James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1899

1 6 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. good, the fielding excep- Turning the later batsmencould fairly be counted on to makeruns . Their all -round cricket was distinctly above the average , and those whohave the best means of judging claim for them that they were the best lot Haileybury has turned out for very manyyears . One of their three defeats was at the hands of Uppingham, who were , on paper , undoubtedly one of the best School elevens of the year. Their record was only spoilt by one reverse , and that was from a strong eleven of Quidnuncs. Oftheir other two School matches , one, that with Repton , produced a decisive victory ; the other , against Malvern , was drawn after some high scoring . Malvern had a peculiar season . They only lost one match , but on the other hand had but two victories , eight games being left unfinished owing to high scoring . Repton made a good show against Malvern , but failed badly against Uppingham on their own ground . That they showed their real form can hardly be believed . Shrewsbury , by wayof contrast , had a very successful season , and were , beyond a doubt , a good , useful , all -round combination . But for rain they would have had an easy victory over Rossall , whose one notable performance was their defeat of Loretto by 13 runs . Bradfield and Radley were both of them better , judg- ing by appearances , than they have been of late years , although there was in each case the one general reservation , a lack of bowlers . The cricket of the Sherborne eleven was uncertain , and hence disappointing . Though the summary did not convey such an impression , Tonbridge had a side in many. respects above the average . Thebatting was fairly tionally good , and the only real want was another reliable bowler . from collective to individual performances , the season was certainly not lackng in encouraging signs . The Eton and Harrow match produced two players of distinct promise in E. M. Dowson, the Harrow captain , and H. C. Pilkington , the captain of Eton. Thelatter bids fair to become a really goodbat, and though Dowsonhas so far been best knownas a bowler,it is quite probable that he will make as great a reputation as a batsman . Loretto was indisputably the championof Scotch Public School cricket . In bowling and fielding particularly the eleven were stronger than they had been for years . Theywonall their School matches , and no School scored a hundred against them. A s run-getters the most conspicuous were C. L. A. Smith, of Brighton , C. T. C. Doll , of Charterhouse , N. O. Tagart , of Clifton , C. B. Smith and A. H. Spooner, of Haileybury, S. H. Day, W .H. B. Evans and E. W. N. Wyatt, of Malvern , R. H. Spooner and H. Etlinger , of Marl- borough , W. E. C. Hutchings , of Tonbridge , H. F. Terry , of Uppingham, W . B. Bailey and K. O. Goldie , of Wellington , R. N. R. Blaker , of West- minster, and E. B. Noel, of Winchester. Of the bowlers W . L. Moss, of Charterhouse , E. M. Dowson, of Harrow, L. H. Read and R. F. Cardale , of Lancing , C. A. Rathbone , of Malvern , L. H. Draper , of Rossall , A. E. Morris , of Rugby, F. H. Humphrys and C. W. Alexander , of Shrewsbury , and L. M. Stevens , of Winchester , were perhaps the pick . As all -round cricketers E. M. Dowson, C. L. A. Smith , the Brighton Captain , F. H. Humphrys, C. W. Alexander , K. O. Goldie , H. F. Terry . R. A. Williams , of Winchester , A. K. G. White, of Cheltenham , Lord F. Scott , of Eton, J. T. Turner , of Fettes , C. W. Wordsworth and J. Kerr , of Loretto , E. W. N. Wyatt, of Malvern , W. F. Lumsden, of Repton , on the form of the year , werethe most promising . Though the death roll has been heavier than usual the list includes comparatively few cricketers who are familiar in more than name to the present generation . Some of them, too, are merely memories even to the