Lives in Cricket No 9 - JH King

First-Class cricket: Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m 1895 18 3 62 0 - - - - 1897 85 17 229 2 1-18 114.50 - - 1898 128.4 38 277 10 3-43 27.70 - - 1899 438.4 145 967 22 4-12 43.95 - - 1900 738 230 1793 81 7-91 22.13 7 1 1901 833.2 240 2081 80 7-51 26.01 5 2 1902 618.5 151 1732 68 6-32 25.47 5 - 1903 652.1 164 1681 63 5-6 26.68 2 - 1904 897 225 2277 78 7-32 29.19 4 2 1905 358.5 90 1070 40 5-39 26.75 3 - 1906 424.1 95 1192 38 4-23 31.36 - - 1907 305 63 776 44 4-33 17.63 - - 1908 679.1 144 1800 74 7-77 24.32 5 1 1909 660.1 155 1598 63 5-56 25.36 2 - 1910 6 0 27 1 1-27 27.00 - - 1911 830.3 179 2294 73 8-17 31.42 4 1 1912 929.4 228 2293 130 8-26 17.63 16 2 1913 345 66 1002 27 4-104 37.11 - - 1914 591.3 129 1452 70 5-26 20.74 3 - 1919 415.3 97 1028 37 6-36 27.78 2 - 1920 740.5 175 1765 100 8-61 17.65 8 2 1921 568 110 1540 55 5-86 28.00 1 - 1922 227.4 51 569 22 5-72 25.86 1 - 1923 236.4 68 596 23 5-31 25.91 1 - 1924 46 10 161 3 2-58 53.66 - - 1925 20 2 50 0 - - - - Total 5b 670.3 202 } 6b 11104 2677 30312 1204 8-17 25.17 69 11 Notes: From 1895 to 1899 there were 5 balls in an over, from 1900 to 1925 six balls in an over. King took wickets at the rate of one per 58.12 balls and conceded runs at a rate equivalent to 2.59 runs per six-ball over. Of his 1,204 wickets, 653 (54%) were caught; 363 (30%) bowled; 109 (9%) lbw; 69 (6%) were stumped and ten hit wicket. Of his 653 dismissals by catches, 87 were taken by identified wicket-keepers and 83 caught and bowled. The batsmen whom he dismissed most frequently were J.R.Gunn 16 times, C.Charlesworth 15, A.O.Jones 11, J.T.Tyldesley 11, S.W.A.Cadman 10, J.B.Hobbs 10, W.G.Quaife 10. First-Class cricket: Bowling B M R W BB Ave 5i 10m Leicestershire 64579 2679 27780 1100 8-17 25.25 64 10 MCC 3970 145 1831 82 7-77 22.32 5 1 Players 144 4 68 3 2-37 22.66 - - England 162 5 99 1 1-99 99.00 - - England XIs 348 11 194 7 3-72 27.71 - - North of England 48 0 33 1 1-33 33.00 - - J.Bamford’s XI 108 4 49 1 1-41 49.00 - - A.J.Webbe’s XI 204 13 53 4 4-39 13.25 - - G.J.V.Weigall’s XI 414 18 205 5 3-95 41.00 - - Total 69977 2879 30312 1204 8-17 25.17 69 11 136 Some Statistics