Lives in Cricket No 9 - JH King

6-36 Leicestershire† Gloucestershire¹ Leicester 1919 7-46 Leicestershire† Lancashire¹ Old Trafford 1920 5-120 Leicestershire† Kent² Leicester 1920 8-61 Leicestershire† Derbyshire¹ Leicester 1920 5-41 Leicestershire† Derbyshire² Leicester 1920 5-81 Leicestershire Surrey¹ The Oval 1920 5-35 Leicestershire† Northamptonshire² Northampton 1920 6-63 Leicestershire Gloucestershire¹ Leicester 1920 7-34 Leicestershire Somerset² Weston-super-Mare 1920 5-86 Leicestershire Glamorgan² Swansea 1921 5-72 Leicestershire Nottinghamshire¹ Trent Bridge 1922 5-31 Leicestershire Glamorgan² Leicester 1923 Notes: The five-wicket returns obtained by King at Leicester in 1900 were at Grace Road; thereafter they were at Aylestone Road. Instances where King opened the bowling are shown by a dagger: there may be errors in the second innings for not all the scorebooks and scorecards have been seen or are in existence. The returns listed above include both his hat-tricks in first-class cricket: these were against Sussex at Hove in 1903 and against Somerset at Weston-super-Mare in 1920. First-Class cricket: Ten wickets or more in a match (11) Bowling For Opponent Venue Season 11-69 (6-41 and 5-28) Leicestershire Worcestershire Leicester 1900 11-141 (7-70 and 4-71) Leicestershire Nottinghamshire Trent Bridge 1901 13-73 (6-22 and 7-51) Leicestershire Nottinghamshire Leicester 1901 12-119 (7-55 and 5-64) Leicestershire Warwickshire Edgbaston 1904 10-58 (3-36 and 7-32) Leicestershire London County Leicester 1904 12-210 (7-77 and 5-133) MCC Cambridge Univ Lord’s 1908 10-59 (2-42 and 8-17) Leicestershire Yorkshire Leicester 1911 10-117 (6-65 and 4-52) Leicestershire Derbyshire Ashby-de-la-Zouch 1912 12-97 (5-52 and 7-45) Leicestershire South Africans Leicester 1912 11-98 (7-46 and 4-52) Leicestershire Lancashire Old Trafford 1920 13-102 (8-61 and 5-41) Leicestershire Derbyshire Leicester 1920 Note: The ten-wicket return obtained by King at Leicester in 1900 was at Grace Road; thereafter they were at Aylestone Road. 138 Some Statistics