Famous Cricketers No 77 - W.L.Murdoch

c W.Gunn b W.Attewell 0 129 86-2 294. Gentlemen v Players, Hastings, September 13, 14, 15 (Players won by 175 runs) st A.F.A.Lilley b W.Attewell 1 214 - - - - 214 b W.Attewell 0 67 5 3 7 0 242-2d SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St Gentlemen v Players 1 2 0 1 1 0.50 - - - - County Championship 20 35 1 1024 130 30.11 1 8 10 - Other Sussex matches 5 8 1 239 105 34.14 1 1 3 - Other matches 1 2 0 19 19 9.50 0 0 - - Season 27 47 2 1283 130 28.51 2 9 13 - Career 294 515 43 13150 321 27.86 15 65 189 24 Bowling O M R W BB Ave Gentlemen v Players (5 ball) 5 3 7 0 - - Career (4 ball) 53 11 } 266 4 1-22 66.50 (5 ball) 50 14 1898 – In England After a poor start Murdoch had a fair season with the bat but though according to Wisden he led the side with his “customary good judgement” his team slipped down the table with a record of won three, drawn eight, lost nine. Deprived of the services of Ranjitsinhji, for once it was the batting which let Sussex down. Murdoch was involved in two second-wicket century partnerships. At Trent Bridge, with Brann (105) he added 166 but eight wickets fell for 128 leaving Murdoch undefeated with 121. His steady 40 in the second innings did much to deny the home side victory. At Bradford in arguably his best innings, again in partnership with Brann (85), they put on 114 but there was another collapse, eight wickets clattering for 54. When Lancashire were beaten at Hove, although the main credit belonged to the bowlers the win was set up by the partnership of 110 on the first day between P.H.Latham (93) who was making his debut for the county and the captain (55). Of the rest, only one passed 20. For the Gentlemen at The Oval, Murdoch batted well in both innings on a slow wicket faced by a Players attack including Lockwood, J.T.Hearne, Davidson and Mead. In the match at Bristol, at least one writer considered Murdoch’s comfortable build prevented him from accepting a low chance at point given by Grace. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct St Total Total 295. Sussex v MCC, Lord’s, May 4, (5), 6 (MCC won by an innings and 58 runs) * b J.T.Hearne 1 61 218 2 c F.Martin b A.E.Trott 1 99 296. C.I.Thornton’s XI v Cambridge University, Fenner’s, May 9, 10 (C.I.Thornton’s XI won by seven wickets) b H.W.de Zoete 10 188 140 b A.E.Hind 17 65-3 110 1 297. MCC v Yorkshire, Lord’s, May 12, 13, 14 (Yorkshire won by 99 runs) b S.Haigh 0 135 118 b F.S.Jackson 9 69 185 298. Sussex v Essex, Leyton, May 19, (20), (21) (Match drawn) * 114-2 299. Sussex v Nottinghamshire, Hove, May 23, 24, 25 (Match drawn) * c T.G.Wass b J.R.Gunn 20 192 112 c A.Pike b T.G.Wass 49 201-5 338-4d 300. Sussex v Gloucestershire, Hove, May 30, 31, June 1 (Match drawn) * run out 19 306 228 145-4 301. Sussex v Somerset, Eastbourne, June (2), 3, 4 (Somerset won by 108 runs) * b G.C.Gill 9 202 133 c and b G.C.Gill 0 110 287 1 39