James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1899

1 7 6 LILLYWHITE'SCRICKETERS' ANNUAL. H esometimes fielded well at cover -point . R. W. Hopkins : A nungainly bat; his wicket was often a hard one to get. A very moderate wicket -keeper . P. Bramwell-Davis : A quick scorer , with a fair off -drive ; his defence is very weak. A fair field , with a poor return . K. Robertson : A correct bat ; he plays straight in his forward strokes , and times the ball well . Cankeep wicket . B. M. Tomlinson : If he can make more use of his strength and height to increase his pace he should be a dangerous fast bowler next year. In batting he at present finds it difficult to makethe bat hit the ball . D. L. Townshend: Apainstaking bat; scored well at the beginning and end of the season , but wasquite out of form for someweeks in the middle . Quite a moderate change b o w l e r. W E S T M I N S T E R S C H O O L . Captain for 1898.-R. N. R. Blaker . R e s u l t so f M a t c h e s . Matches played , 12 ; won, 3 ; drawn, 5 ; lost , 4. C l u b. C p n t s. Where played . Whenplayed . 1st 2nd 1st 2nd Opponents. W o nb y. Ins Ins. Ins. Ins. Matches Won(3). Lordsa n dC o m m o n s Vincent Sq. M a y14 1 0 8 8 2 2 6runs E t o nR a m b l e r s VincentS q. J u n e8 2 1 3 1 3 9 7 4r u n s H a r r o wB l u e s Vincent Sq. July 23 #149 1 3 5 1 4runs; *8w d MatchesD r a w n(5). R e m a r k s. R .E . M o r e ' sX I. VincentS q. M a y7 *1 6 3 1 7 0 *7w d IZingari Vincent Sq. M a y28 *219 + 1 3 5 *5 w d; 1 5 w d CHARTERHOUSE SCHOOL Godalming J u n e1 7,1 8 113 290 289 *7wd W e s tK e n t VincentS q. June22 *2 8 2 + 2 1 2 *8 w d; +8 w d Incogniti Vincent Sq. July 2 2 7 8 + 1 8 6 *9 w d; +9 w d Matches Lost (4). Lostb y. KensingtonP a r k VincentS q. M a y21 3 7 6 6 2 9r u n s M.C.C.a n dG r o u n d VincentS q. J u n e4 1 0 2 2 3 7 1 3 5runs OxfordUniv.Authentics Vincent Sq. June25 1 1 6 *2 5 2 O l dWestminsters Vincent Sq. July9 1 7 1 2 9 6 136runs; *6w d 2 5r 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 .N .R .B l a k e r 1 4 2 5 4 0 9 2* 4 5 H .R .F l a c k 1 4 1 2 7 7 5 0 2 1 . 3 0 H .R. Lonsdale 1 2 0 2 3 2 6 2 1 9 - 3 3 H .S.B o m p a s 1 1 0 . . . . . . 1 8 7 6 7 18-70 S. M .Anderson 1 2 1 1 9 9 5 2 * 18.09 W .C . Stevens 1 3 0 . . . 2 3 5 3 6 18-07 F .Y o u n g 1 4 0 . . . 1 9 1 8 3 14.69 B.H .Willett 9 1 9 6 2 5* 1 2 L. Y. Barmby 7 1 6 0 2 3* 1 0 H .W .Beveridge 1 4 6 5 3 3 9 6 . 6 2 W .V .Raynor 1 2 4 1 6 8. 2 . 6 6