Lives in Cricket No 36 - WE Astill

180 Some Statistics 1920 (England) 850.4 223 1978 97 7-47 20.39 9 1 1921 (England) 1226.3 320 3212 153 7-123 20.99 15 3 1922 (England) 1092.1 319 2770 144 8-57 19.23 15 4 1923 (England) 1038.2 311 2680 114 9-41 23.50 3 0 1924 (England) 897 261 2147 103 7-71 20.84 6 0 1924/25 (South Africa) 117 40 223 8 5-82 27.87 1 0 1925 (England) 1037.3 343 2204 105 6-23 20.99 6 0 1925/26 (West Indies) 377.3 104 952 33 6-67 28.84 1 0 1926 (England) 1208 363 2620 107 6-38 24.48 6 1 1926/27 (India) 466.2 130 1266 53 5-45 23.88 2 0 1926/27 (Ceylon) 107.4 26 290 18 7-18 16.11 2 0 1927 (England) 829.4 269 1705 65 6-30 26.23 2 0 1927/28 (South Africa) 296.2 78 782 35 5-23 22.34 3 0 1928 (England) 1278.1 366 2904 130 8-81 22.33 6 0 1928/29 (West Indies) 162 34 533 19 7-60 28.05 1 1 1929 (England) 1076.3 294 2537 121 8-23 20.96 6 3 1929/30 (West Indies) 494.2 131 1171 37 4-58 31.64 0 0 1930 (England) 1053.4 299 2470 111 7-32 22.25 6 2 1931 (England) 945.3 276 1993 68 5-27 29.30 4 0 1931/32 (West Indies) 62 8 231 1 1-115 231.00 0 0 1932 (England) 832.1 203 2070 78 6-41 26.53 4 0 1933 (England) 898.4 211 2452 83 5-56 29.54 3 0 1934 (England) 821.3 172 2058 78 8-50 26.38 3 1 1935 (England) 486.2 95 1328 59 6-51 22.50 3 0 1936 (England) 666.3 153 1615 64 7-30 25.23 3 0 1937 (England) 508.2 90 1497 53 5-90 28.24 1 0 1938 (England) 87 15 210 4 2-63 52.50 0 0 1939 (England 18 2 65 1 1-20 65.00 0 0 Total 8-b 18 2) 6-b 23156.3 6102) 57786 2432 9-41 23.76 140 22 Leicestershire 8-b 18 2) 6-b 20125.4 5337) 49399 2131 9-41 23.18 127 21 Notes: Overs were of six balls throughout Astill’s first-class career, apart from 1939 when they were of eight. His strike rate was one wicket per 57.18 balls, and his economy rate equivalent to 2.49 runs per six-ball over. Of his 2,432 wickets 1,193 (49%) were caught; 835 (34%) bowled; 306 (13%) lbw; 91 (4%) stumped and seven hit wicket. 116 of his catches were caught and bowled. The batsmen whom he dismissed most frequently were G.Brown 16 times; G.Gunn, C.P.Mead, J.A.Newman, W.R.D.Payton and F.R.Santall all 14 times; V.W.C.Jupp, C.W.L.Parker and Lord Tennyson all 13 times; and W.E.Bates, H.A.W.Bowell, and G.S.Boyes all 12 times. First-Class Cricket: Five or more wickets in an innings (140) Analysis For Opponent Venue Season 19-1-62-5 Leicestershire Nottinghamshire¹ Trent Bridge 1907 12.5-1-41-7 Leicestershire Surrey² Leicester 1907 12-4-15-5 Leicestershireᵒ Hampshire² Leicester 1907 21.1-5-44-6 Leicestershireᵒ Essex¹ Leyton 1907 38-14-56-5 •Leicestershireᵒ Warwickshire¹ Leicester 1907 23.2-8-41-5 Leicestershireᵒ Warwickshire² Leicester 1907 18.5-11-17-5 Leicestershireᵒ Northamptonshire² Northampton 1907 13-4-23-7 Leicestershireᵒ Warwickshire ¹ Leicester 1908 24.3-10-31-6 •Leicestershire Derbyshire¹ Derby 1908