James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Companion 1884

Cottace Stations, 5 minutes. Matches, 22—won 11, lost 7, drawn 4. W . F. Jon"* ( 6 . 2 ) (captain 1882 and 188a), fa ir hat, hut rather uncertain; pood wicket-keeper, and fair change how ler; medium-pace, with break from leg, 8 . Ward (14.2), sonnd hat punishes loose howling severely; good fast under-hand howler. G. H. Bonarins uncertain h a t ; fair change howler. G. Mortlock ( 8 . 8 ), good hat, plays very straight J. Loosley (11), a tremendous hitter, hut safe, and good field. II. F. Britton (lo. 9 > splendid hat, coming down hard on the hall, and the best bowler (fast) in the d ab A. Newey (8.11), rather too eager to h i t ; keeps wicket well. T. Phillips ( 0 . 2 ), pretty hut uncertain ba t ; a good point and change howler. G. Sedgley (4.2) plays very steady, and is of great service to the team. W . Hosty (4.6), a good bat and field rather too anxious to make runs. W. J. Cheeswright (0.1), good bowler, with break from leg ; uncertain hat. 8 . J. AVcatherhead (1.2), steady hat and a fair slow howler Principal bow ling feats during the season :— 8 . Ward v . Upton Amateur howled 4 ovors, 8 maidens, for 1 run and 6 wickets; also H . F . B ritton v . Sydenham Honse took 3 wickets with three successive halls. L L A N D O V E RY TOWN . B atting A verages . Inns. Times not out. Runs. Most in an Inns. Aver. C. P. Lewis ••• #ft• • 13 2 568 169* 50.8 1). T. M. Jones ... ••• ttt 1 1 0 251 109 22.9 J. H. Winter *•» 6 1 56 15 11.1 T. Rees .......... I I I #♦# • •• 9 0 92 20 10.2 T. B. Jones +%» •#» +»• 7 0 64 20 9.1 E. P. Alexander... •r% ##A • f t #♦• 6 1 41 17 8.5 J. M. Sinnett #»# • tt « •# 4 0 22 1 1 5.2 T. Phillips ... ... ••• »*• 4 0 23 10 6.3 P , Price ... ... #•• ••• • •• 6 0 19 1 1 3.1 L . Jones ... ... * •M 7 0 19 9 2.5 Dr. E. Williams ... ••• • t t 5 . 1 1 1 6 2.3 Edwards .......... tt • 6 1 1 1 G 2.1 J. J. Morgan •»+ ••• 7 0 14 14 2 D. R. Jones •*# ••• •ft 4 3 6 4 5 J. T h om a s .......... • •• ••• • • 9 ... 3 * Not out. 2 7 6 7 B owling A verages . - Buns ___ _ ____ Per Balls. Maidens. Runs. Wrickets. Wkt. (. . P * Lew is ... ••• ••• ... ... 7o9 65 225 39 6.30 D. T. M. Jones ........... ... ... 770 34 313 31 10.3 JL• 13* Jones ••• ... ... ... ... 390 15 158 20 7.18 Edwards ... ........... »«• ... ... 177 16 77 15 5.2 LU LW O R TH LOBSTERS .—Capt. and Sec., J. H. Lonsdale, Oxford and Cambridge Club, Pa ll Mall, S.W. Nearest station, Wool, London and South Western Rail- way (6 miles). Colours, daTk blue cap, witli red lobster badge. Members, 35. Matches played, 8 —won 6 , lost 2 . A. D. F ripp (8.9), a very good medium.pace howler, with a talent for yorkers; also a steady bat, but wants more hit, and should practise to slows; a capital field. H. T. Fripp (20.2), the best hat in the team, rarely failing to score; has a beautiful stroke on the leg .s id e ; an excellent wicket-keeper. P. C. Fripp (9.5), a useful man; hits very hard, and is a good field and safe catch. T. B . R. HilL (4.5), unlucky with the bat; an energetic field, though not always to ho trusted with a catch. J. H. Lonsdale (4.8) makes some runs occasionally ; a good field and sure catch; a judicious captain and most energetic secretary. H. S. Naylor (4.2), poor bat, but fields well. J. J. Penny (8.1), very steady hat, with strong defence, hut a slow scorer ; irreproachable field at mid-on, and a successful lob bowler. E. is. Bhackle (14.2), a good hat, hitting very hard ; bowls slow round for a change, and is a good field and safe catch ; can take the wicket. J. E. Stansfield ( 5 . 6 ), a capital fast bowler, always getting wickets; as a batsman is too fond of a h i t ; not a safe catch. H. P. Thomas (3.4), nnsuccessful with the bat ; a really good fast round-arm bowler, and the keenest of cricketers; well known with the Incogniti. J. J. Weld (7.3) ought to have made more runs than he did, as he bats in excellent sty le ; a fast, but expensive bowler, and a very fine field. Rev. L. A. Wynne (6.1) makes runs in his own sty le ; not a safe catch. * ?