John and James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Companion 1882

175 n «•R*c N*>tt \ 1'. Steel l >Iabo» • • • • • ♦ BOWLING AVERAGES. Runs No per Inn ings . Overs. Maidens. Runs. W ickets. Wides. Balls. Wkt. . 15 264.3 82 60S 48 7 0 20.16 . Ill 268.1 81 477 38 0 0 12.21 . 11 171 53 320 22 0 1 15 . 6 57 17 97 13 0 0 7.6 C H E L T E N H A M C O L L E G E . andCapt., C. R. B rown ; Treas., C. T illard , Esq. Subs., £1. Ground, 5 acres. •*ance fromstation, 2miles. Colours, cerise and black. Matches, 10—won 6 , lost p1®1awn 1. C. R. B rown (8.4) filled his post of captainwithgreat success; has fallen dr‘ a can drive and hit to leg well, but has aweak defence; a very good and f a field anywhere, setting a good example to his eleven. M. B oyd (31.1), a safe bat, ” thvery strong defence, and scoredwell and consistently; plays well off his legs and "its well; is too fondof hitting straight b^lls tosquare-leg; bowls slowmediumwith -lccess, but very irregular in pitch; a good field. P. P emberton ( 6 ), an excellent h o w l e r , fast mediumwith high action, quick off the ground and good length, often cnccessful with a “ yorker;” plays the game with spirit: is a moderate bat. C. G reenway (24.5), a most useful batsman, seldom failing to score, plays in fine free stylewithplenty of hitting powers, and has a strong defence ; only requires a little gfcgadying-down to be first-rate as a school.boy cricketer ; fields well and smartly at point. W. P arish (13.2), a fairwicket-keeper, not very safe; has not much style as a bat. but canhit well and hard. A E. G ibson (16.4), a patient and painstaking bat, with good defence, wanting in strength and a slew scorer; a poor field. II. P age ( 10 . 4 ), auseful fast bowler with high action, is fairly steady, and should improve with morestrength; shows promise as a bat, and improved during the season, but has an awkward position at the wickets, which makes his play tomewbat tamo; can keep wicket. H. O sborne (26.3), a hard-hitting bat, with little style, but plenty of nerve, cutswell at times; played some very useful innings at critical times; not quick in thefield. G. P age (9.2) bats in nice form and shows promise, but at present weak in his strokes, wanting strength and energy ; slow field. D. J ones (10.2) did not play fortheeleven till late in the season; is a fair bat, hittingwell to leg, and a fair fast bowler. A. P. F riend (3.5), fair change bowler, rather fast, and apt to curl in the air, oftenbowling a difficult ball, but, as a rule, too short in the pitch ; poor bat. The batting averages not b e in g made out in the usual form, we aro unable to insert them. The fo llow ing are the BOWLING AVERAGES. Balls. MaideAs. / Runs. W ickets. Runs per "Wkt. M. Boyd ................................, . . . . 829 47 479 84 14 G. P. P em b e r t o n ...................... , . . . . 797 66 807 27 11.3 A. P. F r ie n d ............................... . . . . 610 36 331 18 17 H. V. P a g o ............................... , • . . . 694 67 267 23 13 b. Jones ............................... . . . . 101 10 74 8 9.7 C L I F TON CO L L EG E . Matches, 9—won 4, lost 2, drawn 3. W. 0 . V izard (ca p t .) worked v e ry hard as captain, and the eleven had considerable success in spite of their weakness in bowl. ; a good bat, driving well; has won the bat given by the county for the best average ; a good field at mid-off. B. D. C arey , not so successful as had been hoped in batting; was not able to play very much owing to an examination ; a splendid field at cover-point, and fair change bowler. W. P. R ichardson was again of the greatest pse as wicket-keeper, at which post he is very steady and safe; improved a good deal m batting, and played several useful innings late in the season. T. C. W ilson is a steady bat, with good defence; a useful slow change bowler, and good field. W. [ krshkl (capt. for 1882) is a straight m ed ium -pace bow ler , but has hardly improved i Kmuch as was expected ; hits hard, bu t is weak in defonce ; a good field. C. G. aunkgy plays in a l iv e ly style, bu t is too anxious to hit, and often sacrifices his mKet through im p a t ien ce ; sometimes bow ls as a ch a n g e ; a very good po in t. F. II. [ gaff!'1'1511 iel1 very much in batting , partly through i lln e ss ; defence very weak ; us well far out. J. H. B rain prom ises to be a v e ry good bat when stronger and wiok^Ct’ 8*,ron& in d e fen ce ; took to bow ling in the middle o f the term, and go t a few twist f ’ a J • KeY} a fair medium -pace bow ler, with considerable | 1 lrom the leg , bu t must take far more trouble, espec ia lly w ith regard to p itch , i f