James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1894

THE AVERAGES (FIRST -CLASS) OF 1893 , 2 2 9 C H A P T E R V I I. T H EA V E R A G E S( F I R S T- C L A S S) O F 1893. For a great part of the season the first place in the batting averages resolved itself into a close race between Gunnand Mr. Stoddart . Wide as the poles asunder in style , these two fairly divided the honours . In the end there was only the infinitesimal difference of a fraction between them, and each in his own particular waydemonstrated the possibilities of the art of batting . Shrewsbury , out of form to a surprising degree in the earlier matches , was quite at his best later on, and with the same number of innings , would probably have run both G u n nandMr. Stoddart close . Mr. F. S. Jackson , the Cambridge captain , was one of the great successes of the season . Always a useful all -round cricketer , he developed last year into one of the foremost batsmen of the day. Dr. W. G. Grace played some very fine innings , particularly in the representative matches. Evennow, he is the mainstay of English cricket whena real effort is required . Thecaptaincy of the Sussex eleven gave Mr. W. L. Murdocha chance of showing whata reliable as well as a versatile batsman he is . His first season in county cricket was a marked success . O fthe rest , the averages will supply all particulars . Thecoming batsman is apparently Mr. J. R. Mason, the Winchester captain , whosefree and commandingstyle gives promise of a brilliant future . B A T T I N GA V E R A G E S . T i m e s Highest I n n s. n o to u t. R u n s. S c o r e. Average . G u n n 5 1 3 2 0 5 7 1 5 6 4 2 - 8 5 A . E. Stoddart 5 0 1 2 0 7 2 1 9 5* 4 2 - 2 8 F. S. J a c k s o n 3 6 4 1 3 2 8 1 2 3 41.50 Shrewsbury 4 3 4 1 5 8 6 1 6 4 4 0 . 6 6 Rev. W. Rashleigh 1 4 I 4 8 2 101* 37-07 A l b e r tW a r d 4 3 3 1 4 3 5 1 4 0* 3 5 - 8 7 D r .W .G .G r a c e. 5 0 5 1 6 0 9 1 2 8 35.75 J. J. D i x o n 2 3 0 7 5 6 1 3 9 3 2 : 8 6 G .B r a n n 3 4 5 9 4 1 1 5 9 3 2 . 4 4 W .W .R e a d.. 4 6 3 1 3 7 7 1 4 7* 3 2 - 0 2 H .T. H e w e t t 3 8 2 1 0 9 2 1 2 0 30-33 W .L. M u r d o c h 4 6 5 1 2 2 8 9 6 29.95 G . L. W i l s o n 3 0 1 8 6 5 1 1 7 29.82 W .N e w h a m . 3 9 4 1 0 0 3 9 7 2 8 . 6 5 B e a n 4 7 2 1 2 7 7 1 8 6 28-37 K. J. K e y 2 4 4 5 6 3 1 0 0 28.15 M a r l o w 3 0 2 7 7 5 1 2 6 27-67 J. Douglas 2 6 2 6 4 2 1 0 2 26-75 C. E. Dunlop 9 1 2 1 3 6 4 26.62 L. C. H .Palairet 3 4 1 8 7 1 9 1 26.39 C. P.Foley 2 9 4 6 5 8 7 2 26-32 F. G . J. F o r d.. 3 7 2 9 1 2 8 6 2 6 . 0 5 J. B . Challen 1 2 0 3 1 1 1 0 8 25.91 J. R. M a s o n 1 4 1 3 3 6 5 2 25-84 K. S. Ranjitsinhji 1 9 2 4 3 9 5 8 2 5 - 8 2 A . Sellers.. 3 7 0 9 4 8 1 0 5 25-62 Sugg(Lancashire.) 4 4 2 1 0 0 7 1 6 9* 2 4 - 9 2 F l o w e r s 4 8 3 1 0 6 9 1 3 0 23-75 A. C. MacLaren 3 1 0 7 3 5 8 2 2 3 - 7 0 Chatterton 1 1 0 2 5 9 4 8 23-54 Brown(Yorkshire ) 4 0 2 8 8 9 8 4 23-39 R a w l i n 3 4 2 7 4 8 7 4 23-37 T.C.O'Brien 3 6 2 7 9 4 1 1 8 23-35 Tunnicliffe 4 0 3 8 5 5 7 7 23.10