Lives in Cricket No 2 - Johnny Briggs

1896 (Eng) 8701 597 3253 165 7-59 19.71 17 3 1897 (Eng) 6465 401 2560 155 8-39 16.51 14 5 1897/98 (Aus) 1692 80 779 12 3-96 64.91 - - 1898 (Eng) 4853 344 2025 83 8-63 24.39 5 - 1899 (Eng) 3336 247 1150 60 7-76 19.16 5 1 1900 (Eng) 6974 433 2254 127 10-55 17.74 9 2 Career 100144 8578 35430 2221 10-55 15.95 200 52 Note: In England, overs were of four balls from the start of Briggs’ career in 1879 until the end of the 1888 season, five balls from 1889 to the end of the 1899 season, and six in 1900.Outside England , overs were of four balls until the end of his tour in South Africa in 1888/89 and six balls thereafter. First-Class Cricket: Centuries (10) 1884 112 Lancashire v Derbyshire, Old Trafford 1885/86 121 England v Australia, Melbourne 1885 115 Lancashire v Kent, Old Trafford 186 Lancashire v Surrey, Liverpool 1886 107 Lancashire v Kent, Old Trafford 1888 126* Lancashire v Sussex, Old Trafford 1890 129* Lancashire v Sussex, Old Trafford 1892 115 Lancashire v Yorkshire, Old Trafford 1893 112 Lancashire v Surrey, The Oval 1894 101 Lancashire v Kent, Tonbridge First-Class Cricket: Six wickets in an innings (106) O M R W 1884 24 10 54 6 Lancashire v Somerset, Taunton 1885 17.2 2 49 6 Lancashire v Oxford University, Old Trafford 46.2 25 71 6 Lancashire v Sussex, Hove 21 14 23 6 Lancashire v MCC, Lord’s 41 15 76 6 Lancashire v MCC, Lord’s 42 29 29 9 Lancashire v Derbyshire, Derby 1886 38.1 17 45 6 England v Australia, Lord’s 38.1 15 50 7 Lancashire v Gloucestershire, Old Trafford 1887 26.3 13 36 6 Lancashire v Sussex, Old Trafford 22.1 8 31 6 Lancashire v Oxford University, Liverpool 51.1 32 44 7 Lancashire v Kent, Gravesend 40 23 49 7 Lancashire v Derbyshire, Long Eaton 58 31 53 7 Lancashire v Nottinghamshire, Old Trafford 1887/88 42.3 26 40 6 Shrewsbury’s XI v Australian XI, Sydney 1888 60.3 27 88 9 Lancashire v Sussex, Old Trafford 34.2 22 39 7 Lancashire v Middlesex, Old Trafford 27.1 11 34 6 Lancashire v Middlesex, Old Trafford 33 17 24 6 Lancashire v Yorkshire, Old Trafford 15 9 13 6 Lancashire v Gloucestershire, Liverpool 23 9 32 6 Lancashire v Gloucestershire, Liverpool 42.1 27 33 6 Lancashire v Nottinghamshire, Old Trafford 25.1 18 18 6 Londesborough’s XI v Australians, Scarborough 19.3 10 22 7 Londesborough’s XI v Australians, Scarborough 12 4 17 6 Shrewsbury’s XI v Australians, Old Trafford 1888/89 19.1 11 17 7 England v South Africa, Cape Town 14.2 5 11 8 England v South Africa, Cape Town 1889 28.3 10 56 6 Lancashire v Sussex, Old Trafford 38.2 15 74 7 Lancashire v Middlesex, Old Trafford 16.4 9 22 7 Lancashire v Gloucestershire, Bristol 16 4 40 6 Lancashire v Gloucestershire, Liverpool 27.4 9 56 6 Lancashire v Surrey, The Oval Career Statistics 101