James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annaul 1897

THE AVERAGES (FIRST -CLASS ) or 1896. 2 4 7 C H A P T E R V I I I. T H EA V E R A G E S (F I R S TC L A S S) O F1896. T H EB A T S M E N . WITHthe wickets mostly in favour of run-getting the batsmen were bound to show to advantage . As in 1895 , Mr. W. G. Grace and Abel both obtained aggregates of over 2,000 runs . Still , neither had quite such a record as in the previous year. Both, too , were outdone by K. S. Ranjitsinhji , who got 2,780 runs in 46 completed innings . This is a record for first -class cricket , surpassing that of Mr. W. G. Grace's best performance . Altogether 36 batsmen got over 1,000 and under 2,000 runs . This is a slight improvement onthe numbers of 1895 , but it must be remembered that several of the Australians figure in this list . Messrs . F. S. Jackson , Stoddart , Mason, Lionel Palairet , and Sir T. C. O'Brien all upheld their reputations as reliable run-getters . Of amateurs of more recent date Messrs . C. J. Burnup and A. O. Jones were the most noticeable . Of the professionals , Gunn, Storer , Chatterton , Hayward, Shrewsbury , Davidson , Sugg, Peel , Pougher , Brockwell, Tunnicliffe , Baker, Denton, and Albert W a r dhad the best aggregates Hirst , Killick , and Baker are additions to the list of scorers ofover 1,000 runs in a season . O f the Australian team, Messrs . Gregory, Darling , Hill , Iredale , Trott , Giffen , and Donnan all got over 1,000 . Darling's 1,555 for 52 completed innings was the best aggregate on their side . Scorers of 2,000 Runs andover : K. S. Ranjitsinhji W .G.Grace A b e l T i m e s M o s ti n I n n s. n o to u t. R u n s. a nI n n s. A v e r a g e . 5 3 7 2 7 8 0 1 7 1* 5 7 - 9 1 5 4 4 2 1 3 5 3 0 1 42.70 5 5 3 2 2 1 8 2 3 1 42-65 Scorers of1,000 and under 2,000 Runs: Capt. E. G.W y n y a r d 2 3 2 1 0 3 8 2 6 8 49.42 G u n n 3 8 7 1 3 8 3 2 0 7* 44.61 S t o r e r 3 6 5 1 3 1 3 1 4 2* 42-35 F. S. Jackson 4 2 3 1 6 4 8 1 1 7 42.25 L.C. H .Palairet 3 5 2 1 3 6 2 2 9 2 41-27 C h a t t e r t o n 3 5 4 1 1 9 3 1 1 1 3 8 . 4 8 T . C. O ' B r i e n 3 0 1 . . . 1 0 8 7 1 3 7 3 7 - 4 8 C. J. B u r n u p 3 9 3 . . . 1 2 9 5 1 0 1 35-97 B r o w n(Yorks) 6 0 7 1 8 7 3 2 0 3 3 5 : 3 3 A .E. Stoddart 5 0 2 1 6 7 1 1 2 7 3 4 . 8 1 Hayward 5 4 8 1 5 9 5 2 2 9* 3 4 . 6 7 Shrewsbury 3 2 2 1 0 0 9 1 7 2 3 3 . 6 3 W .G. Quaife 3 9 7 1 0 5 3 1 1 0 32.90 J. R. M a s o n 3 9 2 1 2 4 2 1 3 1 3 3 . 5 6 Killick S. M .J. W o o d s Davidson ... W .N e w h a m *S. E .Gregory . . . 4 4 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 9 1 3 2 - 3 5 3 7 2 1 1 2 8 1 5 8* 3 2 - 2 2 3 8 3 1 1 2 4 2 7 4 3 2 1 1 4 1 4 1 1 8 3 2 0 1 * 31-97 4 8 2 1 4 6 4 1 5 4 3 1 - 8 2