John and James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Companion 1882

69 yorkshlremcn in one week had to meet Gloucestershire and Lancashire, ar.d, as might have been expected, they were beaten. Mosley, a left- handed fast bowler from Saltaire, was tried as a substitute for Hill, but no very high opinion could have been formed of him, as he only played in two matches. The responsible post of wicket-keeper, held for so many years, and with such brilliant results, by George Finder, was taken in every engagement but one by a new man—J. Hunter, of Scarborough. Though not yet hrst-class, Hunter gives high promise, standing up well to fast bowling, and being tolerably safe in stumping from slows. At present his batting is not very formidable. The leading members of the eleven worked very hard, and were all seen at their best. Ulyett did not quite equal his performances of 1878, but .all the same he played splendidly, and allowance must be made for his accident, which threw him out of practice at the very height of the season. That he is the best of professional batsmen at the present day there can be no question ; hut his method of play is so peculiarly his own, that it is difficult to compare him with liis great predecessors. Certainly he does not possess the style of Hayward, or the defence of Carpenter or Daft; but so powerful and brilliant is his hitting, that it may be doubted w'hether even those famous players were of greater value on a side. Lockwood runs him very close in the averages, and was even more consistently successful. In the opinion of his fellow professionals, Lockwood never played finer cricket, and this is a good deal to say of a batsman whose career in first-class matches dates back to 1808. Against the Lancashire bowling at Sheffield he made 73 and 36 without a mistake; in the return with Gloucestershire, at Cheltenham, he scored 70 and (not out) 39 ; and against Surrey, at Huddersfield, he made his highest score—109. Emmett, being 40 years old, may be considered quite a veteran among modern professionals, but in his cricket there are no signs of decline, lie is still a model of energy, playing the game with all the spirit and enjoyment of a school-boy. Owing to Hill’s accident, he had a good deal of bowling to get through, and that he was equal to the emergency the averages will prove. Two or three times, on partially dry wickets, he was almost unplayable. His batting was even better than in 1880, and to him belongs the honour of playing the highest innings scored against Lancashire in a County match. Bates was not in robust health, but small fault could be found with his all-round play. As in previous seasons, he was an unequal bowler—deadly one day, and quite ineffective the next; but his batting showed a considerable advance. Ihe largest share of bowling fell to Peate, who was on, more or less, in every innings, and proved a real mainstay to the side. Curiously enough, the wet weather iu August interfered with his success, instead of giving aiman advantage. So far his career has been an extraordinary one, and, as no bowler takes greater pains to excel, we shall expect him to hold his ^or many seasons to come. Hall was the same steady batsman as >eforc ; and Grimshaw, though he made no improvement upon his pro­ mising form of 1880, was a very useful member of the team. H. Lockwood, " o was tried some years back, and far too quickly discarded, played some capital tunings ; but we cannot express a favourable opinion of Bawliu. e gained his place chiefly for batting, and yet in eighteen innings he only 7 \f e prilU8, ac^ ^ on to the sixteen County matches, Yorkshire met r\C i at. -k°rTs and Scarborough, I Zingari at Scarborough, and am Huge University at Cambridge. The last-named match they won in