Lives in Cricket No 39 - Alec Watson

63 Chapter 6 Selected Statistics The following statistics have been selected to illustrate certain facets of Alec Watson’s first-class cricket career. They are by no means exhaustive. Full details can be found on the www.cricketarchive.com website, upon which the following tables are largely based. First-Class Cricket: Batting and Fielding Season M I NO Runs HS Ave Ct 1871 1 2 1 4 4* 4.00 1 1872 4 6 0 50 31 8.33 9 1873 7 11 0 73 27 6.63 13 1874 5 8 0 59 20 7.37 4 1875 7 12 0 160 53 13.33 5 1876 10 17 2 150 25 10.00 11 1877 16 25 3 243 40 11.04 25 1878 14 22 1 188 39 8.95 18 1879 11 14 3 103 44 9.36 6 1880 15 27 7 235 29 11.75 18 1881 15 21 7 304 60* 21.71 19 1882 21 33 6 345 39 12.77 13 1883 19 29 4 446 74 17.84 13 1884 18 28 6 337 36 15.31 14 1885 15 24 7 353 48* 20.76 12 1886 20 28 5 229 25 9.95 13+ 1887 17 24 4 277 37 13.85 19 1888 17 28 10 163 22* 9.05 14 1889 18 22 7 169 23 11.26 16 1890 18 25 7 222 27 12.33 7 1891 14 15 2 148 25 11.38 13 1892 18 27 11 189 46* 11.81 9 1893 3 5 3 45 18* 22.50 4 Overall 303 453 96 4492 74 12.58 276+ + : plus 1 Stumping