Lives in Cricket No 21 - Walter Read

129 Career Statistics 1892 23 37 5 1088 196* 34.00 3 5 14 1893 28 46 3 1377 147* 32.02 1 9 21 2 1894 27 37 3 824 161 24.23 1 4 17 1895 25 34 1 767 111 23.24 1 3 10 1896 29 43 5 863 112 22.71 1 4 9 1897 11 16 4 291 86* 24.25 0 2 3 Totals 467 749 5222349 338 32.06 38 113 381 20 Note: Read was dismissed 339 times caught (45.26%), 276 times bowled (36.85%), 27 times stumped (3.60%), 35 times lbw (4.67%), 19 times run out (25.37%), hit wicket once and retired once. First-class cricket: Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m 1873 1874 1875 17.3 1 52 3 3-29 17.33 - - 1876 23 8 69 0 - - - - 1877 10 0 31 1 1-11 31.00 - - 1878 21 6 47 0 - - - - 1879 13 1 23 4 2-4 5.75 - - 1880 128 23 301 4 1-17 75.25 - - 1881 51 9 145 5 2-28 29.00 - - 1882 51 16 115 1 1-27 115.00 - - 1882/83 53 18 92 5 4-28 18.40 - - 1883 77 16 202 4 1-10 50.50 - - 1884 73 17 201 5 2-22 40.20 - - 1885 82 33 181 4 2-58 45.25 - - 1886 44 10 116 3 2-38 38.66 - - 1887 96.3 20 233 11 2-18 21.18 - - 1887/88 21 5 52 2 1-16 26.00 - - 1888 122.1 30 319 9 2-16 35.44 - - 1889 36 4 127 4 2-2 31.75 - - 1890 72 18 171 8 4-27 21.37 - - 1891 46 4 146 8 6-24 18.25 1 - 1891/92 1892 62 6 211 6 3-59 35.16 - - 1893 51 8 202 2 1-13 101.00 - - 1894 10 0 57 2 1-11 28.50 - - 1895 41 3 130 5 2-9 26.00 - - 1896 91.2 16 247 12 4-32 20.58 - - 1897 3 0 13 0 - - - - Total 4 ball overs 883.1 213 3483 108 6-24 32.25 1 - 5 ball overs 412.4 59 Notes: He took his wickets at the rate of one per 51.82 balls and conceded runs at the rate of about 3 per over. Of his 108 wickets 32 were bowled (29.62%), 64 were caught (59.25%), 5 were lbw (4.62%), 6 were stumped (5.55%) and one hit wicket (0.92%). His best bowling return was 15.2 – 3 – 24 – 6 for the Gentlemen of England v Sherwin’s Notts XI at Scarborough in 1891 which included the hat- trick.