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RECORDS AND CURIOSITIES.
457

1880.

BATTING IN FIRST-CLASS MATCHES.

For not less than Ten Innings.

  Completed
Innings
Runs Most in an
innnings
Average.
Mr. W. G. Grace24951152 39.15
Mr. R. T. Ellis17569103 33. 8
Lord Harris22722123 32.18
Mr. A. J. Webbe21660132 31. 9
Hon. Ivo Bligh32957105 29.29
Hon. A. Lyttelton1337847*29. 1
Barnes411163143 28.15
Mr. R. S. Jones18521124 28.17
Charlwood1541567 27.10
Mr. F. Penn2157688 27. 9
Mr. W. W. Read1230693 25. 6
Ulyett38929141 24.17
Mr. T. S. Pearso22545121 24.17
Mr. A. N. Hornby3378412 23.25
Lockwood4195269 23. 9
Mr. A. G. Steel22496118 22.12

The list comprises 12 amateurs and 4 professionals.

BOWLING IN FIRST-CLASS MATCHES.

 Overs.Maidens.Runs.Wickets.Average
A. Shaw1994123115251778.109
Barlow6113346396110.290
Watson8814559468411.220
Morley1717867207717411.163
Peate1312580166813812.120
Mycroft70037210077713. 60
Mr. A. G. Steel92540012059213. 90
Mr. A. H. Evans3641286625013.120
Mr. C. M. Cunliffe4991808055614.220
Bates100146713909015.400
Midwinter98047711397315.440
Potter122065813147816.660
Mr. W. G. Grace101540214708517.250

The list comprises 9 professionals and 4 amateurs—10 of them slow and medium-pace round-arm bowlers, 3 of them fast.