Lives in Cricket No 26 - HV Hesketh-Prichard

137 Appendix Career Statistics First-Class Cricket: Batting and Fielding M I NO R HS Ave 100 50 Ct 1900 4 7 3 22 10* 5.50 - - 1 1902 14 23 8 77 13* 5.13 - - 5 1903 13 20 6 41 15 2.92 - - 4 1904 20 30 7 160 23 6.95 - - 7 1904/05 (W.I) 5 9 1 65 37 8.12 - - - 1905 9 14 2 157 29 13.08 - - 4 1906 3 6 1 18 17 3.60 - - 2 1907 1 1 0 1 1 1.00 - - 1 1907 (U.S.A.) 2 3 2 20 15* 20.00 - - 1 1908 1 2 0 25 17 12.50 - - - 1912 7 7 5 28 12* 14.00 - - 11 1913 7 13 3 110 36 11.00 - - 8 Totals 86 135 38 724 37 7.46 - - 44 Notes: Hesketh-Prichard was dismissed 48 times bowled (49%); 34 times caught (35%); six times lbw (6%); five times run out (4%) and four times stumped (4%). He was dismissed most often by C.Blythe (five times), and by W.Storer and E.G.Arnold, both four times. His highest score was 37 in the first innings of Lord Brackley’s XI v West Indies at Port of Spain in 1904/05. He played 60 matches for Hampshire, scoring 461 runs at 6.77 and taking 30 catches. First-Class Cricket: Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m 1900 84 17 235 9 4-27 26.11 - - 1902 312.2 69 908 41 7-139 22.14 2 - 1903 432.4 97 1210 56 7-47 21.60 5 2 1904 762.4 179 2324 106 6-23 21.92 9 1 1904/05 (W.I) 101.2 18 311 14 5-49 22,21 1 - 1905 250.1 35 952 39 8-32 24.41 3 1 1906 83 6 232 12 4-61 27.66 - - 1907 19 2 75 0 - - - - 1907 (U.S.A.) 37 7 80 10 7-20 8.00 1 - 1908 11 3 31 1 1-31 31.00 - - 1912 177.1 43 563 28 6-18 20.10 3 1 1913 153.5 16 565 23 7-38 24.56 1 - Totals 2424.3 492 7586 339 8032 22.37 25 5 Notes: Overs were of six balls throughout Hesketh-Prichard’s first-class career. He took his wickets at the rate of one per 42.91 balls and conceded runs at 3.12 runs per six-ball over. Of his 339 wickets, 196 (58%) were caught, 127 (37%) were bowled and 16 (5%) were lbw. He dismissed three batsmen more than five times: these were D.Denton, seven, and W.Bestwick and C.H.B.Marsham, both six. For Hampshire he took 233 wickets at 23.45, including 15 five-wicket returns.