John and James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Companion 1882

191 t r U E N C B GRAMM AR SCHOOL.— P res ., R e v . T . D. K in g d o n ; Sec . and ' i t a r r a y . M em bers , 100 . Sub s . 10s. 6 d . G round , 4* acres . Co lours , M a tch es , 7—won 6 , and ca tch ; has done E l l . V " " Tran tain, E. C. W oriieagG - (2 .5 ), g o o a oa t , o u t too fond o f h i t t i n g ; g o od ^ service ^ Lu8k ington (7 .1 ) , s te a d y b a t ; g o od b o w l e r ; fa ir fie ld . E. M . *>a »m\ *(a io ) , good bat, bu t had bad lu c k ; g ood w ic k e t k eeper . A . dc L isle* ^n»U la® , but im p roved g r e a t ly tow a rd s the end o f th e s e a s on ; e x c e l len t lo n g . 7 6 )» ^ r r Hunt * (5.3), fa ir b a t ; sha rp in th o fie ld . M . R . C obb (26 .1 ), sp lend id bat, iWp. A* ** nt? on the o f f s id e ; e x c e l le n t b ow le r ; ca r r ied o ff p r iz e s fo r bes t average ^Aciaib. . li^ ii ; he h a s , h ow e v e r , room fo r im p r o v em en t in h is field ing . A. P. po*u . . tair iyAX) j good ch a n g e b ow le r ; s low in the field . H. A . Cra llan (5 .6 ) , fair tfood o fond o f p la y in g f o rw a r d ; g o od fie ld . F . R . N e therso le (9 .1 ) , p rom is in g \,at, hut &e;(i and ca tch . E . A . F a rn a n * (3 ) , p oo r ba t , bu t sp lend id f ie ld ; w inner bat-8harp H a 8 le f t . ^ « P Tize- , ORATORY SCHOOL, EDGBASTON , B IRM INGH AM .—P res ., R e v . J . N o r r i s ; l l Rawlinson ; Capt., W . C rew se . C o lou rs , w h ite tr imm ed w ith b la ck . M a tches , ":c , n3 lost 5 , drawn 4. W . C rew se ,* a p a in s ta k in g ca p ta in , and has perform ed his j y^won , r “afc energ y th rou gh ou t th e season ; as a b a t has s tron g d e fen ce , and h its r i! *T when well se t ; though som ew ha t u n lu c k y in m a n y m a tches , s co red la rg e ly at the i f the season. H. E a ton , a g o od ba t w ith s tr on g d e fen c e and p r e t ty s ty le , has g rea t ♦'tice and when set is v e r y d ifficu lt to get r id o f ; p o o r ju d g e o f a ca tch . E. Crew se , pas strong h it t in g p ow e rs and scores r a p i d l y ; m os t en e rge t ic in the field ; “ v>catch, and has v e ry g o o d re tu rn . A . R icha rd s , as a ba t , has free and ea sy s ty le , a i wejl consistently in bou se m a tch e s ; b ow ls w e l l (slow o v e r - a rm ) ; m ust a cq u ir e fiC°e epin. F. Cum ing,* a p ow e r fu l ba t , and a t t im e s scored h e a v i ly , bu t weak in n,e . a‘ good field. J . O ’ C onn e ll,* o ften lo s t h is w ick e t th rou gh o v e r a n x ie ty to fiLmbut when set h its w ith g rea t fr e e d om ; g o od ch a n g e b ow le r . R . Sh illing ford * a most useful man in the e lev en ; p la y e d some v e r y good in n in g s in o u t m a tch es , made runs w h en m u ch w a n t e d ; a good field an yw h e re . H . P ren d e rg a s t , bosis round-arm (m ed ium ), and th ou g h u n c e r ta in w a s at t im es v e r y d e s tru c t iv e ; a j Wants en e rgy in the field. R . E a ton , a v e ry fa ir ba t , p la y s forw ard w e l l ; I glow in the field. L . W orkman is a p rom is in g man a l l round ; p la y s w ith a s tra igh t bat and hits w e l l ; a lso a g o od fie ld . C. Cliffe* bow ls w e l l , fa s t o v e r -a rm ; a lso can 1 bowl slows with good tw is t b o th w a y s ; a p o o r ba t . * H as le ft . TRINITY COLLEGE, STRA TFO RD -ON -AVON .—P re s . , R . F . Curry , E sq . , M .A . ; Sec.and Capt., L. J. L in d s a y ; T r e a s . , 0 . C u r ry , E sq . M em bers , 110. C o lou rs , dark blue, trimmed w ith w h ite . M a tch e s , 10 —w on 7, lo s t 2, d raw n 1. L. J. L in d sa y (26.9; I icapi.) Bcored c on s is ten t ly w e l l th r o u g h o u t the s e a s o n ; g o o d fa s t b ow le r , and e x ­ cellent field an yw h e re ; w o rk ed ha rd a s ca p ta in . R . H . N u tta ll (21.6) d r ives hard and well, espec ia lly o ff loose b o w l i n g ; a v e r y d e s tru c t iv e fa s t b o w l e r ; fa ir field. C.Thomas ( 6 . 2 ) did n o t com e up to the form w ith the b a t as w a s exp e c ted o f h im last year; good change bow ler . C. W . B enn e tt (2.9) was u t te r ly o ff h is p la y the first pa rt of the season; fa ir ch a n g e b ow le r and good p o in t . F . F ie ld (6 .4 ), m odera te b a t ; in ­ clined to be la zy in the fie ld . C. C om e lin s ( 6 ) , a p rom is in g b a t and fa ir fie ld . S. burry (3.7), too fond o f a s l o g ; shou ld lea rn to p l a y m ore s te a d i ly . H . Caflin (3 ) , Painstaking bat, but m ust g row be fore he ca n be o f m u ch use ; fie ld s fa ir ly well. A . 'Yaiton (4.6) should rem em b e r th a t w r is ts w ere made to be u s e d ; s low in the field , u. Longden ( 7 . 2 ), as a lon g -s to p , w a s in v a lu a b le , and h is loss w a s m u ch fe lt w h en , at t]l° end of the season, he w as p rev en ted b y an a c c id en t from p la y in g . A . Kent ( 1 . 1 ) played in three ina tc lios : p o o r ba t as y e t , b u t m a y im p rov e . 5 B owlino B alls. M a idens . A verages . R u n s . W ick e t s . W ides . No B a ll? . Run s p e r W kt. . 195 8 99 13 0 1 7.8 . 847 34 333 37 6 0 9 . 534 24 215 20 7 1 10.3 „ u n i v e r s i t y c o l l e g e s c h o o l , g o w e r s t r e m , L o n d o n , w . c . P re s . , drawn I. u . R . W a lker ( c a p t . ) (5 .9 ) , th e m a in s ta y o f th e e le v e n s Downn0 , ia j ,u e