James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Companion 1885

203 BATTING AVERAGES . Inns. Times Most in C. D. Buxton . fir. A. R. Y oun g ... m • 1 not out. Rune. an Inns. Aver. •« • • ••» Ml #r*H •• •• •*. 13 0 4 267 172 81 36* 24.3 19.1 A. K. Watson ••• «i* ... 9 1 130 65 . 10.2 F. H. Oates ••• 1 9 •• ••• f«« itu 0 176 48 14.8 W. H. Dent re* M* #«» • 11 1 142 42 14.2 E. M. Butler ** • •1* ••* •«« 12 0 158 31 , 13.2 C. E. K in d e r s le y ... • m ••• ••• ... 11 0 107 21 9.8 A .R . C o x ............... •• • 1 9 *•« ••• •ee I *J 6 59 , 13 9.5 C. H. D e n t ............... e•• 19 ••• ••• *«l lW 1 100 25* 9.1 A. D. Ramsay •» .............. 12 3 40 - 16 ? 4.4 M. J. Dauglisli ... ••• ••• 4 1 11 6* 3.2 * Not out. « ‘ \ t HP# i ? ‘* * e 0 0 * BOWLING AVERAGES . # i Runs *4 * * * per < r • , Overs. Maidens. Runs. Wickets. "Wkt. C. H. Dent .............. i ... ... 2ft2.dk 92 . 384 36 10.7 A. D. Ramsay ••• ... • ... 194 83 413 35 11.8 W. A. R . Y oung •e• 70 4 ••• M* / V*J 16 145 10 14.5 C. D. B u x t o n .............. • ••• QQ » ••• l/i/ 26 213 13 16.4 / A ♦ i + • . RUGBY SCHOOL. Matches played, 10 —won 2, lost 4 , drawn 4 . S. N. Harrison, a good "bat at times, though n o t so successful as in 1883, fair change bowler, good field; made a most energetic cap ta in . P. Coles, an excellent bat, hits hard, and is especially strong on the leg side; scored well throughout the season, notably against the M.C.C.; useful bowler and brillian t field, II. L. Cobb fell off in batting , but fielded well a t po in t. Q : Bowden Smith, a hard h itting bat, with fair defence ; good out field. E. H. F. Bradby bats in tak ing style, especially strong on the oft side, hits h a rd ; moderate change bowler; splendid field at cover p o in t ; captain for lbF>. H. Hitrlilev ba tted well a t times ; a really good bowler; was most successful last season; fair field. C. G. Mott, a steady bat, with not very tak ing s ty le ; scored well throughout the season . kep t wicket b r ill ian tly a t times. W. Barbour, a steady bat, played some fine inn ings , bis late cuts being especially good; fair slow how ler; uncertain field. 0 . E. H igginbottom , hard h itting bat, with poor defence; capital field. A. A. feurtu>, unsuccessful as a b a t , bu t fieldfcd well. I-'. D. North, good bowler especialiy s u c c e e d in the last few matches ; prom ising b a t ; weak field. E. H. 1 . Bradby and 1 . D. iNortli ■will be the on ly two old colours back for next season. BATTING AVERAGES. • • • • M • r # P. Coles W. Barbour 0 . C. Mott G. Bowden Smith F . D. North E. H. F. Bradby S. N. Harrison ... C. E. H igginbotham H . H igh ley A. A. Surtees II. E. Cobb f•• f •• • ♦ 0 • •• • * * * » * * ♦ » * f*• » » » » « « • • » ! • » • • • ♦ M « » • •• « « • * Times Most in Inns. not out. Runs. an Inns. Aver. ... 13 . 0 . 398 94 30.8 ... 12 3 228 50 25.3 ... 14 2 236 66 19.8 ... 9 0 158 48 17.5 ... 6 2 58 17 14.5 ... 12 0 168 e 33 14 ... 14 1 156 28 12 ... 9 2 * 80 23 11.4 ... 12 0 104 22 8.7 ... 10 2 • i 44 10 6.5 ... 13 0 65 26 * 6.4