John and James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Companion 1882

68 of note that Mr. JIornby '8 average is more than twice as poorl «s 1 W 1 U$ 11 \a,Iua^le ^l-round man .8 In battin!.0' has gone up from 15.18 to 29.17, and his b o v ^ T very nearly thrl "8 h' a vuket better. Robinson shows a trifling decline in batting" but i t 1Un8 haSadvanced from 9.5 to 18.2, and Mr. O. P. Lancashire,wWawtUn*? the out matches and only missed one match at home, from 9.7 to r i ' Matson has risen from 12.12 to 21 . 8 , and in bowling both lie and Nas hi °' s tow an advance upon their capital ligurcs of the previous year. ' ai1 BATTING AVERAGES. • • » 4 f t • • ■ • • • • • • • • • « A. N. Hornby A. G. Steel ... Barlow ... Rev. V. K. Roylo Watson... Robinson B r i g g s ................. O. P. Lancashire Crossland F. Taylor H. Miller Nash A. Appleby... Pilling ... • • • 4 • • «»* ♦ • ■ M l • * • f «« • • • Matches. Innings. Runs. Most in an Inns. Most in a Match. Timos not out ... lo 18 962 188 188 0 ... 6 8 363 79 127 1 ... 13 18 639 96 106 0 ... 4 6 92 65* 70 2 ... 13 17 281 60* 60 4 ... 13 18 341 90 90 1 ... 13 17 308 62 52 0 ... 12 16 197 47* 52 4 ... 7 9 117 38 38 2 ... 3 4 36 21 21 1 ... 3 4 33 27 27 0 ... 11 13 82 30 30 1 ... 4 6 30 16 23 0 ... 13 16 61 10* 10 3 * Not out. BOWLING AVERAGES. Runs Wkts. Aver< 63.8 60.3 29.17 23 2U 20.1 18.2 17.10 10.5 12 8.1 6.10 6 19 Matches. Inns. Overs. Maidens. Runs. No Wkts.Wides. Balls. per Wkt. per IllLK. Crossland ... ... 7 8 66.3 27 93 13 0 0 7.2 1.6 m Barlow......... ... 12 17 356.1 179 423 61 0 0 8.15 3 Nash ......... ... 10 18 386.1 189 453 45 0 0 10.3 2.9 A. G. Steel... ... 5 8 327.1 161 453 42 0 0 10.33 6.2 \ Watson ... 13 24 776.1 456 705 62 0 0 11.23 21 y H. Miller ... •M 3 4 69.1 34 119 8 0 0 14.7 2 YORKSHIRE. H on . S ec .............. J. B. WOSTINHOLM, Eso., 10, Non folk R ow , S heffield . U PON TIIE RESULTS of last season’s cricket the Yorkshiremcn may be heartily congratulated. In every respect there was an improvement upon the play shown in the previous year, and the team can fairly claim to rank next to Lancashire. Out of sixteen Comity matches, ten were won, three lost, and three drawn. Only one defeat was sustained when the County had its best eleven at command; and oi tut unfinished games, two were left decidedly in Yorkshire’s favour. A ter playing in six matches, nnd bowling nearly as well as he ever bowled ' his life, Hill broke his collar bone, and was incapacitated for the reniaindc «.f the vear A less serious accident happened to Ulyett, who strained h sidc at Maidstone, and had to give up cricket for rather more than a fortnight. With their fast bowler and their best bat both away, t