James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Companion 1884

214 B owi . inq A verages . Runs Balls. Maidens. Runs. Wickets. Wides. per Wkt. J. ITorstend ••• .»• ••• »•» 800 19 121 11 5 14 L. M. McIntosh ..........1,094 69 458 36 1 13.2 H. 8. Alford, Esq. ... .......... 886 64 308 22 0 14 S. B. F lo w e r .......... ••• ... d</0 27 225 15 6 15 L. M. McIntosh bowled 1 no ball. ST. PETER ’S SCHOOL, YORK.—Capt., L. E. Stevenson; Sec., P. E. Lord. Members, 100. Ground, 2 acres. Subs., 10s. Colours, blue and white. Distance from York Station, 1 mile. Matches, 15—won 6, lost 9, drawn 1. L. E. Stevenson (6.1), hard hitting when set, but too anxious to hit; bowled well, with good oil break; worked well as captain. P. E. Lord (15.10) scored the highest aggregate; hardly successful as a bowler; smart in the field. W . J. P. Kaye (6.16), fast bowler, wi h fatiguing action, could get a wicket when wanted; uncerta n catch; fair field. M. D. Taylor (8.2), inclined to hit too much ; with more care would have made a good bat; uncertain field. A. W. Rhodes (5.2), unlucky in batting, but a really excellent bowler, with break both ways; average 7; sure pair of hands. F. E. Robinson (z.ll ), warranted to keep his bat still; really brilliant field at point. G. C. Mirway (6.1z) promised well in batting, but fell offat the end of the season; fair bowler and field. J. Sharpe (5.17), very promising bat, with long reach; rather slack in the field. A. D. Hart (1.6), poor bat, but good fielder, especially at long.stop. J. Kroenig (2.1), feeble left-handed bat, with no defence; slow in the field; E. W. Clayforth (1.3), remarkably good slow bowler, working round well from le g ; poor field and bat. SOMERSETSHIRE COLLEGE, BATH.—Capt., C. W . Trask. Colours, blue and black. Great Western Railway, $ mile ; Midland Railway, 1 mile. Members, 120. Matches, 10—won 3, lost 6, drawn i. C. W. Trask ( '2 ), a very safe and steady bat, with first-rate style, but very unlucky; an excellent fie'd, safe catch, and good medium-pace bowler, using his head capitally; has managed the team well in matches, and was a deservedly popular captain. G. L. Fanshawe (9), a fast and successful bowler, good field, and can hit hard, though wanting in style A. Turner (6) wants style in batting, being very weak on the leg side; hits hard forward ; a fair change bowler, and clean and neat field, with quick return. J. Sillery (7), a steady bat, but too stiff, and wanting in freedom; a capital long.htop. A. F. Williams (11), decidedly lucky bat, with plenty of confidence, and has often been very useful to his side; good field, though slovenly in returns. C. Butler (7), at x>resent weak and nervous, but a promising bat, with plenty of reach, and an excellent wicket-keeper. H. C. Fanshawe (7), a very promising and much improved cricketer, batting in very good form; a fair change bowler, and a safe and smart field. H. Morris (8), a pretty and promising bat, playing forward and cutting well; fair field, with good return, and ought to bowl well next year. A. C. Watson (8), fair though disappointing bat, with a tendency to try to hit straight balls to leg; neat field. H. E. Hart (4), a very straight, useful medium bowler, a f8ir field, but feeble bat, with a wrist flourish that makes him late. J. R. Fairwell (6), poor bat, should slog less at practice, and try to improve his style ; fair field. In bowling, G. L. Fanshawe took 42 wickets, at an average cost of 6 runs; Hart took 24, average 8 runs ; and Trask, 20, average 9 runs. SPILSBY SCHOOL, LINCOLNSHIRE.—Pres., T. Disney, Esq. (Rossall and Merton, Oxon.); Capt., J. J. Tupholme. Colours, dark and light blue. Matches played, 12— 1 drawn, 1a tic, 1 lost, and 9 wron—a most successful result, considering that the club was virtually formed last year. The batting was very weak, and strongly in need of good coaching; but i?i no case were runs made heavily on the opposite side. J. J. Tupholnm, on a dry wicket, was very successful with fast under-hand bowling; has the best batting form of any one in the team, but is too fond of hitting at the outset. T. Disney, Esq., obtained a large number of wickets, but was rather more erratic than usual; a hard worker. D. W. Wyld, Esq., a very fair long stop. J. Baylaon improved as a bat; on the whole, a very reliable catch. E. E. Walker batteu steadily at the beginning of the season, but lost confidence later on-, very fair mediom-pace bowler on a heavy w icket; slow field. R. II. Swain made some runs towards the end of the year in an awkward style; poor field. T. II. Lansdall caught a good many out at point; would make a good cricketer if he would take advice. C. H. Lee, the smallest, member of the eleven ; a steady b a t ; (air bowler for a tew overs, and reliable field and catch; only wants strength to do well. E. Watson, fair field at the beginning of the season. G. B. Robinson fielded fairly at first, but fell off. R. J. E. Green, fair thrower, but slow to be really useful. W. A. Wright, active, but wants pains. Bats for fielding were presented to Lansdall and Lee,