Lives in Cricket No 25 - Tom Richardson

124 Career Statistics 1894-95 (Aus) 592 (b) 148 1616 68 8-52 23.76 7 1 1895 1691.1 (a) 463 4170 290 9-49 14.37 36 17 1896 1657.2 (a) 526 4015 246 8-82 16.32 26 10 1897 1603.4 (a) 496 3945 273 8-49 14.45 34 13 1897-98 (Aus) 524.2 (b) 107 1593 54 8-94 29.50 4 1 1898 1223.4 (a) 340 3147 161 8-28 19.54 12 4 1899 1017.1 (a) 281 2505 98 6-60 25.56 4 - 1900 16 (a) 983.5(b) 241 2949 122 8-90 24.17 8 3 1901 1293.4(b) 271 3697 159 7-89 23.25 10 1 1902 884.1(b) 172 2607 106 7-53 24.59 6 1 1903 928 (b) 193 2732 119 7-57 22.95 10 3 1904 131.1 (b) 18 446 9 3-73 49.55 - - 1905 13 (b) 1 65 - - - 9371.3 (a) 5350.1 (b) 3913 38793 2104 10-45 18.43 200 72 Economy Rate 2.94 (per 6 ball over equivalent) Strike Rate 37.52 5 ball overs (a) 6 ball overs (b) 2. Records once held Most wickets in a season 290 in 1895. It was passed by A P Freeman in 1928. Most wickets in four consecutive seasons 1005 (1894/97) again eclipsed by Freeman with 1122 (1928/31) He had 2104 first-class wickets, third at the time to W G Grace and Johnny Briggs. He stands 24 th in the all-time list. 3. Records for Surrey still held Nine or more wickets in an innings on four occasions 10-45 v Essex (The Oval) 1894; 9-47 v Yorkshire (Bramall Lane) 1893; 9-49 v Sussex (The Oval) 1895; 9-70 v Hampshire (The Oval) 1895. No one else has achieved the feat as many times; Lockwood has three, Loader, Lock and Bicknell two each and ten others once each. Ten or more wickets in a match on sixty occasions Lohmann is next with 41. Most wickets (1775) There are fifteen players who have taken over 1,000 wickets, Lock being next on the list with 1,713, Martin Bicknell the most recent (and almost certainly the last) with 1,026. Most wickets at The Oval (927) Lock is next with 821. Most wickets in a season 252 in 1895; 238 in 1897; 202 in 1896; 196 in 1894. Only W C Smith has more than 200 (225 in 1910)