Lives in Cricket No 13 - AP Lucas

1898 13 19 3 472 89 29.50 - 2 6 1899 11 18 5 393 67 30.23 - 2 6 1900 15 21 1 626 95 31.30 - 5 3 1901 15 26 6 742 83 37.10 - 6 11 1902 11 17 1 438 103 27.37 1 2 6 1903 9 15 1 174 49 12.42 - - 4 1904 3 5 0 68 44 13.60 - - 4 1905 2 4 1 67 34 22.33 - - - 1906 1 2 0 67 34 33.50 - - - 1907 2 3 0 49 49 16.33 - - 1 Total 256 435 46 10263 145 26.38 8 50 152 Notes: Apart from five matches in Australia in 1878/79, Lucas played all his first-class cricket in England. He did not appear in first-class cricket in the seasons 1885, 1886 and 1891 to 1893. He was dismissed 183 times bowled (47%); 176 times caught (45%); 20 times run out (5%); six times lbw (2%); three times stumped (1%) and hit wicket once. The three bowlers who took his wicket most often were F.Morley 17, A.Shaw 14 and W.G.Grace 13. First-class cricket: Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 1874 (4-b) 13 1 54 2 2-41 27.00 - 1876 (4-b) 30 6 64 0 - - - 1877 (4-b) 373.2 176 470 34 5-50 13.82 1 1878 (4-b) 314 153 363 22 5-34 16.50 1 1878/79 (4-b) 239.1 105 347 14 3-32 24.78 - 1879 (4-b) 97 42 117 8 3-22 14.62 - 1880 (4-b) 261.1 117 358 23 5-23 15.56 1 1881 (4-b) 185 63 320 16 4-40 20.00 - 1882 (4-b) 247.3 92 386 26 6-10 14.84 1 1883 (4-b) 45 13 89 2 1-17 44.50 - 1884 (4-b) 39 9 89 4 2-34 22.25 - 1887 (4-b) 37 11 63 0 - - - 1888 (4-b) 5 2 7 2 2-7 3.50 - 1890 (5-b) 30 12 32 1 1-5 32.00 - 1894 (5-b) 3 0 15 0 - - - 1898 (5-b) 2 0 17 1 1-17 17.00 - 1900 (6-b) 15 1 58 0 - - - Total (4-b) 1885.3 790 (5-b) 35 12 2849 155 6-10 18.38 4 (6-b) 15 1 Notes: Lucas bowled in 96 of his 256 first-class matches, and took wickets in 56 of them. He took his wickets at the rate of one per 50.37 balls and conceded runs at a rate equivalent to 2.18 per six-ball over. 87 (56%) of his dismissals were caught; 57 (37%) were bowled; seven (5%) were stumped; two (1%) were hit wicket, and two (1%) were lbw. He dismissed three batsmen more than three times: these were F.Morley 5, H.Jupp and Richard Daft, both 4. First-class cricket: Centuries (8) Score For Opponent Venue Season 105 Cambridge Univ¹ England XI Fenner’s 1876 115 Surrey¹ Nottinghamshire The Oval 1877 110 Surrey¹ Kent Maidstone 1877 142 Gents of England¹ Cambridge Univ Fenner’s 1881 145 England XI¹ Cambridge Univ Fenner’s 1882 130 Some Statistics