John and James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Companion 1882

B owling A verages . S. Christopherson M. J* D ru itt F. S. Ire land ........................ F. H. Lacey * * # • p. A. Newton A . Penn E. H. Rod w e l l .................... " ■ , . G. Stokes m * • 14 L. Stokes • • • t> M a tch es . Balls. Runs . 714 257 800 315 11 J 6 451 230 73 270 94 245 73 0 6 6 490 240 121 146 62 W ickets. 27 32 63 6 14 12 63 10 12 Runs per W k t . 9.14 10.25 7.45 12.1 6.10 6.6 9.13 12.1 6.2 ^ mmm BURLINGTON.—Cap t ., E . B . W a r ren ; V ice -C ap t ., C. A. S te in ; Sec , S. R. M arriott Gresham R oad , B r ix ton , S .W ._ G round , K enn in g ton Oval. Matches. 27—wnr, iv (ItJ. 2 ; , a rapju pu iiw ; miner inclined to snirK neirimo- U ' w ' t wanting in c o n f id e n c e ; g o od ch an g e bow ler W p ^ Wn liam son (13.1), fa ;r bat“ patience ; fa ir w ick e t -k e e p e r . R . Lam en t ( 9 . 5 ) “ h i i 5 n ,1™ b a t - w an t in g change b ow .e r and good field. C. A . Stein (8 2 ) can * 11 m? ke a Sood b a t ; fa i i careless b a t ; m ed ium -pa ce S r * G ’ A ’ ^ CARDINGTON (M 'C orquodale & Co LnriTrnl i t , oon Culross, Esq ; V i c e -P r o s . , Jas . P en d lebu rv Fso •" Dav i d G. H. Yu ill, 55, C a rd in g ton Street, E aston S qu a re*N W ^ N n m i C* ^ i l l c o x ; Sec - Ground, R e g en t ’ s P a rk . Co lours , crim son and b la ck D n r ^ i f n ? f ..m embers> 60. long-stop. j A n M l k ' goo°d b a t a ^ d T e s " all-round p la y e r . J . Nesbet (7 .2 ), good ba t but rath nr i a7! ^ n f r K i 7- ? ' &ood good bat and fie ld . G . Thom son (4 .9), the s logge r o f the c lub Tne 1 ( 5-7)» bat, but good bow le r . Jas . T o o l (3 .3 ), p r o m f l S g batsman > HV j J * Z 4,1 >? rratic / A\ • ^ ^ ^ ^ ^^ p la y enough to su s fca iiT i ii /rep u S io j j ° 5 ^ °J ( 3 ), prom ising y o u n g p la y e r . B reputation . Simmonds CLAPHAM, SU R R E Y .—S e c . , A . W . W in terbottom , 27, Cliarlotte Street, F itzroy Square. M embers , 90. G round , Wandsworth Common . M atches , 27—won 7, lost lo , drawn 10. H. A . Sm ith ( c a p t , 1881) (13.1), an ex ce llen t a ll-round cr icke ter , genera lly troubling the scorer , and b ow l in g w ith h is head. W. B . Sm ith (18.3) had the best average last y ea r a fte r a c lose race w ith the c a p t a in ; bow ls w onder fu lly w e ll. C. W. Emson (24) p la y ed in b u t few m atches , bu t a lm ost a lways “ com e 3 o fi,” be ing a hard h itter w ith n o sm a ll de fence . R . W, Sm ith (14.3), a most useful man, be ing very s teady as a bat, and a g ood slow round bow ler. S. Colman (11.3], certa in ly as good a ba t as a n y in the e leven , bu t has been un fo r tu n a te ; is a lso a fine field. A. W. W in te rb o ttom (11.3) k eep s w ick e t for the e le v e n ; is a severe punisher, and therefore dangerou s i f a l low ed to g e t set. E. B. Hadley (10.9) w ou ld be first-rate with a litt le more p ra c t ic e , h a v in g a comm and in g sty le and great p ow e r ; a splendid field and thrower. W . E. T e r ry (8 4), rather uncerta in as a b a t ; bow ls v e ry stra ight and with g re a t p a t ien ce . J. Short d>.3), a p re t ty bat, bu t does not p la y enough to do himself ju s t ic e ; a first-rate field an yw h e re , esp ec ia lly at lon g -s top . H. V. Bate (5.8), the best b ow le r in the e leven , w ith the exe llen t ana lys is o f 6.2 runs per w icket ; has a rather p e cu l ia r d e l iv e ry , w ith con s iderab le p a ce and b r e a k ; an unreliable bat. CLARENCE.—Pres ., J. B lunde ll M ap le , E s q . ; S e c ., W. S. W elborn , 145, Tottenham Court R oad ; T reas ., E. R ayn e r , E sq . ; Capt., W. Freemantle . Members, 36 p la y in g , 70 hon ora ry . G round , New E ton and M iddlesex. D istance , 6 m inutes from Swiss Cottage. Co lours , n a v y b lue and card ina l red. Matches, 12 —won 8 , lost 3, drawn 1 . W. W ix (25.7), g o od and sure bat, hits hard all round ; sp lend id field, can use either hand* fast and d es tru ct ive bow ler , ta k in g both batting and b ow lin g averages th is season the form er for the fourth time. W . S. W elborn (9.2), steady bat, g en e ra lly good for r u n s ; good m ed ium -p a ce bow ler and fa ir field. C. Pawson (8.4), good ba t and fast ru n -g e t te r ; u se fu l round -arm b ow le r ; ex ce l len t field, esp e c ia lly at slip . Bragg (7 3 ) hard -h itting , bu t v e ry uncerta in b a t ; first-clasa long -stop . H ill (7), v e ry fitfifulv srnrl n r e t tv bat, g en e ra l ly sure for runs. Morrison (6 9), good but unfortunate bn f . f iir a ll-round p la y e r . W i lco ck son ( 6 . 1 ), a v e ry fair bat, bu t has ha rd ly sutfi- c ien t hit* fields fa ir ly . Parker (3.9), a hard -h itter and good out-field . Green (3.3), a