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that was employed through the 20th century to the present. Many early cards gave no details of dismissal. Where dismissal was recorded, it was limited to the primary mode and so a fielder would be credited with a catch but the bowler would not be credited with the wicket unless he bowled out the batsman. MCC finally responded to the problem in 1836 when they decided to include in their own scorecards (i.e., for matches played at Lord's) the addition of bowlers' names when the dismissal was caught, stumped, lbw or hit wicket. Haygarth comments that "this was a vast improvement in recording the game and but justice to the bowler". As a result, scorecards became more detailed through the second half of the 19th century but reliability remained a problem and different versions continued to appear. It was some time before the MCC scorecard standard was adopted throughout the country and the inclusion of bowling analyses "was not introduced until several years afterwards".
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regarded, at the time it was played, as first-class and until a little while ago had been left in undisputed possession of that rank, the need for raising any question about the matter after more than twenty years is not at all obvious. In any circumstances, I should not advise the dragging up of what, with all due respect to the recent ruling of the South
African Board, must remain a debatable matter. The Reef team included some Test match players and others who had appeared in Inter-State games so it certainly had considerable claims to be regarded as first-class and from that standing, I cannot, all things considered, agree after such a long lapse of time to reduce it. Outside the merits of the case, is there not something rather grotesque in the idea of a controlling body sitting in solemn conclave over so small a matter and deciding to upset what had been accepted for twenty years?
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159:
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totals played before 1864 (Webber's main reason for adopting that date), and so his startpoint was not really an issue in that context. It does, however, exclude numerous leading players and it impacts other cricket records: if first-class cricket did not begin until 1864, then legendary cricketers like
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A key point is that Test cricket is a form of first-class cricket, but is a different form of competition within the concept to, say, the County
Championship or the Ranji Trophy. Although several international matches had taken place before 1890, it was not until then that the term "Test cricket" was
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Another dubious match in 1873 is the one between an amateur team made up of those who had toured Canada and the USA in August and
September 1872 and an XV of the MCC. Odds matches are not usually regarded as first-class, but there are exceptions, including two England v XIII of Kent matches played in
674:
W. G. Grace began his senior career in 1865 and continued through a record-equalling 44 seasons to 1908. There is general agreement about the status of his matches after the 1895 watershed, but a measure of disagreement about the status of some of his earlier matches. Grace's "original" career totals
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The issue with using any cut-off date as a startpoint is that it excludes everything before that date, despite cricket's history making clear that there has been a continuous standard of top-class cricket in
England since the late 17th century. It is true that none of the cricketers with large career
402:
From 1996, the ACS produced a further series of booklets giving complete scorecards of matches from 1801 that it now considered first-class. The ACS gave in its journal a number of reasons for taking its startpoint back from 1864 to 1801, among them an agreement with
Frindall's view that the standard
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Hobbs himself did not consider these matches to be first-class: "'Don't include those,' he told the late John Arlott.' They were exhibition matches. Vizzy wanted to list our hundreds on the walls of his pavilion. We knew we'd got to score hundreds - so did the bowling side. They were not first-class
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fixtures that began in 1806. It chose 1801 as a date of convenience, and thereby set up a division between the 18th and 19th centuries, which was contested by several people (including many ACS members) who recognised 1772 as the startpoint given the availability of data in surviving scorecards from
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and, in his introduction, expressed the view that "first-class records should commence in 1864". A number of sources have agreed with this date. Webber then commenced a review of 19th century matches and later published his version of Grace's career record, declaring that Ashley-Cooper had allocated
98:
It was inevitable that historians and statisticians would seek to apply unofficial first-class status retrospectively, despite the ICC and MCC's directives. The position is that each writer must compile their own list based on personal opinion: as a result, significant differences may be observed in
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Then, having included the three 1873 matches, Ashley-Cooper did the same for two similar matches in the 1872 season: Hertfordshire v MCC and another North v. South filler on 27 July. This is difficult to justify, since these matches were not included in Grace's first-class totals that appear in the
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One aspect of Ashley-Cooper's analysis that must be questioned is his assertion that the performances of Grace in a certain match should be regarded as first-class but that performances by other players should not. Clearly, if a match is first-class, then all players taking part must have the match
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brought out a wine glass for Hobbs to enjoy a celebratory drink (as he was a teetotaler, it is reputed that the glass contained only ginger ale). As Hobbs had been near to his century the previous evening, the press were present in large numbers. They departed with their stories and on the next day
