James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Companion 1885

100 BATTING AVERAGES IN ALL MATCHES. Avej. 39.# 28.1# 33.1# 22.1# 202) m 18 16.24 16 15.1# 117 11,18 7.8 P. H. Morton played in three innings, scoring 1, 19, and 0. The following played in one innings,—H/W. Bainbridge 7, and A. c. Cattley 10. C. E . ITorner W. E. Roller Abel ... ... Lohmann ... Barratt M. Read P. H. Morton Jones ... ... W. W. Read K . J. Key ... E. J. Diver bowled in two innings, 2 overs, 6 maidens, 24 runs. The following bowled in one innings—H. W. Bainbridge, 12 overs, a maidens, 26 runs; Henderson 3 overs, 8 runs; and Wood 3 overs’ 1 maiden, 14 runs. BOWLING AVERAGES IN ALL MATCHES • « » * ♦ • • • f 4 « • • • t • • I f t # • • • • • • Overs. Maidens. Runs. Wkts. 995.2 440 1,610 110 626.2 282 861 50 272 104 443 25 242 124 358 20 1,358.3 503 2,625 135 184.2 63 383 20 42 16 79 4 691.1 362 878 44 71.3 18 173 7 80 11 66 1 RUJ18 per Wkt. 14.70 17.11 17.18 17.18 18.95 19.8 19.3 19.42 24.5 66 Most in I M % t • w. W. Read J. Slmter M. Read M. P. Bowden E. J. Diver ... Wood K. J. Key Abel W. E. Roller Lohmann Jones Barratt ... G. E. Horner • M • M • » * • • ♦ • • * Matches. Inns . Runs . an Inns. not ... 22 38 1,254 162* 6 ... 23 38 844 125 2 ... 24 42 883 99 4 ... 23 39 739 69 6 ... 22 38 763 91 1 ... 22 32 404 52 10 ... 10 16 270 63 1 ... 21 37 568 95 3 ... 21 36 512 69 4 ... 12 22 295 69 3 ... 13 18 231 85 2 ... 24 32 266 38 9 ... 20 28 165 30 7 Not ont. LANCASHIRE. I I on , S ec .—S. H . SWIRE, E sq ., A shton - unher -L yne , L ancashire . L anca sh ire h a d only a m o d era te season in i8S4, and by comparison with the results obtained in some previous years, the doings of the County were insignificant. Out of ten first-class County matches, five were won, four were lost, and one was left unfinished. In considering this record, however, it is important to remember that Lancashire was only able on rare occasions to put its full strength into the field. Mr. A. G. Steel, for instance, only played in four matches, Mr. Royle in three matches, and Mr. H. B. Steel in five. It has never been Mr. A. G. Steel’s custom to play regularly for his County, and therefore too much importance must not be attached to his absence, hut the fact remains that in three of the four matches in which he appeared Lancashire proved successful. Were he always available, the gain to the eleven would of course he enormous. The hatting of the team suffered terribly from the falling off in Mr. Hornby’s play, and from Barlow’s curious inability to make runs in County matches, In