Cricket 1914

.36 THE WORLD OF CRICKET. F e b r u a r y , 19 14 . A ga in st whom Haigh made his Runs. H ighest Tim es Opponents.Mtchs. Inns. Runs. Score. N.O . A vg. E n g la n d v. A u stralia ... 4. 5 40 14 1 10.00 E n glan d v. South A frica 7 13 73 25 2 6.63 P la y e rs v. Gentlem en ... 1013 195 51 3 19.50 N orth v. South ...!........... 6 8 69 21 1 9.85 A ll Indian T eam ............ 1 1 111 111 — 111.00 A n E n glan d X I ................. 2 3 29 18 — 9.66 A u stralian s ....................... 17 20 213 56 3 12.52 C am b rid g e U n iv ............... 18 27 225 40 1 8.65 C. I. T ho rn ton ’ s X I ........ 4 7 126 54 1 21.00 D erb ysh ire ......................... 29 34 737 104 6 26.32 E ssex ...................... ............ 34 45 830 69 7 21.84 G en ts, of I r e la n d ............ 1 1 12 12 — 12.00 G lou cestersh ire .............. 27 37 522 69 6 16.83 Ham pshire ...................... 27 33 553 75* 3 18.43 K en t .................................... 31 43 541 70 8 15.45 Lan cash ire ....................... 33 50 646 84 12 17.00 Leicestershire ................ 31 33 615 60 5 21.96 M .C .C ..................... ............... 28 45 643 56 8 17.37 M .C .C . A ustralian T eam 1 — did not bat — M iddlesex ......................... 31 44 538 50 8 14.94 N orthants ......................... 8 11 131 26* 4 18.71 Notts ................................... 31 38 610 159 3 17.42 O xford U n iv....................... 2 2 36 23 — 18.00 R est of E n glan d ............ 5 7 105 78 2 21.00 Som erset ......................... 34 43 955 96 10 28.93 South A frican s ................. 6 6 130 62* 1 26.00 S u rrey ............................... 32 48 553 85 9 14.18 S u ssex .;.......... ................. 2g 37 519 85 2 14.82 W arw ickshire ................. 33 39 922 138 6 27.93 W orcestershire ................. 29 41 838 87* 6 23.94 I n S outh A f r ic a :— A rm y ................................. 1 1 23 23 — 23.00 C ap e C olony ..................... 2 3 27 15 — g.oo E astern Province ............ 1 1 2 2 — 2.00 N atal ................................... 2 4 52 33* 1 17.23 T ra n sva al .......................... 2 2 25 25 — 12.50 Western Province .....__ 2 2 65 61 — 32.50 T o ta ls............ 561 747 11,711 159 119 18.64 H aigh ’s C enturies in F irst-class Matches. \59 Y o rk sh ire v. N otts at Sheffield in 1901. 138 ,, v. W arw ickshire at B irm in gh am in 1904. 104 ,, v. D erbyshire at Sheffield in 1904. 111 „ v. A ll Indian T eam at Hull in 1911. In all F irst-class M atches, in which H aigh played, he was on the winning- side 282 tim es, lo sin g side 78 tim es, and 201 w ere drawn; total 561. H aigh ’s B ow ling A verages in All F irst-class Matches. M aiden Season B alls O vers. Runs. W ickets. Av. 1895 .............................. 225 8 147 8 18.37 1896 .............................. 2933 201 1289 84 15.34 1897 ............................. 3934 259 1713 9 i 18.75 1898 .............................. 4365 305 1880 102 18.43 1899 .............................. 4075 260 1693 79 21.43 1900 .............................. 5748 263 2416 163 14.82 1901 ............................. 2625 87 1199 56 21.41 1902 ............................. 4796 219 1084 158 12.55 1903 ............................. 4652 225 1844 112 16.46 1904 .............................. 5377 234 2402 121 19.85 1905 ............................. 4091 220 1983 129 15.37 1906 .............................. 5829 209 2540 174 14-59 1907 ............................. 3549 146 1308 102 12.82 1908 ............................. 3740 176 1380 103 13-39 1909 ............................. 5066 205 1702 122 13-95 1910 .............................. 3615 125 1541 76 20.27 1911 ............................. 4059 124 1684 97 173 6 1912 .............................. 4882 245 1541 125 12.32 1913 .............................. 2176 98 791 38 20.81 T o ta l in E n glan d ... 76,637 3609 31,037 1940 15-99 I n S ou th A fr ic a :— 1898-9 ......................... 998 80 419 33 12.69 1905-6 ......................... 1448 62 625 40 15.62 C om plete T otal ... 79,083 3751 32,081 2013 i>-93 A gain st whom Haigh obtained his w ickets. . % M aiden Opponents B alls. 