779:
At the time, it was widely if not universally accepted that Grace's list of centuries included a score of 152 in 1873 for the
Gentlemen to Canada Touring Team v XV of MCC, and a score of 113 in 1879 for Gloucestershire v Somerset. Later statisticians have challenged the status of these two matches,
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The fire at Lord's occurred on the night of 28 July 1825, when the pavilion burned down and many invaluable and irreplaceable records were lost. It is believed that these included unique scorecards of early matches. The main difficulty encountered by researchers is the absence of match details from
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The absence of any ruling about matches played prior to 1947 (or prior to 1895 in Great
Britain) has caused problems for cricket historians and especially statisticians. Matches that are believed to have met the official definitions, assuming they featured teams of the necessary high standard, have
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Although the variations in career totals are most significant in the cases of Grace and Hobbs, there are differences for many other players too. Clearly the inclusion or exclusion of matches noted above affects the totals of all cricketers playing in these matches and there are other matches where
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It is worth noting that until publication of the ACS lists in the 1970s, Somerset's own publications had treated the club as first-class dating from its entry into the County
Championship in 1891. Since the ACS published its lists, Somerset's publications have included the matches between 1882 and
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The above figures, which have been checked most carefully throughout, will be found to differ in several instances from those given in the cricket publications of the sixties and seventies; but, considering that the handbooks of that period frequently contradicted each other, and that the averages
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In saying that, Haygarth has recognised the essence of the problem when there is no standard means of scoring and no centralised control over the system of capturing and storing the data. Scoring systems in the 18th century and most of the 19th century had nothing like the consistency of standard
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This demonstrates that even after 1896, the career figures were sufficiently uncertain that he revised the list of first-class matches. It would have been difficult for Ashley-Cooper to include and exclude matches in which Grace scored a century, but clearly the career run total was sufficiently
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Given that he was near the end of his career in 1930-31, his centuries total is subject to variation from this time only, when he had already scored over 170 centuries. Therefore, the date of his 100th century is uncontested, while the date on which he passed Grace's record of centuries is only
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bowled a slow full toss, perhaps deliberately, which W. G. Grace dispatched to the boundary. Woods walked down the pitch and shook hands with the great man who had just completed his hundredth hundred, a century of centuries. It was an occasion for celebration: poems were written, commemorative
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to the effect that, in the opinion of that body, the contest between the MCC team and The Reef at
Vogelfontein on 22 and 23 December 1909, was not a first-class match. In the course of this encounter Hobbs scored 70 runs which are counted in his first-class aggregate. Seeing that the game was
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totals are 50,980 runs conceded and 2809 wickets taken for an average of 18.15. Many of the differences are because of the exclusion of the 10 matches listed above, in which he took 67 wickets (including all 12 of the wickets taken in innings where the runs conceded are not known). There are,
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reorganised its classification of first-class matches to commence with the 1772 season. The handful of earlier scorecards, including the two in 1744, are arguably too isolated for inclusion: in this sense, the "statistical record" is divorced from the "historical record" which includes all
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A greater problem surfaced after 1890 with the establishment of the County
Championship because, as described above, this gave rise in 1895 to the concept of first-class cricket and so, for the first time, there was a perceived higher standard based on organisation of games in an official
1165:'s team and the match-making sagacity of the Club Committee, but when the lists came out, not a few intending spectators of the contest made up their minds for a disappointment. There really did not appear on the side of the fifteen 'metal' enough to encourage the hope of a good fight
155:. Haygarth often mentions in his match summaries that another version exists of the scorecard he has reproduced. Sometimes he outlines the differences which range from players' names to runs scored and even to apparent discrepancies in innings totals or match results.
483:(with Wells and Lawrell), when The Bs were dismissed for 6 in their second innings; that match is not regarded as first-class by those statisticians who still use 1815 or 1864 as their statistical startpoint. The real significance of 1864 was the legalisation of
812:, Hobbs' opening partner, was in no hurry: Hobbs reached his 127th century with the winning runs to break Grace's record and give Surrey victory by 10 wickets. Such was the unexpected nature of Somerset's recovery that only a small crowd was there to celebrate.
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Grace's scores against Somerset in 1883 are included in his first-class totals in "Green Lilly" and "Red Lilly", and similarly his scores in 1885 are included in "Red Lilly" first-class totals, "Green Lilly" having ceased publication by that time.
