John and James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Companion 1882

76 BATTING AVERAGES. W. G. Graco • ♦ • ♦ * • Matches. ... 10 • Innings. 16 Runs. 696 Most in an Inns. 182 Most in a Match. 233 Times not out 1 W. 0. Moborly • « « • • • « » 4 6 8 254 83 88 1 J. Cranston... * • • • * 4 9 14 317 63 63 2 E. M. Grace... » i « I t * 10 16 363 77 82 1 W. R. Gilbert 4 4 4 8 11 197 64 66 1 F. Townsend • • • % 4 4 7 12 209 48 69 1 Midwinter ... • • • • 4 m 10 16 252 60 73 0 A. I). Greene * • « • • • • • • 9 12 105 21 24 3 H. W. R. Gribble • • • 4 4 * 7 10 73 24 28 1 L. M. ®ay ... • • • • • 4 7 9 48 19 19 3 J. A. Bush ... • • • 4 * 4 9 11 62 17 23 2 E. Peake ♦ • • 4 4 # 4 8 36 16 24 2 Woof ......... • • • 10 12 35 14 15 2 39.10 36.2 28.5 25.8 19.7 19 16.12 11.6 8.1 8 6.3 6 3.5 Matches. • Inns. BOWLING AVERAGES. Overs. Maidens. Runs. Wkts. No Wides. Balls. Runs per Wkt. Wku. per lung E. Peake ... ... 4 6 70 32 106 7 0 0 15.1 **•!» 1.1 W. R. Gilbert ... 7 9 177 73 298 18 1 0 16.10 2 Midwinter... ... 10 16 494 223 723 43 0 1 16.35 2.11 W. G. Grace ... 10 16 408 3 193 706 35 0 0 20.6 2.3 "VVoof ......... ... 10 16 419 166 775 33 0 0 23.16 2.1 F. Townsend ... 5 6 31 3 113 2 1 0 59 .2 MIDDLESEX. H on . S ec ., P. M. THORNTON, E sq ., B attersea R ise , S.W. A LL THINGS CONSIDERED the Middlesex season was by no means unsatisfactory. Only in the August matches could Mr. I. D. Walker put his full strength into the field, and yet the table of results shows an equal number of victories and defeats. The County beat Surrey twice and Nottingham once, and was beaten once by Gloucester­ shire and twice by Yorkshire, the return with the latter team being so well fought out that it was only decided by the narrow majority of 15 runs. Drawn games were played with Lancashire, Gloucestershire, and Notting­ ham, and in the last two of these Middlesex had an even chance of success. The Lancashire match was a revival after an interval of fifteen years. Home and home fixtures had been arranged, but as the date clashed with the commencement of the Harrow Wanderers’ tour, it was determined not to play at Lord’s. When the two elevens met at the Old Trafford, Mr. I. D- Walker was the only player on either side who had taken part in the matches of 18G5 and 18GG. In August, Middlesex possessed a splendid batting side, and doutless would have made very large scores had the grounds remained hard and dry. Even with the disadvantage of several slow wickets, the totals ranged from 259 to 105. Earlier in the season, with the brothers Lyttelton and the brothers Studd all away, some batting failures were scarcely surprising, but for the eleven to be dismissed for 77 against Gloucestershire on a fast wicket was altogether inexcusable. Coming now to individual achievements, we find a serious falling off in the batting of Mr. A. J. Webbe. In 1880, the old Oxonian was the mainstay of the eleven, scoring 502 runs in 15 innings—-a marked contrast