James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Companion 1884

69 The most remaikable feature of the batting is the great improvement shown by 1 lowers, who, m 1882, only scored 142 runs in seven matches, with an average ot 14.3. As batsman and bowler combined, Flowers was by far the most successful man the Club possessed, George Hearne has advanced in batting fioin 12.3 to 24.2, but Barnes has fallen from 22.4 to 14.o. n oof bowled so well that one cannot help wonderino* why he was plajed so seldom, lvylott aud Barnes worked very hard and their averages come out fa irly well. ’ The following are the averages of those who batted and bowled in more than three innings*.— BATTING AVERAGES IN FIRST-CLASS MATCHES. • Flowers ••• ••• •• Matches. ... 9 Inns. 16 Run*. 442 Most in an Inns. 131 Most in a Match. 131 Times not out. 1 Aver. 38.8 A. G. Steel ... ••« ... 3 6 166 68 113 1 31.1 G. G. Hearne • •• ... 4 6 122 71* 73 1 24.2 W. G. Grace ... • •• ... 5 10 169 62 67 2 21.1 w. D. Hamilton ... ... 3 6 108 54 63 1 21.1 Gunn ••• ••• ••• ... 6 9 170 46 61 0 18.8 - W. H. Fowler ••• ••• ... 2 4 75 30 69 0 18.3 Sherwin ....... • ♦• ... 6 7 65 30* 33 4 18.1 Lord Harris ... »%• ... 2 4 63 66 67 0 15.3 Barnes ... ... ••• • •• ... 8 13 187 72 76 0 14.5 Pilling ........ ••• •»» ... 5 8 69 20 27 3 13.4 Woof ... ... ••• ... 3 6 68 43 49 0 11.3 Attewell... ... • • ... 2 4 46 20 23 0 11.2 Scotton ... ... ... 3 6 66 13 30 0 9.2 J. S. Russel ... ••• *•• ... 8 15 128 20 30 0 8.8 T. C. O’Brien •• ... 3 0 43 17 23 0 7.1 Rylott .. ... ••• ... 10 17 68 n 15 5 5 8 A. E. Payne ... ••• ... 4 7 30 15 18 1 5 Fothergill ... m •• ... 3 6 30 11 13 0 6 E. J. C. Studd »»« ... 3 6 18 8 11 1 4.2 T. Mycroft ... ••• •• ... 2 4 16 11 13 0 4 * Not out. BOWLING AVERAGES IN FIRST-CLASS MATCHES. Runs No per Matches. Inns. Overs. Maidens. Runs. Wkts. Balls. Wkt. Wkts. per Inns. Woof ........ ••• • 3 5 127 3 55 184 19 0 9.13 3.4 Flowers ••• •»a 9 17 626.2 234 080 51 0 13.17 3 G. G. Hearne ••• ••« 4 6 85.3 31 140 10 0 14 1.4 C. T. Studd... .••• 2 4 99.1 42 160 10 0 16 2.2 liylott ... ... ... 10 18 649 292 635 39 1 16.11 2.3 Barnes........ •• 8 14 260.3 103 436 26 1 16.20 1.12 W. G. Grace ••• •• 6 10 169 64 274 16 0 17.2 1.6 A, G. Steel.,. 3 6 15S.2 66 251 14 0 7.13 2.4