Cricket 1898

412 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OP THE GAME. S ept . 15, 1898 1895. D ale. T tl. A>er. 1896. 1897. 1898. D ate. D ate. Date. T tl. A ver. T tl. A ver. T tl. Aver D ixon, J . A .— A ug. 12. — ...1100 44 09 .. — Jessop, G. L .— A ug. 3. — ...1219 29 7 3 .. — K ey, K . J .— A ug. 16. — . 1083 31-85 — W ainw right (E .)— Ju ly 13. — ..1612 H5-8-2... — W arner, P. F .— A ug. 19 — .. 1137 29 15 .. — C uttell (W . R )— Sept. 3. — ... — ...1003 25 71 Ford, F. G. J .— A ug 26. — ... — ...1152 3972 F ry, C. B . - Aug 4 . — ... — ...1788 54-18 H olland (F. C.)— A ug. 26. — ... — .. 1096 31-25 Jephson, D. L. A. Sept. 8 . — .. 1135 36-61 P errin, P .— A ug. 30. — ... — .. 1073 35-76 Sew ell, C. O. H .— A u k . 1*2. — — ...1114 33 75 Townsend, C. L .~ A u ?. 14. — ... — .. 1*270 34-32 I think this list is so arranged as to admit of the easiest reference. The men who scored four figures in each of the four seasons are placed first, in alpha­ betical order, then those who did so three times, then those who did so twice, and after them the one-year men. These last I have grouped alphabetically for each year. There are sixty-six names in all, com prising: Seven of the Ninth Austra­ lian team, nine Yorkshiremen, eight Surrey men, seven of Sussex, six of Lancashire, four each of Gloucestershire, Middlesex, Notts and Warwickshire, three each of Derbyshire, Essex and Kent, two of Somerset, and one each of Hampshire and Leicestershire. Thus every first-class county is represented in the list. Altogether there were 127 such individual totals during the period; and, analysing them, I find that York­ shiremen claim 21 among them ; the men of Surrey, 16; of Lancashire, 14; of Sussex, 12; of Derbyshire, 9 ; of Kent, 8 ; of Gloucestershire, Middlesex, Notts, and Warwickshire, each 7 ; of Essex and Somerset, 5 ; of Hampshire and Leicester­ shire, each 1 . SYNOP 8 I 8 OP TO TALS OF 1,000 AND OVER, 1895—8 1,800 1,500 1,200 1,000 and and and and Over under under under under 2.000 2,000 1,810 1,500 1,200 Totals. 1895 ... 2 . 0 .. . 3 .. 9 .. . 14 ... 28 1896 ... 3 . . 1 .. . 4 . 13 .... 18 ... 39 1S97 ... 1 . .. 2 .. . 4 ..,. 12 .. . 10 ... 29 1898 ... 1 . ,. 2 .. . 8 ... 6 .. . 14 ... 31 7 5 19 40 56 127 These past four seasons have seen more such totals registered than the twenty ycarB which preceded them did. But one has to take into account the greatly enlarged match-lists of late seasons. A few years ago any batsman who did not play for one of the busiest counties (such as Yorkshire and Surrey), and was not a member of, or a professional engaged by the M .C.C., had to be at the very top of his form to have any chance of reaching four figures. Now, if a man is in average good form throughout the season, he has a fairly good chance of the distinction. But a distinction it still is; and the thirty or so in each season who attain to it have undoubtedly just cause for pride. THE ETJNDEED-WirKE rs TAKE S OF THE FOTJB REASONS, 1895-8. 1895. Date. W ts Aver. H earne (J. T .)— Ju ly 19. 133 19 37.. Richardson (T .)— Ju n e 21 . 290 14-: 7 Attewell (W .)— Ju ly 22 . 133 16*88 . B riggs (J.)— A ug. 24. 129 16-69. H irst (G. H .)— A ug. 6 . 150 17 06 . M ead (W .)— Ju ly 26. 179 14 55.. Townsend, C. T*.— A ug. 24. 131 13 94,. B ull, F . G.— D ate. W ts. Aver Ju n e 12. .2)7 14*28 Ju n e 18. 