James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1898

1 6 L I L L YW H I T E ' SC R I C K E T E R S' A N N U A L. INSTANCESOF D O U B L EFIGURESBY E V E R YBATSMANON A SIDE IN O N E INNINGS IN A FIRST CLASS MATCH.-All England Eleven v. Yorkshire , 1865 ; Oxford University v. Middlesex , 1876 ; Lord Londesborough's X I. v. Australians , 1886 ; Tasmania v. Victoria , 1893 ; Kent v. Sussex , 1893 ; England v. Australia (at Melbourne ), 1894 ; Yorkshire v. Leicester- shire , 1896. ONE THOUSANDRUNS AND ONE HUNDREDWICKETS IN ONE SEASON, FIRST CLASS MATCHES ONLY.-W. G. Grace , 1874 , 1,665 runs and 129 wickets ; 1875, 1,498 runs and 192 wickets ; 1876, 2,622 runs and 124 wickets ; 1877 , 1,466 runs and 179 wickets ; 1878 , 1,151 runs and 153 wickets ; 1885, 1,688 runs and 118 wickets ; 1886, 1,846 runs and 122 wickets . C. T. Studd , 1882 , 1,249 runs and 128 wickets ; 1883 , 1,193 runs and 112 wickets . Hirst (G. H.), 1896, 1,122 runs and 104 wickets ; 1897 , 1,535 runs and 101 wickets ; Flowers (W.), 1883 , 1,144 runs and 113 wickets ; Davidson (G.), 1895 , 1,296 runs and 138 wickets ; Peel (R. ), 1896 , 1,206 runs and 128 wickets ; Hayward (T. ) , 1897 , 1,368 runs and 114 wickets ; G. L. Jessop , 1897 , 1,219 runs and 116 wickets ; Wainwright (E.) , 1897 , 1,612 runs and 101 wickets . The feat has also been performed by two Australians while on tour inthis country (in all matches ). G. Giffen 1886 , 1,454 runs and 162 wickets ; 1893 , 1,280 runs and 148 wickets ; 1896 , 1,208 runs and 117 wickets ; G. E. Palmer, 1886 , 1,056 runs and 110 wickets . T H EF O L L O W I N GB A T S M E NH A V ES C O R E DT W OT H O U S A N DR U N SIN A SEASON IN FIRST CLASS MATCHES.-W. G. Grace, 2,739 in 1871 ; 2,139 in 1873 ; 2,622 in 1876 ; 2,062 in 1887 ; 2,346 in 1895 ; 2,135 in 1896. Abel (R.) , 2,057 in 1895 ; 2,218 in 1896 ; 2,099 in 1897. Gunn(W .) , 2,057 in 1893 ; A. E. Stoddart , 2,072 in 1893 ; K. S. Ranjitsinhji , 2,780 in 1896 . S C O R E SOF T W OH U N D R E DO R M O R EB Y D R. W .G . G R A C EIN F I R S T CLASS MATCHES.-344, M.C.C. and Groundv. Kent, at Canterbury , August 10, 1876 ; 318 not out, Gloucestershire v. Yorkshire , at Cheltenham, August 17, 1876 ; 301 , Gloucestershire v. Sussex , at Bristol , August 3, 1896 ; 288, Gloucestershire v. Somersetshire , at Bristol , May 16 , 1895 ; 268 , South v. North, at the Oval , July 31 , 1871 ; 261 , South v. North, at Prince's , May31 , 1877 ; 257 , Gloucestershire v. Kent, at Gravesend , May23 , 1895 ; 243 not out , Gloucestershire v. Sussex , at Brighton , May 25 , 1896 ; 226 , England v. Surrey, at the Oval, 1866; 221 not out, Gloucestershire v. Middlesex , at Clifton , August 24, 1885 ; 217 , Gentlemen v. Players , at Brighton , August 14, 1871 ; 215 , Gentlemen v. Players , at the Oval , July 14, 1870 ; 215, Gloucestershire v. Sussex , at Brighton , May 21 , 1888.-[ NOTE : W. G's. highest score at Lord's is 196 , M.C.C. and Ground v. Cambridge University , June 25, 1894. ] Dr. W. G. Grace's Batting Averages in Gentlemen v. Players M a t c h e s:- D a t eof First G r o u n d . Matches. Inns. N o t R u n s. Highest Average. Appearance. O u t. S c o r e. 1865. Lord's 3 3 5 9 3 2 2 6 5 1 6 9 4 0 . 4 4 1865.-Oval 2 8 5 2 4 2 0 8 2 2 1 5 43.37 1873.-Prince's 5 8 0 2 8 1 1 1 0 35.12 1889. Hastings... 5 9 0 2 8 0 1 3 1 31.11 1871.-Brighton... 2 2 0 2 1 7 2 1 7 108.50 1885. Scarborough 1 1 0 1 7 4 1 7 4 1 7 4