James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Companion 1885

115 - - the western county, Mr. Brain scored 113, Pai Grace (56; while for Surrey, Mr. W. \V. Read ma ibel 60, and Mr. Diver 55. The batting was so Painter 133, andMr.W. 0. __made 135, Mr. Shuter 101, A l , . i e . i uniformly fine, that it *ould be unfair to specially praise any one of the four long scorers at the exp^nse t *10 others. Certainly the match proved a very pleasant wind-up to Glouctstei sliire’s disastrous season. M a tch e s played, 12—won 1, lest 8 , drawn 3. Considering how unfortunate were the eleven, the batting averages come out- remarkably well, and give strong evidence that with better fowling the County, when fully represented, would still be able to take a good position. Painter’s advance is extraordinary, his average having risen from 9 to 28.7. Mr. Pullen has gone up from 13.7 to 39 . 4 ,, but bis success was by no means so unexpected as that of Painter. Mr. Brain’s average is 25 as against only 13.1 in 1883. Allowing for the disadvantages against which be laboured, Mr \V. G. Grace’s perform­ ances for his County were first-rate. Of the bowling it will be sufficient to say here that Woof received most inadequate support. The figures will show the extreme weakness of the change bowling. BATTING AVERAGES. Most it Rung. W. W. F. Pullen W. G. Grace Painter ... J. H. Brain E. M. Grace W. R. Gilbert H. V. Page Woof F. Townsend G. Francis H. Clowes E. J. Taylor ... J. A. Bush ... F. A. Curteis Gregg .......... H. J. Boughton J. Hatton W. 0. Vizard t M M l M l Matches 6 10 12 8 10 9 9 12 8 6 4 5 8 4 7 4 3 2 » • ♦ • # • • • • # Inns, 9 18 21 13 19 18 15 21 13 12 8 7 13 7 14 7 6 4 31G 627 691 325 405 324 211 140 141 109 82 64 78 49 106 36 23 6 an Inns. 161 94 133 143 67 69 61 28* 44 42 22 33 20 2 17 15 11 6 Most in Times a Match, not oat. i* 161 104 133 143 99 69 64 34 43 58 30 33 20 27 26 23 15 5 1 2 0 0 1 1 010 1 2 0 0 4 10 1 1 0 Aver. 39.4 32.15 23.7 25 22.9 19.1 14.1 12.8 11.9 10.9 10.2 9.1 8.6 8.1 7.8 6 5.3 1.2 * Not out. The following played in two innings:—W. Fairbanks, 6 and 4 • F. L Cole, 3 and 0: W. H. Game, 0 and 2; A. E. Leatham, 0 and 1 • and G B Nicholls, 1 and 0 . ’ ‘ BOWLING AVERAGES. W, R. Gilbert Woof ... • W.G. Grace GTCffg ... H. v .P a g e ... J. H. Brain ... F. Townsend Painter.......... t t I t « 4 •• • * * I 4 • f M 4 *1 I I • M l | 4 * Inns. Overs. Maidens. Runs. Wkts. .. 12 161.3 60 344 19 .. 20 884.1 374 1,405 70 .. 16 619.3 214 890 35 .. 12 213.1 97 277 12 .. 14 317 145 548 22 .. 3 54 16 137 6 .. 6 45 13 97 3 .. 8 61.2 15 £ 110 2 Runs per Wkt. 38.2 20.5 25.15 23.1 24.20 26.2 32.1 66 Wkts. per lung . 1.7 3.10 2.3 1 1.8 1.2 .3 .2 YY. w. F. Fuiien nowiea xu overs, * maiuens, n runs, 1 wicket; G. B Nicholls, 22 overs, 6 maidens, 49 runs, 1 wicket; F. L. Cole, 5 overs 2 maidens, 9 runs ; F. A. Curteis, 36 overs, 11 maidens, 75 runs; E. M. Grace" 10 overs, 1 maiden, 38 runs; and J. A, Bush, 5 overs, 8 runs. ’