246 16 32. Ju ly 23. .135 15*75. J u ly 27. .165 19-71. Sept. 7. .104 21-61.. Sept. 4. .101 24-32.. A ug. 20. .113 22 19.. 1897. Date. "Wts. Aver. Ju n e 26 173 17-72 June 28. .273 14*45. Sept. 15. ..102 19 89.. A ug. 3. .155 1651.. A ug. 31. .101 23 22.. 1898. b a’ e. W ts Aver. Ju n e 28. . 222 14-05 A ug. 8 . ..161 1954 A ug. 6 . . 120 21-95. A ug. 22, ..117 17 51 A ug. 11. ...145 2 j *60 A u». 31. .101 2140 C uttell (W . R .)— M artin (P .)— Ju ly 17. 136 2u**8.. M old (A .)— Ju n e 28. 213 15-96.. Peel (R .)— Ju ly 23. 180 1497., W ainw right (E .)— A ug. 24. ..120 16-45. A ug. 22. 114 2121 A ug. 29. 101 2115 . Ju ly 21. 15 18 12 . Aug. 19. 128 1715 . A ug. 26. ..102 19 81. Sept. 3. .101 23 06... — B aldw in (H .)— A ug. 15. 114 1 5 7 8 .. Davidson (G.)— A ug. 3. 138 16 81... Pougher (A. D )— Aug. 23. 112 19 39... Tyler (E. J .) — A ug. 26 . 124 2-2-58... Woodcock (A .)— Aug. 29. 102 19*28 .. Giffen, G.— Jones, E .— M cKibbin, T. R .— Trum ble, H .— Bland (C. H . G.] A ug. 10. ...117 19 29 . A ug. 4. 121 16*03 Sept. 5. 101 14 26 .. — A ug. 8 . 148 15-81... Ju ly 29. — ...129 21-66 1895. 1896. 1897. 1898. Date. D ate. D ate. D ate. W ts Aver. W t . Aver. W ts. A ver. W ts. A ver. H allam (A. W .)— H ayw ard (T.) - Jessop, G. L .— T ate (F. W .)— H aigh ( S .) - Jackson, F. S.— Lockwood (W . H .)— Rhodes (W .)— Trott (A. E ) - Sept. 11 . .. 100 18 20 .. A ug. 17. ...114 18*18 .. A ug. 21. ...116 17-85... Aug. 31. ...101 2 5 3 6 .. A ug. 24. .. 102 18-43 A ug. 29. .. 104 15-67 A ug. 5. ...134 16 62 Ju ly 23 ...154 14-60 A ug. 16. 130 17 94 This list is a shorter one, comprising iu all only 32 names and 54 instances. Y ork ­ shire is represented by six bowlers, who claim among them ten such records during the four years; Lancashire has four (with eigh t); Surrey, three (six) ; Middlesex and Essex, each two (five each) ; Gloucestershire, tw o (four) ; Leicestershire and Sussex, each two (tw o ); Notts one (with three); Kent, one (two) ; Derbyshire, Hants, and Somerset each a solitary instance; War­ wickshire alone is unrepresented. The Australian team of 1896 claims four of the 32 men, and, of course, four of the 54 records. There are six totals of more than 200 among the 54, and nine of 150 but under 200. Eleven of the 32 names therein appear also in the Thousand Runs’ list. Messrs. Jackson, Giffen, Townsend, and Jessop, with Hirst (twice), Peel, Wainwright, Ha) ward, Davidson, and Cuttell accomplishing the double feat in a season ; while Pougher took 112 wickets in 1895, and scored 1121 runs in 1896. The date given in each case is, of course, that on which the four-figure total of runs, or three-figure total of wickets was completed. One or two interesting coincidences were brought to light here. Mr. Jackson reached the 1000 on the same day (July 23) in both 1896 and 1897, and two days earlier in 1898. Abel’s dates for 1895-96-97 are very close together; that for 1898 is neirly a month later. Mr. Mason has been earlier each year. Brockwell’s dates for 1896 and 1898 are the same, and Willie Quaife’s for the same two years only differ a day ; while Mr. McGahey's date both for this and last ) ear is August 23rd. No 1 e, too, the progressiveness of the averages of Mr. Mason and Tom Hayward. In the bow ling table we find that Jack Hearne got his hundredth wicket this year two days later than last, and (ii tLe anniversary of the day on which Richardson had his hundredth in