Lives in Cricket No 24 - Edgar Willsher

102 Appendix Career Statistics The statistical details given below relate to Edgar Willsher’s performances in matches identified as first-class by the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians and listed in its 1996 publication Complete First-Class Match List: Volume I, 1801-1914. First-Class Cricket: Batting and Fielding Season M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct 1850 1 2 1 8 8 8.00 - - 1 1851 2 3 1 30 24 15.00 - - 1 1852 5 10 0 104 30 10.40 - - 1 1853 6 12 0 86 25 7.16 - - 5 1854 8 15 1 177 41 12.64 - - 10 1855 7 14 0 136 24 9.71 - - 7 1856 8 14 1 137 37 10.53 - - 5 1857 10 19 2 167 47 9.82 - - 13 1858 6 11 1 113 33 11.30 - - 5 1859 14 23 2 172 21 8.19 - - 11 1860 14 22 2 381 73 19.05 - 4 21 1861 15 27 5 437 59 19.86 - 1 11 1862 13 24 1 319 54 13.86 - 1 17 1863 17 31 3 494 89 17.64 - 3 8 1864 16 30 3 288 37* 10.66 - - 17 1865 14 26 5 342 58 16.28 - 1 10 1866 11 16 3 170 34 13.07 - - 18 1867 13 21 4 267 46 15.70 - - 15 1868 16 28 5 246 33* 10.69 - - 21 1869 15 22 6 293 70 18.31 - 2 6 1870 17 31 4 226 36 8.37 - - 6 1871 13 24 2 157 34 7.13 - - 6 1872 9 16 3 130 45* 10.00 - - 3 1873 8 16 4 88 21* 7.33 - - 7 1874 7 13 4 115 34 12.77 - - 6 1875 2 3 0 6 5 2.00 - - 2 Totals 267 473 63 5089 89 12.41 - 12 233 Notes: Willsher played all his first-class cricket in England. He was dismissed 195 times bowled (48%); 172 times caught (41%); 23 times stumped (6%); 18 times run out (4%) and twice hit wicket. He was never out lbw. He was dismissed most often by James Southerton (24 times), James Grundy (19), John Wisden (18), and George Tarrant (17). He played 147 matches for Kent, scoring 3,221 runs at 13.14 and taking 124 catches.