Famous Cricketers No 77 - W.L.Murdoch

Southampton 2 4 0 38 18 9.50 - - - - Taunton 7 11 1 219 62 21.90 - 2 3 3 Tonbridge 3 6 1 79 50* 15.80 - 1 3 - Trent Bridge 15 29 2 670 121 24.81 1 2 12 Tunbridge Wells (Higher Ground) 1 2 0 17 17 8.50 - - 1 - Twickenham 2 4 1 161 107* 53.66 1 - - - Westbury 1 2 0 9 6 4.50 - - - - Worcester 1 2 0 19 18 9.50 - - - - Total 355 615 38 14655 286* 25.39 16 75 187 19 In South Africa Cape Town 1 1 0 12 12 12.00 - - - 1 In USA Germantown 1 2 1 37 37 37.00 - - 1 - Grand Total 391 679 48 16953 321 26.86 19 85 218 24 Mode of Dismissal (All Matches) Caught 288 † 45.64% Bowled 278 44.05% Stumped 33 5.22% Run out 17 2.69% Lbw 15 2.37% Total 631 † includes 50 caught by the wicket keeper and 39 caught and bowled. In 1897 Murdoch was c and b four times in five innings. Twice in his career he was c and b by the same bowler in each innings. Dismissals for 0 (73 - including four pairs) Australians v Nottinghamshire (pair) Trent Bridge 1878 Australians v Middlesex Lord’s 1878 Australians v Cambridge University Lord’s 1878 Australians v Sussex Hove 1878 Australians v Players of England (pair) Kennington Oval 1878 Australians v Gloucestershire Clifton 1878 Australians v Yorkshire Huddersfield 1880 AUSTRALIA v ENGLAND Kennington Oval 1880 Australians v Oxford University Christ Church Ground, Oxford 1882 Australians v Surrey Kennington Oval 1882 Australians v Yorkshire Bradford 1882 Australians v Kent Canterbury 1882 Australians v Cambridge University Past and Present Portsmouth 1882 Australians v United All England XI Higher Ground, Tunbridge Wells 1882 Australians v I Zingari Scarborough 1882 AUSTRALIA v ENGLAND Sydney 1882/83 AUSTRALIA v ENGLAND Sydney 1882/83 New South Wales v Victoria Sydney 1883/84 Australians v Oxford University Christ Church Ground, Oxford 1884 Australians v Surrey Kennington Oval 1884 Australians v Gentlemen of England Lord’s 1884 Australians v Cambridge University Past and Present Hove 1884 Australians v Yorkshire Bramall Lane, Sheffield 1890 Australians v Lancashire Old Trafford 1890 Australians v Middlesex (pair) Lord’s 1890 Australians v Yorkshire Bradford 1890 Australians v Lyric Club St Annes’s Ground, Barnes 1890 Sussex v Middlesex Hove 1893 Sussex v Surrey Kennington Oval 1893 Sussex v Kent Catford 1893 Sussex v Lancashire Hove 1893 54