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The match on 26 July was in fact a one-day filler that was played because the scheduled three-day North v. South match had finished a day early on 25 July: it is questionable if fillers have ever been regarded as major or first-class matches.
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18th century records because of "missing or incomplete scorecards". But it is by no means certain that there is a complete statistical record of matches between 1801 and 1825 either, especially given the loss of records in the catastrophic
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One of the problems here is that statisticians have tended not to publish their match lists with their findings: it should, however, be noted that the number of differences is extremely small in terms of the sport's overall statistics.
87:(ICC) in May 1947 as a match of three or more days' duration between two sides of eleven players officially adjudged first-class, with the governing body in each country to decide the status of teams. Significantly, it was stated that
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there is disagreement regarding their first-class status. As described above, the sport's early scorecards often show differences in match details which lead to different totals. This is more common with bowling and fielding figures.
328:. This record became Grace's "traditional figures" and, as described later, was the statistical basis for the celebrations in 1925 when Jack Hobbs passed the total of 126 career centuries that Ashley-Cooper had attributed to Grace.
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editions, he favoured 1815 as the starting point for "proper" first-class cricket, though he conceded that there is a reasonable case for several other years, particularly Webber's 1864. Frindall thus included the entire
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The problem of different versions is as old as cricket scorecards themselves. The earliest known scorecards are dated 1744 but very few were created (or have survived) between 1744 and 1772 when they became habitual.
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Grace's 1873 first-class aggregate was originally published in the 1874 edition of "Green Lilly" which includes the matches quoted in Grace's batting totals, but not in his bowling totals. In the 1916 obituary in
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significant matches, dating from 1697, for which no scorecard has survived. Contrary to Bowen's view, there is now a general accord, apart from a few matters of detail, in terms of statistical first-class status.
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matches played in Great Britain prior to 1895 or in the rest of the world prior to 1947. As a result, historians and statisticians have compiled differing lists of matches that they recognise as (unofficially)
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The inclusion of those wickets increased Grace's 1873 season bowling total to over 100 wickets, meaning Ashley-Cooper had thereby manufactured the first-ever instance of a player performing the double. In all
487:, but there is also evidence of a more structured approach to inter-county cricket which ultimately brought about the introduction of the official County Championship. 1864 was also the first year in which
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Between this 1896 article and the 1916 obituary, Ashley-Cooper omits three matches played by Grace for the South Wales Cricket Club during its tour of the London area in the latter half of July 1865:
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The 1873 games typify the loose manner in which statistics were compiled in those days. Grace's first-class batting aggregate for that season included his scores in the MCC matches against
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Vizzy) determined to organise his own tour which included many of India's principal players. In addition, Jack Hobbs and Herbert Sutcliffe were engaged. The matches were not reported in
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has Somerset as first-class between 1882 and 1885 but not before then. Thus, Ashley-Cooper chose to retrospectively classify the 1879 and 1881 Somerset matches as first-class, while
1108:"Green Lilly") does not include the 1868 MCC v Gloucestershire match in Grace's first-class figures, but Ashley-Cooper retrospectively chose to add it to his totals for the season.
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Test cricket officially began in March 1877, but the term was applied retrospectively to the early matches, and there have also been instances of retrospective recognition since.
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did not regard Somerset as first-class in 1881. For the 1882 season, both "Green Lilly" and "Red Lilly" include Grace's performance against Somerset in his first-class figures and
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fire. Certainly, there are no complete bowling figures in that period, or until 1836, and the surviving scorecards are similar in standard and content to 18th century scorecards.
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of 17.99. For some unknown reason, the modern publications using these totals have added the wickets totals together (i.e. 2876) and give a resulting average of 17.92. The 2006
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includes Grace's career figures to the end of the 1895 season: this also gives the same number of centuries as the 1916 edition, but his season totals differ in some respects.
