Lives in Cricket No 22 - Jack Mercer

139 First-Class Cricket: Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m 1920 161.3 41 503 16 4-46 31.43 - - 1921 53.2 13 134 2 1-28 67.00 - - 1922 45.2 9 93 8 4-28 11.62 - - 1923 165.3 33 460 26 9-24 17.69 1 1 1924 370.1 105 856 40 5-30 21.40 2 - 1925 927.2 249 2105 105 7-34 20.04 8 2 1926 972.2 218 2239 136 8-39 16.46 12 2 1926/27 301.5 63 904 42 6-39 21.52 2 - 1927 821.3 198 1961 100 6-23 19.61 8 - 1928 1022.4 254 2592 114 8-37 22.73 10 1 1928/29 53.0 9 160 1 1-102 160.00 - - 1929 1200.1 296 3029 145 8-60 20.88 10 1 1930 1166.1 310 2499 117 8-41 21.35 9 2 1931 983.0 239 2177 90 8-42 24.18 5 1 1932 1177.5 305 2748 115 7-92 23.89 7 - 1933 947.3 230 2430 79 6-34 30.75 6 1 1934 686.0 136 1882 49 5-46 38.40 2 - 1935 1090.2 243 2731 109 7-38 25.05 8 2 1936 972.2 233 2461 127 10-51 19.37 10 4 1937 682.5 128 1784 56 5-66 31.85 1 - 1938 656.2 122 1837 61 7-101 30.11 2 - 1939 433.3 52 1556 51 7-67 30.50 1 - 1947 26.0 4 100 2 2-100 50.00 - - Totals (6-b) 14482.5 3428 Totals (8-b) 433.3 52 37241 1591 10-51 23.40 104 17 Notes: Overs were of six balls throughout Mercer’s career, except in 1939 when they were of eight balls. He did not bowl in 1919. He took his wickets at the rate of one per 56.79 balls and conceded runs at the rate of 2.47 per six-ball over. Of his 1,591 wickets, 664 (42%) were bowled, 611 (38%) were caught, 271 (17%) were caught, 43 (3 %) were stumped, and three hit wicket. He took the wickets of four batsmen more than twelve times; these were H.H.I.H.Gibbons 19; N.Kilner 17; T.E.R.Cook and L.Wright both 14. For Glamorgan he took 1,460 wickets at 23.32, including five wickets or more in an innings 98 times. First-Class Cricket: Fifty runs or more in an innings (10) Score For Opponent Venue Season 57* Glamorgan Yorkshire Bradford 1924 57 Glamorgan Essex Swansea 1925 57* Glamorgan Oxford University The Parks 1928 58 Glamorgan Sussex Swansea 1928 54 Glamorgan Derbyshire Swansea 1930 55 Glamorgan Yorkshire Swansea 1930 59 Glamorgan Warwickshire Swansea 1931 62* Glamorgan New Zealanders Swansea 1931 53 Glamorgan Somerset Bath 1932 72 Glamorgan Surrey The Oval 1934 Note: The index figures and in this and the following table indicate the innings in which the feat was achieved. Career Statistics