James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Companion 1884

92 BATTING AVERAGES. % Matches. Inns. Runs. Most in an Inns. Most in a Match. Times not out. Aver. Foster ................ «•• • m • 6 11 205 81 94 0 18.7 L. C. Docker.... ... 7 13 236 52 73 0 18.2 E. A. J. Maynard ■•« ••♦ 6 9 159 84 85 0 17.8 W. W. Evershed ... <*• ••« 8 15 224 92 97 0 14.14 R. F. Smith ... ... ••• ««♦ 6 12 177 33 43 0 14.9 Marlow ......... ... ••♦ ••• 5 ' 9 89 23 23 3 14.5 1 latts ... ... ... «*• ••• 8 ' 16 202 55 65 0 13.7 Chatterton ......... ••• •#• 8 15 201 Cl 83 0 13.6 G. G. Walker m • • 4 9 * 2 4 40 23 27 1 . . 13.1 C ropper............... « • « • • » 7 13 J 168 51 75 0 12.12 Disney ............... • • i « • • 6 11 41 9 13 5 6.5 Richardson ........ « • • 9 4 9 4 8 40 17 1 17 2 6.4 S. H. Evershed ... 9 4 9 9 * 9 2 4 26 21 25 . 0 6.2 W . Mycroft ......... 9 0 9 9 9 9 2 ' 4 9 9 9 2 4.1 Brelsford ........ 9 9 9 9 4 9 5 9 27 10 11 1 3.3 The fo llow in g played in two innings :— Needham , 3 and 6 (not ou t ) ; H . Evans, 29 and 14; J. M. Clayton, 1 and 2 ; L . W r igh t , 2 and 0; and Osborne, 2 and 5. P . Gr. Exham played in one innings, and scored 12 ; H ay played in one match, but hurt himself, and was unable to bat. Matches. Inns. BOW L ING AVERAGES . Overs. Maidens. Runs. • Wkts. Wides. Runs per Wkt. Wkts. per Inns. Foster ......... • i• 3 4 20 2 53 3 0 17.2 .3 W . Mycroft ... • •• 2 4 103.1 - 46 162 f 9 0 18 2.1 G. G. Walker 9 4 9 2' 4 73 39 90 i 5 0 18 1.1 Chatterton ... • 0 9 6 8 202 89 293 15 , 0 19.8 1.7 M a r lo w ......... 4 9 9 4 ; 7 237 118 335 ‘ 17 0 . 19.12 2.3 L. C. Docker... 9 9 9 4 5 • 55 13 122 6 1 20.2 1.1 Brelsford 444 5 6 186.1 73 335 16 0 20.15 2.4 Cropper......... • 4 7 8 204.1 84 337 16 2 21.1 2 Richardson ... 4 4 4 4 * 5 103.2 37 190 7 0 27.1 1.2 Platts ......... 4 9 9 6 8 121 46 207 2 0 103.1 The fo llow ing howled in one innings :— W . W . Evershed, 6 overs and 3 balls, 3 maidens, 8 runs, 3 w ickets ; IT. Evans, 16 overs, 6 maidens, 29 nins, 1 w ick e t ; Hay, 3 overs, 18 runs, 1 w ick e t ; J. M. Clayton, 4 overs, 1 maiden, 11 runs; and S. H. Evershed, 15 overs, 2 maidens, 20 runs. . ■ m t ft §it (* t # . I it* M * t % • 1 Ir > .f SUSSEX. S ecretary , G. GOLDSMITH, E sq ., 11, P rince A lbert S treet , B righton . r 3 THOUGH SUSSEX O N L Y W O N T H R E E M A TCH E S OU T OF TE N | there was a distinct improvement in the all-round cricket of the team. In this rev iew , i t should be mentioned, no account is taken o f the matches against Hampshire. Th e ch ie f advance was made where advance was most needed— in bow ling. A r th u r Hide, certain ly, was less successful than in 1882,but Juniper, Tester, and Humphreys all did better than before, and the return to England o f Jesse H ide was, o f course, a material help. The sensational v ic to ry over Yorksh ire at Sheffield wras in its e lf sufficient to lend distinction to the season. A t times the batting was inexcusably feeble, notably in the first match w ith Surrey,