'O vers. Run’s. W ickets. Av. E n glan d v. A ustralia ... 372 21 139 4 34-75 E n glan d v. South A frica 922 40 483 20 24.15 Players v. G entlem en... 1192 36 631 22 28.68 North v. South ............ 845 21 489 36 18.80 A ll Indian T eam ......................... 843 34 4 8.50 A n E n glan d X I .............................. 1003 60 3 20.00 Australian s ........... ........ 1905 78 853 44 19.38 C am bridge Univ. ...... 3610 188 1342 109 12.31 C. I. T horn ton ’ s X I...... 357 14 164 7 23.42 D erbyshire ..................... 4152 210 1611 128 12.58 E ssex .................................. 4602 250 1773 123 14.41 Gents, of Ireland ......................... 1505 69 3 23.00 G loucestershire ............ 3392 170 1296 106 12.22 Hampshire ...................... 3882 195 1547 96 16.11 K en t .................................... 4208 165 1795 96 18.69 Lancashire ...................... 4512 230 1831 108 16.95 Leicestershire ................ 4312 217 1680 95 17.67 M .C .C .................................... 3933 180 1722 108 15.94 M .C .C . A ustralian T eam 90 4 32 2 16.00 M iddlesex ......................... 5507 217 2344 134 17.41 Northans ........................... 1005 39 289 24 12.04 Notts .................................. 4753 251 1766 103 17.14 Oxford U n iv.................................... 309 18 107 10 10.70 R est of E n glan d .........................576 12 333 11 30.27 Somerset ............................ 3703 196 1659 117 14.17 South A frican s .............................865 35 334 15 22.26 Surrey ................................. 4271 184 1732 95 18.23 Sussex ................................ 4152 177 1841 79 23.30 W arw ickshire ................. 5016 282 1733 142 12.20 W orcestershire ................. 4782 208 1831 126 14-53 I n S outh A f r ic a :— A rm y .............................................. 132 8 43 8 5.37 C ape C olony .................................484 49 153 17 9.00 E astern P r o v in c e ........................84 2 37 1 37.00 N atal .............................................. 306 14 105 11 9.54 T ran svaal ..................................... 260 15 129 6 21.50 Western P r o v in c e ........................258 14 94 10 9.40 T o ta ls............ 79,083 3751 32,081 2013 15.93 N o t e .— T he time-lim it match Y o rksh ire v. Notts at Leeds in 1904, and the Y o rksh ire v. K ent m atch at H arrogate the same year are not included in these statistics, as neither were reckoned as first-class by most authorities. In the Y o rksh ire v. K en t m atch the w icket was tampered with, and it was decided to declare the same void. How Haigh captured his w ickets, and his own catches. No. o f No. of Y ear W kts. Bid. Ct. C .& B. L.B .W . Std. Chs. 189 5 .......................... 8 5 2 1 — — 1 189 6 .......................... 84 57 24 2 — 1 8 189 7 .......................... 91 55 27 5 4 — 10 189 8 .......................... 102 72 23 2 4 1 15 189 9 .......................... 79 52 19 4 4 — 15 190 0 .......................... 163 100 48 4 11 — 19 1901 .............................. 56 30 21 1 4 — 13 ig o 2 .............................. 158 115 27 2 13 1 14 ig o 3 .............................. 112 6g 24 4 14 1 18 190 4 .......................... 121 67 37 7 9 1 14 190 5 .......................... 129 75 37 6 8 3 23 190 6 .......................... 174 98 30 6 31 — 15 190 7 .......................... 102 62 18 2 17 3 15 ig o 8 .............................. 103 56 26 4 16 1 10 ig o g .............................. 122 4g 41 10 20 2 28 19 10 76 40 21 1 10 4 13 i g n .............................. 97 56 22 2 12 5 24 i g i 2 .............................. 125 69 28 2 25 1 16 19 13 38 19 12 2 4 1 14 T otal inEn glan d 1940 1146 496 67 206 25 285 I n S outh A f r ic a :— 1898-9 ......................... 33 21 8 1 2 1 4 1905-6 ......................... 40 33 7 — — — 9 Complete T otal ... 2013 1200 511 68 208 26 298 It is noteworthy that nearly 70 per cent, of H aigh ’ s w ickets were clean bowled or l.b .w ., a record quite unique in first- class cricket. In first-class matches for Y orksh ire H aigh bowled 73,244 balls, 3504 maidens, for 29,279 runs and 1876 w ickets—■ average 15.60.