James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Companion 1884

209 •nva SCHOOL, CAMBRIDGE.—Capt., R. S. Talbot; Sec., C. A. Rowe. Colours, LEY® ®hite. Distance from Cambridge Station, \ mile. Matches, 16—won 6, blue ana j * lias not played in many matches, and has disappointed expecta- lost 1°* "• |’is batting; u good change bowler, with break fromleg; a splendid field, tions as 1 wicket. A. Vinter, fine bat, cuts and hits to leg cleanly; brilliant field anti ca” K, £tis bowling was not so successful as usual. R. ti. Talbot has captained atpoint, in tbe latter part of the season; a good, but impatient bat; a good the teamovrlcr with break fromofiT, but should have bowledmore ; a smart field, with change n j y g McArthur only played twice because of illness; his bowling and «ood re b ' 0 been greatly missed. W. F. Moulton, a good bat, cuts very hard, but ielding n t0w . a safe catch in the out field, but should learn to throw' in. houldlearn ,—*. i--- i - j ----!-■- ■’ • -- - \j-m - i ,hould learn i E. A. Bainbri withbreakfr____ Horsley, a steady bat. hit* • with break from leg- has 0n.theoff, bntho”' —~ goodbat, drives hard and clef£l 1Wlcket with faiersi0tates toomuch ."f« • ^ a steadybat, cuts neatlv sIjould learnt8ncce88* F g ' change bowler but should pay more a tten tion JtS W e l 1 to leg T J Z ? ? 1 >^ i f f e r e n ^ m Wort*> hitshard, butshouldlearn tn*l topltch; a carp&°0(Lfast bowler C*A. Row-p^ brilliant field, but should kecP th ° ball on th 6 8 8 6el * J H P £ h hreak from off hard; an erratic f a " V S ® * » i * se son. an ^d ifferen t Geld, bu t fm ^m son ha« a good ^ SOmetimes ,mpr0fed ‘■ " fa f ft t .TM * * “ «• B attko AvERaona. ° _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ^ V % A V P I 1 I U t i U U W l i U 6hottl^,iC-*bridgci"patient bat; bowled consistently and well throughout the season, A . Bam a gne field, but too energetic; fast between the wickets. M. H. withbrea cf v , s hard on the off, but hesitates toomuch; fair change bowler Horsley. < j s wick t with fair success. F. G. Whitworth, a very with break iroiu ^ , ^ . ..... ........................ - ---- - • • • •• A. Vinter ... J.-H. S. McArthur F. G. Whitworth R. S. Talbot M. H. Horsley J. C. Ingle W. F. Moulton J. H. P. Strang C. A. Rowe G. M. Thomson E. A. Bainbridge ••• # A A # 4 # M l M l I I I A t # I M # # # •M I I I ♦II M l M l I I I • • • • • • M l • M • A • I M I l f • • • M l • I I M l R, S. Talbot E. A. Bainbridge C. A. Rowe M. H. Horsley I M M l • M M t Balls. 670 1,234 914 263 Times Most in Inns. not out. Runs. an Inns. Aver. ••• ... 14 1 . 169 61* 12.3 ... 3 1 21 13* 10.1 I I I ... 15 1 143 32 10.3 # # • ... 23 2 204 34* 9.16 M l ... 21 1 162 37 8.2 I M ... S 0 69 20 7.3 ... 21 1 143 23 7.3 M l ... 23 1 157 21 7.3 I I I ... 20 2 112 17 6.4 • I # ... 19 6 79 19 6.1 • • • ... 23 3 100 16 6. * Not out. B owling A verages . Runs No per Maidens. Runs. Wickets. Wides. Balls. Wkt. 47 215 35 1 1 6.5 65 641 72 7 6 7.37 66 335 39 18 2 8.23 13 107 10 0 0 10.7 LLANDOVERY SCHOOL.—Capt., E. P. Alexander. Sec., T. W. Robinson. S-_won 4 lost 2 drawn 2. W. P. Hughes, not the best bat m the team, as his toStttoS* in style! made a great many runs in the early matches. I . P. Alexander (capt.), a very sound «tcketer; ^uld develop mto a first- rate bat if I ces nervous-, bats with plenty ofpower andm good sty1 e atow1 er w ith fair break back, but apt to get short; safe hold; has left few Cambridge T V Robinson a very faiT bat, makes runs when required, stems to have lost all his bowling has de?e opedinto a very fair wicket-keeper, and ought to improve; has left f o r l ’xford R. L . Thomas, a fair bat, as a bowler ; excellent field. E. M. Smith, a far better bat than his average shows a very successful bowler, and good field at point. W. H. ’ improving bat stylo fond of a pu ll ; very fair bowler, and energetic field. ■ tw’e “ £ft^uromisin^ bat very cramped at present; ve ry fair long-Btop. R * J ^ £ > a ^ a 0 t^,0 t the school has seen for some tim e ; plays m e x c e l l e n ^ l ™ £ Vis place in the eleven for his useful b " W d^sappomting bat; did very fielding at lon g - leg ---- ------------ good service with the b a l l ; fair field. 14