Lives in Cricket No 27 - CB Llewellyn

99 addition to a five-wicket tally, against Kearsley remained his only score over fifty until he played splendidly for 88 against Tonge at the end of July. His successful performances with the ball were more prolific, as he seized seven Heaton victims for 35 in his fifth outing and in successive matches trapped five opponents of Kearsley (in addition to his innings of 62), Tonge and Farnworth, followed by seven scalps against Westhoughton, five from Little Lever and six from Eagley, all in the first half of the season. In the second, he captured over six wickets twice more and crowned his performances, first as an all-rounder, taking six wickets for 16 from 24 overs, as well as scoring his 88, as already noted, and as a bowler with an analysis of seven for 27 against Farnworth. The Radcliffe committee must have felt that, despite his age, he had justified their confidence. His figures for the season were 400 runs, average 20.00, and with the ball, 89 wickets at 11.40. The best return in the bowling averages was that of Jack Threlfall of Bradshaw, who took 96 wickets at 8.73 each, as well as scoring 689 runs, average 36.26. Radcliffe The Bolton league averages for 1926 as published in the Athletic News Cricket Annual of 1927. As can be seen, Buck had few ‘names’ to contend with at this level.