Lives in Cricket No 37 - William Clarke

121 1851 1455.1 648 1615 294 + [50] 5.49 344 1852 1950.2 855 2141 390 + [44] 5.48 434 1853 1721.3 886 1778 301 + [67] 5.90 368 1854 626.2 246 896 80 + [397] 11.20 477 1855 1433.2 (42) 1852 295 6.27 295 1856 9.1 ? 13 2 7.50 2 Total 9451 11215 1793 + [1289] 6.25 3082 Notes: Overs were of four balls throughout his career. Full analyses are not available for all Clarke’s matches; in the wickets column the figures in brackets relate to matches where runs conceded figures are not known. The averages given in these years relate only to matches where runs conceded figures are known. Figures in the column headed TW give the total number of wickets he took in principal matches. All-England Eleven matches The details below relate to all the matches played by Clarke for the All-England Eleven, both eleven-a-side and against odds, which he managed for eleven seasons. The figures are derived mainly from match scores in Haygarth’s Scores and Biographies , but with amendments derived from more recent researches. All-England Eleven: Batting and Fielding Season M I NO Runs HS Ave Ct 1846 3 5 1 20 14 5.00 3 1847 10 17 2 126 22 8.40 2 1848 15 26 2 180 34 7.50 9 1849 20 33 6 183 19 6.77 7 1850 24 41 6 223 28 6.37 4 1851 27 44 11 219 72 6.63 7 1852 24 34 13 75 9* 3.57 10 1853 23 34 7 121 15 4.48 11 1854 23 37 13 121 17 5.04 9 1855 18 28 8 70 12 3.50 11 1856 3 5 0 3 3 0.60 0 Totals 190 304 69 1341 72 5.70 73 All-England Eleven: Bowling Season O M Runs W Ave TW 1846 8 ? 21 1 21.00 1 1847 10 ? 25 3 + [43] 8.33 46 1848 317.1 128 364 68 + [78] 5.35 146 1849 749.2 343 914 151 + [74] 6.05 225 1850 392 118 480 84+ [188] 5.71 272 1851 1335.1 627 1451 274 + [12] 5.29 286 1852 1549.1 702 1537 343 + [44] 4.48 387 1853 1256 679 1240 257 + [67] 4.82 324 1854 170 82 251 29 + [397] 8.65 426 1855 1311.2 31 1643 277 5.93 277 1856 9.1 ? 13 2 6.50 2 Total 7108 2710 7939 1489 + [903] 5.33 2392 Career Statistics