320:, and W. G. Grace certainly considered his matches in 1864 to have been "first-class". Nevertheless, Grace's "first-class career" was effectively defined after his death when
395:(with a second edition in 1982), outlining its view of the first-class matches played from 1864 to 1946. This was followed by booklets covering other countries and, in 1981,
17:
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differs from the annuals and excludes Somerset from its first-class averages for the seasons 1882 to 1885. The Somerset games that involved Grace from 1882 to 1885 were:
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A Correct Account of all the Cricket Matches which have been played by the Mary-le-bone Club, and all other principal matches, from the Year 1786 to 1822 inclusive
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however, a number of instances where the bowling figures differ from those used by Ashley-Cooper. Three of these result in changes to the number of wickets taken:
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among the first to raise doubts in its journal that there could ever be a generally acknowledged list of first-class matches. In 1976, the ACS produced a booklet,
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He goes on to list a total of 13 differences between his two versions, some re dismissal details and others re scores. He then makes a highly pertinent comment:
268:(known as "Green Lilly" on account of its cover). Two years later the two were amalgamated with the Companion "incorporating" the Guide. In 1872, their cousin
1372:
1376:
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Spring Annual for 1932. In these matches, Jack Hobbs scored two centuries in Ceylon, while Herbert Sutcliffe scored one century in India and one in Ceylon.
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If W. G. Grace's alternative figures are applied, then Hobbs broke Grace's world record (i.e., his 125th century) on 20 July 1925, when he scored 105 for
583:
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and "playing standards" was a term applied very liberally, especially with teams containing guest or occasional players in addition to recognised players.
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2712:
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1878 and 1879, in which Grace took part. However, in the 1872 match, not only did the MCC team have 15 batsmen, they also had 15 players in the field.
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Of those who have taken 2,000 first-class wickets, the following are affected (this is limited to differences in the games played or wickets taken).
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obituary, his figures are 51,545 runs conceded, 2864 wickets + 12 wickets taken in innings where the runs conceded is not known, resulting in an
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Before the publication of the names of the respective sides there was every prospect of a match at once worthy of the Transatlantic celebrity of
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I have included MCC v Herts and MCC v Staffordshire, which, although not really first-class, have always been reckoned in WG's averages for 1873
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before the Lord's fire, and there are numerous matches in the 18th century which are known about in name only, with no scores having survived.
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with his opening partner Herbert Sutcliffe. Their career statistics are dependent on the status of matches they played in India in 1930-31.
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44:. The problem is significant where it touches on some of the sport's first-class records, especially in regards to the playing career of
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726:(ACS) in the 1970s: the differences here are that Webber included the Gloucestershire match of 1868, but excluded two England v XIII of
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1911 clearly states that "not a ball could be bowled on the first and fourth days": thus, it was actually planned as a four-day match.
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139:, which was published in several volumes. Haygarth used a number of sources for his scorecards including many that were created by the
511:
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at Blackheath. Hobbs still holds the world record as of 2022, and went on to make 197 or 199 career centuries (see details below).
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I have also to acknowledge receipt of a letter from Mr. H.E. Holmes of Durban, enclosing the text of a pronouncement made by the
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published in 1968. Webber's "corrected figures" were based on a slightly different matchlist to that subsequently created by the
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661:
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database and there classified as "major" or "minor" pending an overall accord with other sources about first-class status.
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includes it. Hobbs played in 9 matches with 12 innings, 1 not out, 593 runs, 2 centuries. See below re Herbert Sutcliffe.
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The concept of a first-class level of cricket seems to have taken hold in the 1860s, perhaps through the influence of the
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An MCC tour of India was planned for 1930-31, but it was cancelled due to civil unrest. The Maharajkumar of Vizianagram (
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for Frederick Lillywhite from 1862 to 1871, but these were not statistical as such, rather a record of known scorecards.
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have accepted the SABC ruling and do not recognise it. It is possible that the SABC thought it was a two-day match, but
438:βs "major" classification effectively stated a view that the matches concerned were first-class providing they were not
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at Lord's on 30 May 1895 when he scored 169. Thus, according to their statistics, WG's career total was 124 centuries.
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version re Grace. During the 1950s, Webber made a detailed study of Grace's career and in the February 1961 edition of
1140:, Ashley-Cooper chose to add the wickets to Grace's bowling total rather than remove the runs from his batting total.
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1962:
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The first statistician to make a significant challenge to these "accepted figures" was Roy Webber, who published the
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is clear about the first-class cricket startpoints in other countries, and these seem to be agreed by other sources:
65:
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Retrospective Test status has been granted to the West Indies v England series in 1929β30 and the 1945β46 match at
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107:. There are also differences in the perceived status of certain matches played by Gloucestershire teams before the
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1911:
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Although not so controversial, there are also different versions of Grace's career bowling figures. In the 1916
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2832:
2820:
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828:
768:
301:
69:
64:, which had begun in 1890. As a result, these 14 clubs became officially first-class from 1895 along with MCC,
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was published: while this is seen as the key source for cricket records, there are plenty of earlier sources.
