Lives in Cricket No 9 - JH King

Appendix One Some Statistics Test cricket King played in one Test match, for England v Australia at Lord’s in 1909. He scored 64 runs in two completed innings and took one wicket for 99 runs in 27 overs, five of which were maidens. He took no catches in the match. A full scorecard of this match is given at Appendix Two. First-Class cricket: Batting and Fielding M I NO R HS Ave 100 50 Ct 1895 4 8 2 17 12* 2.83 - - 2 1897 5 10 0 169 56 16.90 - 1 1 1898 6 11 1 242 77 24.20 - 2 2 1899 20 35 2 537 65 16.27 - 1 7 1900 24 42 3 991 121 25.41 1 6 20 1901 27 49 5 1630 143 37.04 4 9 23 1902 26 47 5 1200 130 28.57 2 4 13 1903 25 44 3 1209 167 29.48 2 9 15 1904 30 51 4 1788 186 38.04 5 9 21 1905 25 40 4 964 95 26.77 0 6 11 1906 26 49 4 1159 126* 25.75 2 4 11 1907 21 40 3 669 80* 18.08 - 3 17 1908 27 45 1 1204 142 27.36 1 11 16 1909 28 48 3 1347 90 29.93 - 11 20 1910 2 4 0 146 60 36.50 - 1 1 1911 25 47 6 1187 118 28.95 3 2 15 1912 28 50 3 1074 104* 22.85 1 4 22 1913 23 43 3 1431 146* 35.77 3 7 19 1914 23 41 4 1265 227* 34.18 3 6 19 1919 16 30 2 699 82 24.96 - 5 11 1920 23 42 1 780 72 19.02 - 5 17 1921 27 51 2 1469 127 29.97 3 6 14 1922 26 47 2 1207 132 26.82 2 4 9 1923 22 39 3 1134 205 31.50 1 6 11 1924 24 41 3 831 92 21.86 - 5 16 1925 19 34 0 773 114 22.73 1 3 6 Total 552 988 69 25122 227* 27.33 34 130 339 Notes: King played all his first-class cricket in England and Wales. He was dismissed 457 times caught (49%); 329 times bowled (36%); 67 times lbw (7%); 39 times stumped (4%); 23 times run out (3%); three times hit wicket, and once, famously, hit the ball twice. He retired hurt four times. The bowlers who took his wicket most often were W.Rhodes 23, G.H.Hirst 20, W.Bestwick 14, T.G.Wass 14, W.C.Smith 13, A.Warren 13, C.Blythe 12. 134