CRICKET.
TWENTY-PIVE YEARS’ RECORDS OP FIRST-CLASS CRICKET. The following reoorda of a quarter of a century’s first-ofasa cricket in England have been published in 4 Cricket.* The averages comprise the seasons from 1866 to 1890. It [will be noticed that W. G. Grace has scored more runs, takeb more wickets, and obtained a larger average than anyone else. In addition he has scored ninety-three times over the century in firsk-Clasa matches;— BATTING.
. • ’O S, aajf 311 t Is 58 V r m 04 w 8 < W. G Grace,. 4| 816 36,221 m siS 42 W. W. Reid.. 433 14,594 83 O.T.Studd .. 124 4,013 175* 32 A Shrewsbury ,, 878 12,027 267 SI A. 0. Steel .. 193 5,532 171 23 A Lyttelton.. 162 4,295 181 28 W. Gunn „ 325 9,146 228 28 A. J. Webbe.. M 868 9,033 243* 27 B. Daft 267 7,218 101 27 Lord Harris.. 336 9,040 101 27 W. L. Murdoch 184 4,552 286* 27 F. Penn ** ( t 152 4,110 160 27 A. H. Horh^y 523 13,677 188 20 W. V ardley .. 168 3,725 ISO 26 A. P. Lucas . ># 237 6.172 145 28 K. J. Key .. 218 5,826 2Sl 26 W. H, Patterson 163 4,186 143 26 G. F. Grace ,. 268 6,661 ISO 1 * 25 I. D. Walker.. ki 435 10,769 179 24 T. 0. O’Brien 108 4,803 119 24 Q, Jupr: J-. Granaton .. W. Kewham u 539 101 13,080 2,617 170 152 24 21 197 4,862 138 24 L. Hall 355 857 169 24 0 Ulyett 713 17,095 199’ 23 E. Lot k wood 492 11,694 208 2? A. E. Stoddart 136 3.248 151 23 R. Abel # , 303 7,125 Il,9l9 160 23 W. Barnes .. 498 160 23 R. 0. Barlow 477 9,663 117 23 W. Bates .. 4 ( 308 7,Q89 138 23 J. Shuter 306 6.S32 135 22 E. F. S. Tvleoote 120 2,629 100* 21 P. M'Donhe l 183 3,936 — 21 Q. Oiflei* 156 3,400 119 21 If. M. Grace.. I 350 6,834 108 20 W. Flowers .. 1 S28 6,775 173 20 W. Briggs .. .. I 812 I 6,884 106 20 ’Not out. BOWLING. 1 Wckts. 1 Runs eff Bowling. 1 Average. A, Sbaw ..1 1,932 22,423 i n C. T. B. Turner i 629 6.217 . n F. Morley .. • • i 1,241 16,455 13 J. J. Ferris .. 436 6.941 13 F. R. Spoflorth 632 7,104 , 13 W. Attewell . i 814 10,677 1 13 A. Watson .. 1,298 16 977 13 E. Peate 1,0GB 14-,S87 1 13 T. Emmett .. 1,489 10,648 13 H. F. Boyle .. 316 4,211 ’ 13 F. Martin 4 SO 6.030 , 13 W. Briggs .. 747 10,232 13 A. G. Steel .. 733 10,662 14 J. Southerton 1.611 22.832 14 G. A. Lehmann 1,C69 14,978 14 Peel .. 730 11,435 15 T. W. Garrett 2S9 4,374 15 W. G Grace.. 2,268 37.071 16 S. M. J. Woods 222 3,663 16 W,.Wright .. 609 8,386 10 C. T. Studd .. 379 6,552 1 17 W. Bates „ 745 12,724 1 17 W. Barnes .. 612 10.627 17 G. F. Grace .. 261 5,316 19
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Evening Star, Issue 8613, 5 September 1891, Page 4
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496CRICKET. Evening Star, Issue 8613, 5 September 1891, Page 4
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