James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Companion 1884

208 Blakey ( 6 . 8 ) bowled splendidly throughout the season, as his average will show; g00(i field, but did not improve much as a b a t ; the school are fortunate in keeping him for next year. F. L. Perkins (4.2), captain for 1884, though weak in batting, fuu* justified his selection to a place in the eleven; he has made steady progress, and several times, by careful play, kept up his wicket when runs were wanted; energetic in the field. F.^Dale (5.5), a very unreliable bat, but played one good innings in the return match with the C. O. S . ; showed marked improvement in fielding, and made some excellent long catches. G. S. Scott (10.8) is a most patient and steady b a t ; good defence, but slow run-getter; did not come up to the expectations formed of him in the early part of the season; good field, and a fairly successful slow bowler. J. q Gibb (11.5) made very great progress in batting; his forward play was good, hut carried to excess; slow, but generally sure run.getter; rather careless in the field A. G. Atkinson ( 4 . 6 ), a medium-pace bowler, though much inclined to pitch short- good field at point, where, and also off his own bowling, he made several excellent catches. W . V. D. Beresford (3.2), a fair bowler, but with no p lu c k ; poor bat and moderate field. T. E. Rammell (3.3) did not keep up the promise which he gave at the early part of the season; in practice batted well, but usually failed in a match • capital field everywhere. H. E. Burch (4.7), another unreliable b a t ; good style, but very slow ; variable in the field. H. Williamson ( 6 ), a very fair hitter, with weak defence; is likely to turn out usefu l; fair field, and ought to make a good change bowler. ’ W .M . Wilcox (2.9) has not done much this season ; might make a serviceable left-hand slow bowler with steady practice ; moderate only with bat and in the field. B owling A verages . Blakey Beresford Atkinson ••• ••• •M ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• Overs. 332.4 72 128.1 Maidens 96 33 34 Runs. 694 129 339 Wickets. •75 10 24 Runs per Wkt. 9.1 12.9 14.1 K ING ’S SCHOOL, PETERBOROUGH .— Members, 64. Distance from station, \ mile. Colours, red and black. Matches, 8 —won 4, lost 4. Mr. A. C. Rowley, a dashing and plucky bat, being especially strong on the leg side ; good change bowler, sure catch, poor field. Mr. J. L. Surcombe, a very pretty bat, hits we ll to the off; good slow round-arm bow ler; splendid catch and field. C. E. Burrows (capt.) captained fairly well, though at times lacking in judgm ent; fair bat and splendid catch. F. H. White, a very good bat, getting his runs in good style; good slow round-arm bowler; sure catch and good field. W . J. Bennets, a very steady bat, but owing to ill-health was unable to play much. O. C. Cleave improved as a batsman, but as a bowler did not do so well as expected ; good catch and fair field. F. Skey, useful bat, but should practice hitting; fair field; would make a splendid long-stop. C. E. W . Ogilvie, a very fair bat, but his cricket is spoilt by nervousness; good long-stop. F. Vise gives great promise as a batsman, very hard hitter; good field. W . Thompson, a moderate bat, fair field, but does not put enough energy into the game. H. Amies, one of the most rising cricketers of the team; good w icket-keeper; nice bat and field. G. H. Bird, careful bat, but has begun to p lay rather late to make a great cricketer; good field. rv S COLLEGE, IS LE OF M AN .— Sec., H. S. Christopher, Esq.; Capt., W . B. Tracy. Members, about 230. Ground, 9 acres. Distance from Castle- town Station, \ mile. Colours, magenta and black. Matches, 14— won 6 , lost 6 , drawn 2* W . B. Tracy (capt.), a good bat and field. G. H . Monro, rather peculiar hat, hut w ru.nS; energetic field and fair long-stop; good bowler, with puzzling action. W . Marsland occasionally makes runs, but is not a safe bat, and rather fond of hitting across; a good round-arm bowler. W . Leng, a fair left-hand bat, but inclined to poke ; unproved towards the end of the season ; a medium field. H. H. L a Mothe has not played much this season owing to illness ; is an uncertain bat, but a good field and sp endid thrower. C. Hughes-Games, a fair left-hand bowler, and w ill probably be t good b a t ; fields nicely. N . Leigh, a very good p o in t ; w ill bat well with practice. G. Leslie has the making of a good bat ; hits we ll and freely , rather slow field, but YilrSwt bowler. Young, a very promising cricketer; fields and bats n o n iW v,*-J5? we ^\ tt ^ f rrier>a good long.stop ; has stubborn defence, and can fields ^ * ^ °b b s , a careless bat, but may some day make a good one ;