Lives in Cricket No 2 - Johnny Briggs

Appendix Three Career Statistics Test Cricket: Batting and Fielding M I NO R HS Ave 100 50 Ct 1884/85 (Australia) 5 7 0 177 121 25.28 1 - 3 1886 (Australia) 3 4 1 56 53 18.66 - 1 2 1886/87 (Australia) 2 4 0 71 33 17.75 - - 1 1887/88 (Australia) 1 2 0 14 14 7.00 - - 1 1888 (Australia) 3 4 1 39 22* 13.00 - - - 1888/89 (SA) 2 2 0 6 6 3.00 - - 1 1891/82 (Australia) 3 5 0 124 41 24.80 - - 1 1893 (Australia) 2 2 0 2 2 1.00 - - - 1894/95 (Australia) 5 9 0 164 57 18.22 - 1 3 1896 (Australia) 1 2 0 16 16 8.00 - - - 1897/98 (Australia) 5 9 3 146 46* 24.33 - - - 1899 (Australia) 1 - - - - - - - - Career 33 50 5 815 121 18.11 1 2 12 Test Cricket: Bowling Balls M R W BB Ave 5i 1884/85 (Australia) 32 3 13 - - - - 1886 (Australia) 537 75 132 17 6-45 7.76 2 1886/87 (Australia) 252 25 97 5 3-31 19.40 - 1888 (Australia) 337 42 94 12 5-25 7.83 1 1888/89 (South Africa) 391 51 101 21 8-11 4.80 2 1891/92 (Australia) 699 31 268 17 6-49 15.76 2 1893 (Australia) 601 40 293 16 5-34 18.31 2 1894/95 (Australia) 903 25 436 15 4-65 29.06 - 1896 (Australia) 290 26 123 3 2-99 41.00 - 1897/98 (Australia) 1140 57 485 9 3-96 53.88 - 1899 (Australia) 150 11 53 3 3-53 17.66 - Career 5332 386 2095 118 8-11 17.75 9 Note: Overs were of four balls in Briggs’ Test career in England in 1886 and 1888 and of five balls thereafter. Overseas, overs were of four balls until the end of his tour in South Africa in 1888/89 and six balls thereafter. 99