; t 4 w d *6 w d; + 8 w d *5w d; +6 w d Lostb y. G .H e a d ' sX I. Lancing M a y2 8 4 9 2 3 4 1 8 5r u n s M.C.C.a n dG r o u n d Lancing J u n e1 4 8 4 3 4 9 2 6 5r u n s Dolphins . . . Lancing J u n e1 8 1 2 1 *1 4 9 2 8r u n s B R I G H T O NCOLLEGE Lancing J n n e21 1 3 9 1 8 6 4 7r u n s B l u e m a n t l e s Lancing July1 4 7 8 1 7 8 1 0 0r u n s O l dB o y s L a n c i n g July16 1 5 7 1 8 8 3 1r u n s 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. R. H .C. Mertens L .H .R e a d... 1 6 4 2 8 9 5 1* 2 4 . 0 8 1 5 1 3 3 4 1 0 2* 2 3 . 1 3 A .C. Willmot 7 1 1 3 5 5 3 2 2 :5 R .F. Cardale 1 6 0 3 1 5 7 3 19.68 H .B.D r a k e 1 5 0 2 4 7 5 7 16.46 G .E .Greene 1 7 3 1 9 2 4 8 13-71 A .A .H a t h o r n 1 1 4 8 9 2 0 1 2 - 7 1 G .B . Lancaster 1 3 2 1 2 9 4 4 1 1 . 7 2 C .H .H o w e l l 1 5 3 1 2 4 4 1* 11-27 D .W .A .B u l l 1 2 2 9 8 4 6 9 . 8 G .M .Gill 8 2 4 6 1 3 7 : 6 6