Lives in Cricket No 15 - Michael Falcon

1925 10 15 1 425 136 30.36 1 - 6 4 1926 9 16 2 672 107* 48.00 1 6 1 1 1927 10 14 1 518 150 39.85 2 2 3 1 1928 11 19 3 692 115 43.25 2 3 4 1 1929 11 20 1 658 189 34.63 1 4 2 1 1930 8 13 1 289 120 24.08 1 1 1 2 1931 10 16 2 258 47 18.43 - - 8 4 1932 11 19 2 345 64* 20.29 - 2 8 3 1933 13 18 1 420 70 24.71 - 2 4 9 1934 10 13 1 233 54 19.42 - 1 2 9 1935 11 16 3 397 67* 30.54 - 2 8 4 1936 10 10 2 185 65 23.12 - 1 1 8 1937 13 19 0 479 72 25.21 - 4 4 8 1938 11 16 1 273 62 18.20 - 3 3 11 1939 13 15 3 552 79 46.00 - 6 4 3 1946 5 8 2 178 70* 29.67 - 1 2 1 Career 267 414 40 12315 205 32.93 22 66 120 Notes: Falcon did not play in Minor Counties cricket in 1909. He was caught 187 times (50.0%); bowled 115 times (30.7%); lbw 59 times (15.8%); stumped three times (0.8%) and run out ten times (2.7%). These percentages are similar to those of his first-class career. He was never stumped in the first-class arena and rarely so dismissed in the Minor Counties game: he never hit his wicket. The right-hand column gives Falcon’s position in the Norfolk averages for each season. He finished top of these in 11 seasons (ranging from 1907 to 1946) and in the top four in a further ten seasons: for 17 consecutive seasons (1911-1932) he featured in the top four. Minor Counties Cricket: Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m Pos 1906 5 0 18 0 - - - - n/a 1907 14 2 63 1 1-62 63.00 - - n/a 1908 35.5 4 145 2 1-6 72.50 - - n/a 1910 228.5 63 689 39 7-53 17.67 2 1 4 1911 146.3 32 489 22 5-51 22.23 2 - 2 1912 194.5 35 581 38 6-46 15.29 3 - 5 1913 167.3 35 518 36 6-18 14.39 5 1 4 1914 173.3 31 568 39 6-16 14.56 3 1 2 1919 21 6 48 4 4-48 12.00 - - n/a 1920 170 42 393 46 7-49 8.54 6 2 1 1921 234.2 40 740 53 6-42 13.96 5 1 2 1922 297 72 889 72 7-37 12.35 6 1 2 1923 295.5 67 846 54 8-41 15.67 3 1 2 1924 256 46 686 45 7-57 15.24 4 1 3 1925 254 46 696 37 6-33 18.81 3 - 4 1926 235.4 54 716 37 5-41 19.35 4 - 1 1927 192 35 544 28 5-57 19.42 1 - 4 1928 228 49 648 43 7-40 15.07 4 1 2 1929 196.2 37 649 29 6-39 22.38 2 - 4 1930 109.3 27 268 13 6-24 20.61 1 - 6 1931 118.1 25 308 20 6-39 15.40 1 - 4 1932 88.4 23 217 7 2-34 31.00 - - 7 1933 100.2 25 205 12 2-12 17.08 - - 4 1934 59.4 14 155 4 2-20 38.75 - - n/a 1935 104 24 270 9 4-44 30.00 - - 6 1936 95 31 194 17 4-46 11.41 - - 2 1937 146.1 36 434 20 5-49 21.70 1 - 4 140 Some Statistics