James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annaul 1897

THE AVERAGES (FIRST -CLASS ) OF 1896. 2 5 1 T H EB O W L E R S . WITH the wickets generally unfavourable to bowlers it is hardly to be wondered at that the averages were hardly as good as in 1895. Twobowlers , asthen, got 200 wickets , and of these Richardson was one . Buthis figuresres in noway approached his brilliant record of last year , nor did J. T. Hearne his of 1895, though he won the first place quite on his merits . Still , Hearne's performances were of a very high order , and considering the conditions of the ground his consistent success was remarkable . Mold was not able to bowl so much, owing to a slight injury in the middle of the season , and his average suffered , as he was naturally handicapped when he did get to work. naturally Besides Mold twelve other bowlers got between 100 and 200 wickets . Four of them were members of the Australian team, so there were only nine against thirteen in 1895. Baldwin , of Hampshire , Woodcock , Pougher , Davidson , and 'Tyler fell out , and J. T. Hearne was promoted to the upper house as one of the pair who got over 100 wickets . Wainwrigh Vain ght was the only name which did not appear in the same list in 1895. ThenRichardson's 290 wickets for an average of 14:37 was the best record . O v e r200 Wickets: H e a r n e(J. T.) Richardson(Surrey) Maidens. Runs. Wickets . Average. Overs. 2003.1 8 1 8 3 6 7 0 2 8 7 1 4 . 2 8 1 6 5 6 - 2 5 2 6 4 0 1 5 2 4 6 1 6 - 3 2 O v e r1 0 0a n dunder200Wickets: *T. R. M ' K i b b i n Attewell( W .) *H. Trumble *E. J o n e s P e e l M o l d.... *G. G i f f e n 647-1 1 9 8 1 4 4 1 1 0 1 14-26 1 3 8 9 - 3 6 5 4 2 1 2 8 1 3 5 15-75 1140-1 3 8 0 2 3 4 0 1 4 8 1 5 . 8 1 8 8 7 - 3 2 8 2 1 9 4 0 1 2 1 16.03 1275-1 4 8 5 2 2 4 0 1 2 8 1 7 : 1 5 1 1 6 1 3 7 3 2 7 1 9 1 5 0 1 8 . 1 2 8 6 4 . 2 2 1 9 2 2 5 7 1 1 7 1 9 . 2 9 Briggs Wainwright M a r t i n H i r s t C. L. T o w n s e n d M e a d ... 1741.4 5 9 2 3 2 5 3 1 6 5 1 9 : 7 1 902.4 2 0 6 2 0 2 4 1 0 2 1 9 . 8 4 1 1 7 8 - 3 4 5 1 2 1 3 7 1 0 1 21-15 1003-4 3 4 4 2 2 4 8 1 0 4 2 1 . 6 1 . . . 8 3 3 - 2 1 3 3 2 5 0 8 1 1 3 2 2 . 1 9 9 9 7 . 3 3 1 6 2 4 5 7 1 0 1 2 43 2 U n d e r1 0 0wickets: F.R .Spofforth 1 2 7 . 2 3 5 2 5 6 2 8 9 . 1 4 H a i g h 586-4 2 0 1 1 2 8 9 8 4 1 5 . 3 4 F .G .B u l l 5 0 3 - 2 1 4 5 1 3 6 0 8 5 1 6 L o h m a n n 7 6 6 . 4 2 0 8 1 5 1 2 9 3 1 6 . 2 5 F. H . E. Cunliffe 4 7 1 . 4 1 6 8 9 8 4 6 0 1 6 . 4 0 Hayward 6 4 5 2 0 2 1 5 4 1 9 1 1 6 . 9 3 C. M .Wells 253-4 7 8 5 2 7 2 9 18-17 K i t c h e n e r 144.3 4 8 3 2 9 1 8 1 8 - 2 7 Hearne(Alec) 6 4 1 - 1 2 1 4 1 3 3 8 7 3 1 8 . 3 2 H a l l a m 6 6 1 2 4 6 1 3 0 4 7 0 1 8 . 6 2 E .S m i t h 2 4 6 . 3 8 0 5 9 8 3 2 1 8 . 6 8 Lilley 7 4 . 3 1 1 2 2 6 1 2 1 8 . 8 3 H a r d s t a f f 3 5 0 - 2 1 2 4 7 4 2 3 8 1 9 . 5 2 A b e l 2 9 0 9 9 6 0 6 3 1 1 9 . 5 4 P. W .Cobbold 2 0 9 . 3 4 8 4 7 0 2 4 1 9 . 5 8 W r i g h t(W .) 5 8 9 - 3 2 0 5 1 1 6 4 5 8 20-07 W .W .R e a d 8 1 . 2 1 6 2 4 7 1 2 2 0 . 5 8 H .G r a y 1 2 0 - 2 2 8 3 3 4 1 6 2 0 - 8 7 H u l m e 1073-3 4 2 0 2 0 1 3 9 6 2 0 . 9 6 *G. H .S. Trott 3 3 9 . 4 6 6 9 2 8 4 4 2 1 . 0 9 M a r t i n 1 1 7 8 - 3 4 5 1 2 1 3 7 1 0 1 2 1 . 1 5 C.E .M .W i l s o n 3 6 1 1 4 0 6 6 3 3 1 2 1 . 3 8 L o c k w o o d 5 6 1 1 4 8 1 3 2 6 6 2 21.41