John and James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Companion 1882

91 BATTING AVERAGES. Hon Ivo Bligh ... Lord Harris ............ W. H. Tatterson H, S.Jones.......... O’Shaughnossy A. Penn......... M. C. Kemp... Collins.......... G. G. Hearne W. Foord-Kelcey F. Hearne ... .. a . Mackinnon L. Bligh G. Stokos Wootton J, Patterson... • • • • • • • • • • ••• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • * • • • • * ■» • • • • • • • • • • • • • M • • • • • • Matches. Most in Most in Times Tunings. Runs. an Inns. a Match. not out. Aver. ... 3 5 176 104 104 0 35.1 4 • ♦ • * 7 184 72 79 1 30.4 ... 5 10 295 78 136 0 29.6 ... 3 6 148 72* 105 1 29.3 ... 9 17 393 78 78 0 23.2 ... 4 8 132 61* 64 1 18.6 ... 10 19 310 68 60 2 18.4 ... 3 6 90 27 45 0 18 ... 5 9 113 39 46 2 16.1 ... 2 4 34 25 27 1 11.1 ... 10 19 198 34 41 1 11 ... 3 6 68 33 38 0 9.4 ... 7 11 79 21 21 1 7.9 ... 8 15 95 33* 34 2 7.4 ... 4 6 36 20 20 0 6 ... 3 6 29 27 27 0 4.5 ... 10 17 42 8 8 6 3.9 ... 3 5 17 9 9 0 3.2 * Not out. BOWLING AVERAGES. Runs Wkts. Matches. Inns. Overs. Maidens. Runs. Wkts. No Wides. Balls. per Wkt. per Inns . A. Penn ... ... 3 6 163 64 266 27 2 0 9.23 4.3 J. Patterson ... 3 5 69 23 1J5 9 1 0 12.7 1.4 W, H Patterson 7 8 72 18 139 9 0 0 16.4 1.1 F. Hearne......... 6 7 84.2 26 168 9 0 0 18.6 1.2 G. G. Hearne ... 9 15 648.3 268 765 42 0 0 18.9 2.12 Wootton ......... 10 17 480.3 194 837 42 4 0 19.39 2 .8 O’Shaaghnessy 8 10 144 42 298 10 0 1 29.8 1 W. Foord-Kelcey 3 6 92.3 28 187 5 0 0 37.2 1 DERBYSHIRE. H on . S ec ., W . J . BODEN, E sq . , H igh S t r e e t , D e r b y . r|)HE RESULTS OF DERBYSHIRE CRICKET were exactly the same as in 1880. Eight matches were played, two ending in victory, five in defeat, and one having to be left unfinished. Such figures coming twice in succession are, to say the least, discouraging. The lack of success last season may be largely ascribed to a decline in the bowling— the ,°Ijedepartment of the game upon which the County has depended since it irctsent a team into the field. William Mycroft worked as hard as ever, ur though he bowled in two innings fewer than in the previous year, 149 j 01je runs were scored from him. The tremendous hitting of Mr. Hornby 'He Lancashire matches, and sonic serious defects in the fielding, may b C,Jflnt for the difference, but away from Lord’s, Mycroft was scarcely the tviti T 10 ,lad l)eeu. His falling off, however, was trifling as compared 8lI *f j . °* Platts and llay. The last named, indeed, utterly failed to interf? i r.ePut.ation»hut as we understand that an attack of rheumatism Qu f j with his early practice, he may very likely, in another year, make r lost ground. Mr. II. Evans, a* new fast bowler, played in three