John and James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Companion 1882

45 Tu rn in ''to individuals among batsmen, H adow , K emp , W right , B ra , B treatfeild , G reenway , L ambrick , M ansfield B oyd , and 1 abavicini are tlie best, and out o f these II adow , W right , and L ambrick the pick " f t buncli. Bowlers are more limited in number, B hakerley , P akaaicin , P emberton , I I ickley , B astard , and S mith are probably the best, and o these P aravicini is perhaps the champion. B right , N ewton , am R ichardson are some way ahead of their contemporaries in wjc a; keeping. As all-round cricketers, commend us to I aravi cini , K emp , S treatfeild , II adow , S teel , and B oyd . Some of these or most o f them will go to the Universities, and by the scientific process o f the survival of the fittest, the vexed question o f merit may in future be determined. It is possible that school elevens have hardly yet got over the para 3 sing influence wliicli two consecutive wet seasons* gave to tlie batting. 1