James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1899

T H ECHIEFC R I C K E T E R SIN 1898. 2 4 3 K E N T . EASBY, J. W.-Born at Appleton Wiske, Northallerton , Aug.12, 1867; a good. batsman, with plenty of patience and fine defence . Address : County Cricket Ground, Canterbury . HEARNE, ALEC.-Born at Ealing ,July 22, 1863. 5 ft. 6 in.; 9st . 7 lbs .; a good slow round-arm bowler, breaking both ways ; steady bat, with any amount of patience . Address : 41, Brownhill Road, Catford , S.E.; e Lord's . HUISH, F. H.-Born at Clapham, November15, 1870. 5 ft . 8 in .; 11 st . 81bs .; kept wicket for the County all through season very well indeed . MARTIN, FREDERICK.-Born at Dartford , October 12, 1861. 5 ft . 10 in.; 12 st. 4lbs.; amedium-pace bowler (left -arm) ; gets a good deal of workon the ball; amuchimproved bat ; fair field . Address: Old DoverRoad, Can- terbury ; e Lord's . WRIGHT, WALTER.-Bornat Hucknall Torkard,February 29, 1856. 5 ft. 7½ in; 10st. 8 lbs .; a good left -handmedium-pace bowler ; a brilliant field , andby nomeansabadbat. Address : Gravesend ; e Canterbury . L A N C A S H I R E . BAKER, G. R.-Born at Malton, April 18, 1862. 5 ft . 9 in.; 11 st .; good bat andchangebowler and capital field ; a most useful all -round cricketer . Ad-- dress: 8, HerbertStreet, Stretford , Manchester; e Old Trafford. BRIGGS, JOHN. -Born at Sutton- in -Ashfield, October13, 1862. 5 ft . 5 in; 11st. 4lb.; a first -class all-round cricketer , being a capital bat, good left- handbowler , and splendid field at cover-point .-Address : 10, St. Peter's . Square, Manchester; e LancashireC.C.C. CUTTELL, W .-Born at Sheffield , December29, 1864 ; slow right -handbowler; wasvery successful in 1897 , in fact one of the best bowlers of the year. A d d r e s s: N e l s o n. HALLAM, A.-Born November12, 1872. 5 ft. 7 in.; 11st .; good medium-pace- bowler and promising bat ; did not play last season . Address: 42, Vine Street, N e w t o nHeath, Manchester; e LancashireC.C.C. HALLOWS, J.-Born at Little Lever, November, 14, 1875. 5 ft . 81 in .; a very promising left -handedbat ,with plenty of hit and a variety of strokes ; good all-round cricketer . Address : 5, Thorne Street , MossGate, Manchester; e O l dTrafford. LANCASTER, T.-Bornat Huddersfield, 1863; 5 ft. 10in.; 10st. 10lbs.; a slow left -handbowler ; goodbat and field . Address : Enfield , near Accrington; eE n f i e l d. MOLD, ARTHUR.-Born at Middleton Cheney, Northamptonshire , M a y30, 1865. 5ft. 10in.; 12st 10lb.; a first -class fast bowler, witha n easy delivery ; fair bat and field ; waskept out of several Lancashire matches. last year, owing to an injury . Address : 21, DukeStreet , Old Trafford , Manchester; e Old Trafford , also for 1899 . OAKLEY, WILLIAM.-Bornat Shrewsbury, M a y6, 1868. 5ft. 8in.; 10 st. 7lbs . A left -handmedium-paced bowler, with a lot of work from leg. Address :: 6,Victoria Terrace , Longsight , Manchester ; e Todmorden . PAUL, A G .-Born at Belfast , July 24, 1865. 6 ft . lin.; 13st . 8lbs .; a good bat, and drives well ; improved field ; bowls slow fairly well . Address : 207, Broad Street , Pendleton , Manchester ; e Lancashire .