James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Companion 1885

212 T. W. G, S tu a r t ... E. A. Nepean J . B. G. Lester H. G. Papillon G. R. Fenwick W. Elton ... G. R. Heath A. C. Broadbent... A. M. Sheppard... W. A. Smith H. J . Collins • • • • • » • • « • • I • « * » % • W. A. Sm i th ... A. M. Sheppard E . A. Nepean J . B. G. Lester G. R. Heath • • • BATTING AVERAGES. Inns. M l t 1 I • • € 4 • • • i t 1 • 1 » « f M l I I I 11 1 • I • • * I 1 1 • t f 11 S • • V « i t • • I I I 10 • • t M l f • • • 1 % 11 • • 4 y • i • • • « f t • 11 • • • • • • • f t • 11 t M 1 • I • • f t 11 # ♦ 1 1 * 1 M l GO • • » $ M l • • • OO V I I • • t t • • » M 9 * Not out. BOWLING AVERAGES. Times 9 Most in not out. Runs. an Inns. , 1 _ » 66 28* 0 408 82 0 234 64 0 183 35 l 174 44 0 155 34 0 125 33 1 111 46 2 66 22* 0 60 24 2 28 14 t • • * • • • § • • Balls. 354 621 685 • 807 633 Maidens. 16 32 33 65 42 Runs. Wickets. 178 . 17 299 •23 345 25 306 ’ 17 349 12 Aver, 66 37.1 21.3 18.3 17.4 14.1 11.4 11.1 11 7.4 4 Runs per Wkfc. J0.8 13 13.20 16.14 29.1 TONBRIDGE SCHOOL. Pres, and Treas., E. H. Goggs, E s q . ; Sec., W. Raslileigh; Capt., J. Le Fleming. Ground, 3£ acres. Colours, dark blue, with, white braid. Distance from Tonbridge S tation , South Eastern Railway, 1 mile. Matches, 10—won 7, lost, 1, drawn 2. J . Le Fleming, capt. (14.2), as a bat hits very hard all round, but was rather un lucky last y e a r ; a useful slow bow ler; gets a lot of work on the ball. W. Rashleigh (64.1), an exceedingly good bat, with excellent defence and hitting powers; several times scored very largely last season. A. O. Hubbard (29.6), a good bat with free style ; can drive hard ; a useful medium-pace change bowler; can keep wicket. J .W .L ittle (22.4), a sound and steady b a t ; has this season played with more freedom than usual; a fair wicket-keeper. G. C. Hubbard (13.3) bowls fast right-hand with a good break from leg; has much improved as a b a t ; an active and sure field anywhere. W. T. Danby (15.7), a neat bat, and was several times very useful both with bat and ball; bowls fast, with a style of his own. E. Giles (20.3) improved greatly as a b a t; hits hard on the o f fs id e ; an excellent field close to the wicket; fair bowler. F. G. Hayward (13.2), a stra igh t fast bow ler; most effective on a hard w icket; has much improved in batting, and sometimes hits extremely well. E. C. P. Johnstone (12.4), a very fair bat, with p len ty of wrist work ; a quick and safe field at point. F. C. Timins (11.3), a fair b a t ; improved considerably in defence; a good field. H. Bryant (20.1), a sure field and a good c a tc h ; has improved in batting , bu t should play more forward. ♦ * 1 « ’ i ROSSALL SCHOOL. Sec., A. L. Hudson ) Capt,, B. L./Lee-Smith. Distance from L. & N. W., 3 miles. Matches, I I—won 3, lost 1, drawn 7. Last year the Rossall eleven had a most successful season, which was borne out by the fact tha t they only received one defeat, although several draws were against them. The chief strength of the team lay in its good all-round ba tting . I n this department Hudson, Lockhart, and Heaton were especially useful, while in bowling Hudson and Wheatley took chief honours. B. L. Lee-Smith was unfortunately nnable to play last season owing to an injured knee ; in the only ma.tch in which he was able to play showed all the qualities of an excellent cap ta in ; is a fine long-field, and a steady bat. J . Black- wall * has hardly scored as well this year as m igh t have been expected from his las year’s p la y ; a good ba t, bu t lacks s t re n g th ; very useful as a change bowler ; a poor field. C. E. Tunnicliffe * has improved greatly in his ba tting ; hits hard, but ie-no^ very c e r ta in ; in bowling he has ra the r disappointed us, though i t is only fair to sa th a t the wickets have no t suited h im ; the most b r illian t field in the team, and a sure catch. H. Lockhart* seems to have lost his pitch as a slow howler; in batting, improved greatly towards the end of the season; he hits very hard and well on the on side ; a safe field a t point. J. T. T. Robinson * has played some good innings during