James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1899

2 2 4 LILLYWHITE'S CRICKETERS A N N U A L C H A P T E R V I I. T H EA V E R A G E S ( F I R TC L A S S ) O F1 8 9 8. T H EB A T S M E N . GENERALLYthe conditions favoured run-getting , so muchso that the averages of the leading batsmen were appreciably higher than they have been of late years , certainly than those of 1897. K. S. Ranjitsinhji , whohadsuch an excep- tional record in 1896 , was away, so that a formidable competitor for first honourswas out of the running last summer. A sit was, fourteen batsmenhad averages of over forty runs against six in 1897. Theyounger Quaife , whowas only second.to Abel in the previous season , this time headed the list , a distinc- tion he thoroughly earned by cricket of consistent excellence . Abel, for the second year in succession , had a unique record as the only batsman whoscored over two thousand runs . In somerespects C. B. Fry's were the best figures of the year. His aggregate for thirty -three completed innings was close on eighteen hundred runs , and just at one period of the season his scoring was quite upto the standard of Ranjitsinhji , if not of W.G. Grace at his best . Of the rest G u n n, Shrewsbury, Hayward, Storer , and Tunnicliffe were the most successful of the professionals . Of the younger players Tyldesley madea great advance, and was in quite the first rank. Of the amateurs W. G. was again well up. Ofthe rest , A. E. Stoddart , L. Palairet , F. S. Jackson, F. G. J. Ford, and J. R. Mason, of the old hands, hadthe best figures . Little behind wereW . Troup, D. L. A. Jephson, C. McGahey, P. Perrin , C. L. Townsend. C. O. H. Sewell , and C. J. Burnup. Altogether thirty batsmenscored over a thousand runs during the season . Hayward's 315 not out for Surrey v. Lanca- shire , in August, at the Oval , was the highest score of the year. Scorer of 2,000 Runs and over : A b e l . . . . . . I n n s. T i m e s n o to u t. R u n s. 4 5 3 2 0 5 3 M o s ti n a nI n n s. 2 1 9 A v e r a g e 48.88 Scorers of 1,000 and under 2,000 Runs: Quaife(W .G.) 2 8 8 1 2 1 9 1 5 7* 60.95 C .B .F r y 3 7 4 1 7 8 8 1 7 9* 54.18 G u n n(W .) 3 6 5 1 4 8 4 2 3 6* 47.87 A .E . Stoddart 2 6 4 1 0 3 8 1 5 7 4 7 . 1 8 Shrewsbury 3 4 7 1 2 1 9 1 5 4* 4 5 . 1 4 H a y w a r d 3 8 2 1 5 2 3 3 1 5 4 2 - 3 0 W . G .G r a c e 4 1 5 1 5 1 3 1 6 8 42.02 S t o r e r 4 2 5 1 5 4 8 1 0 9 4 1 . 8 3 L. C. H .Palairet 2 9 2 1 1 2 6 1 7 9* 41.70 F . S. J a c k s o n 4 3 5 1 5 6 6 1 6 0 41.21 Tunnicliffe 4 9 5 1 8 0 4 2 4 3 4 1 F .G .J. F o r d 3 1 2 1 1 5 2 1 3 5 39-72 J .R .M a s o n 4 0 1 1 5 3 1 1 5 2 3 92 5 B r o c k w e l l 4 6 2 1 6 8 6 1 5 2 38.31 Tyldesley 5 2 1 1 9 1 8 2 0 0 3 7 . 6 0 P .P e r r i n 3 5 5 1 0 7 3 1 0 6* 3 6 : 7 6