Lives in Cricket No 37 - William Clarke

117 Appendix One Career Statistics First-class Cricket The statistical details given below relate to Clarke’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 . The figures take into account match details found by researchers in recent years. First-class cricket: Batting and Fielding Season M I NO Runs HS Ave 50 Ct 1826 1 2 0 13 8 6.50 0 0 1827 2 3 0 31 17 10.33 0 2 1828 3 6 0 67 31 11.16 0 3 1829 2 4 0 53 41 13.25 0 0 1830 1 2 0 70 59 35.00 1 1 1831 1 2 0 35 18 17.50 0 0 1832 1 2 0 25 25 12.50 0 1 1834 3 4 0 102 65 25.50 1 0 1835 2 3 0 10 6 3.33 0 0 1836 1 1 0 4 4 4.00 0 1 1837 1 2 0 20 13 10.00 0 2 1840 4 7 0 142 57 20.28 1 4 1841 2 4 0 21 18 5.25 0 1 1842 2 4 0 131 75 32.75 1 2 1843 5 8 0 111 30 13.87 0 1 1844 4 7 0 68 25 9.71 0 2 1845 6 10 0 66 21 6.60 0 4 1846 9 17 3 155 65 11.07 1 4 1847 13 25 2 308 50 13.39 1 4 1848 9 16 0 112 22 7.00 0 3 1849 14 23 2 200 71 9.52 1 5 1850 10 16 1 143 28 9.53 0 0 1851 14 22 9 81 22* 6.23 0 6 1852 11 13 5 49 14 6.12 0 1 1853 12 20 8 73 10* 6.08 0 5 1854 7 14 5 36 15 4.00 0 2 1855 3 6 2 7 4 1.75 0 1 Totals 143 243 37 2133 75 10.35 7 55 Notes: Clarke was dismissed 86 times bowled (42%); 76 times caught (37%); 23 times run out (11%); 12 times stumped (6%) and nine times lbw (4%); he was never dismissed hit wicket.