John and James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Companion 1882

Will still further improve. B ates has also been o f great use in many leading matches. Three L ancashire bowlers, B arlow , N ash , and W atson , have each an excellent analysis, and evidence the great strength of the Champion County. A. S haw and M orlkv , by reason o f the N otts ifmeute , have had less bowling to do than usual, and both have retro, graded in comparison with their great performances of former years. M ycroft did really good work for D erbyshire , as he often has before. H ill has revived old associations by a wonderful return to form , and his old confrere , E mmett , has also been the hero o f some notable perform ­ ances. Of the Amateurs, Mr. A. G. S teel is facile princeps with an admirable analysis, and may fairly be termed the best amateur bowler we have had for many years. Mr. W . G. G race appeared to have lost his c<dev il,” and Mr. A. H. E vans , though on his day unplayable, evidently required a wicket to help him. Mr. C. T. S tudd was useful alike to C ambridgb , M iddlesex , and the G entlemen , and Mr. A. P enn did excellent service to K ent in the few County matches in which he took part. The names of several once-celebrated cricketers appear in the ♦ Obituary for the year, amongst others that o f Mr. It. A. F itzgerald . Some few yeare ago his was one of the best known faces at L ord ’ s , and as secretary to the M arylebone C lub , and a prominent member o f I Z ingari and the Q uidnuncs , his genial humorous nature made him many friends. Prior to his long illness, he was an annual contributor to the pages-of the Companion , and his Wickets in the West , an account o f the tour o f the Eleven which he took out to Canada and the United States in 1872, and Jerks in from Short-leg, are to be found on many cricketers* shelves. +