THE LATE JAMES LILLYWHITE.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1261, 29 January 1883, Page 2

THE LATE JAMES LILLYWHITE.

James Lillywhite, the celebrated Sussex cricketer, was one of a family of famous mrsters of the English national game. He was a grandson of the renowned William LillywHto; the inventor of round arm bowling; and the contemporary of Clarke, Box, Fuller, Plich, Hillyer, and other celebrities. James Lillywbite first began playing for his county about twenty years ago, and ever since has has been its mainstay under somewhat adverse circumstances. His chief fame has been as a left-handed medium-pace bowler, in which capacity he has performed many remarkable feats. On one occasion, bowling against a very strong eleven of England, he took nine wickets in one innings Another time playing for the South of England against a fine batting team of the North, he bowled seventeen overs for only one run, and once against the Surrey Eleven then at its strongest, he bowled throughodt one innings, lasting two days, in which the Surrey men scored needy 500 of which the professional player known as “Julius Ctesar ” made 182 not out. On that occasion Lillywhite bowled 101 overs without being once releived, and he is said to have been nearly “ dead on ” the whole time. He was also a good batsman, and once made “ 105 not out ’’ for his county, his score including a straight drive for seven. He has twice visited New Zealand. First in 1877, as captain of the professional team which played in the colony in February of that year. He bowled in the second innings of the' Wellington twenty-two, and took no fewer - .than 13 wickets. He also came with Shaw's Eleven last summer, but merely as business manager, and only played as an “ emergency ” man. His death leaves the county of Sussex, for the first time in half a century, without a Lillywhite among its cricketers.