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has continued to include these matches in Grace's totals despite the editor's statement in the 1882 edition.
84:
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uncertain that matches in which he did not score a century could be added or removed without much comment.
112:
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between New Zealand and Australia. The 1929-30 West Indies tour is of particular importance, as it was at
276:(known as "Red Lilly"). A further period of competition ensued until another amalgamation in 1880 created
1608:
A detailed comparison of differences between various publications was produced by Philip Bailey in 1987.
1380:
1325:
452:
380:, for which Frindall was the chief statistician, also commences its first-class records section in 1815.
199:
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matches between 1887 and 1894, but this particular match was not reported by contemporary publications.
1584:. Vizzy's team also toured Ceylon and played three three-day matches that were similarly disregarded by
1383:'s team in 1930-31. He did not score a century in the 1909β10 match but scored two in the 1930-31 tour.
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The earliest mainstream publication of cricket statistics was done by members of the Lillywhite family.
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between 1875 and 1916, the records section has the first-ever double being performed by Grace in 1874.
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scored 325: this is considered the first Test score of 300 or more, breaking the record of 287 set by
198:"The above is taken from the old printed score books; but in another account, in the first innings of
2020:. Moody's list gained approval in Australia, and was then accepted by the leading English authority,
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at Clifton College 1st innings β Kershaw c E. M. Grace b W. G. Grace; not c E. M. Grace b G. F. Grace
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Gloucestershire matches are generally regarded as first-class from 1870 onwards. The 1869 edition of
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1062:
1057:
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that season. In its spring 2006 journal, the ACS admitted that it could not decide upon its position
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152:
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three months later; at the time, it was Bradman who was considered to have broken Foster's record.
1981:
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the wicket total is given as 2026+1, indicating the 1 wicket where the runs conceded is not known.
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The table below summarises W. G. Grace's career figures with his original totals, as calculated by
816:
788:
727:
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totals as the "accepted figures" and his own as the "corrected figures", but excluded Grace's 1873
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207:
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affected by the differing viewpoints regarding Graceβs own centuries total (that is, 124 or 126).
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plates were produced, Graceβs health was widely toasted. WG went on to make 126 career centuries.
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2408:
2383:
2333:
1977:
1900:
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therefore decided to ignore the ruling and has continued to recognise this match as first-class.
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The table below summarises Jack Hobbs' career figures with his original totals, as calculated by
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1351:
1336:
1321:
1300:
1264:
1257:
1250:
1243:
1236:
1162:
1074:
999:
992:
981:
974:
967:
960:
953:
942:
935:
928:
923:
The "extra" 15 innings took place over 10 matches, listed below with his scores in each innings:
781:
764:
735:
731:
616:
332:
57:
2308:
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W. G. Grace takes guard in 1883, the year of two disputed matches for Gloucestershire v Somerset
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The main issues arising from the disagreement about W. G. Graceβs career totals are as follows:
1187:. Grace played a number of matches for Gloucestershire against Somerset between 1879 and 1885.
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Grace's "original" totals were compiled by Ashley-Cooper and added to his obituary in the 1916
792:
456:
187:
167:
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game at The Oval on 26 July. On the other hand, his bowling in the same matches was ignored.
696:, he presented his own revised figures by excluding matches he did not regard as first-class.
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In 2005, scorecards and other details of all known matches prior to 1801 were loaded into the
284:. This survived until 1883 when James announced he was "now sole proprietor". After 1885, the
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2358:
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The 1879 and 1881 matches were not included in the first-class averages in "Green Lilly" or
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given in one seldom, if ever, agreed with those tabulated in another, that is not surprising
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published statistical records, with particular impact on the career records of W. G. Grace,
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The only comment there on which matches were regarded as first-class is given on page 96:
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Sammy Woods bowled the delivery that gave W. G. Grace his one hundredth first-class century
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442:, the other form of top-class cricket that was popular in the 18th century. In early 2010,
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Broadhalfpenny Down, one of the venues at which the earliest known scorecards were compiled
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411:. The ACS disagreed with Frindall about 1815 because it wanted to include the full set of
8:
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412:
324:
compiled a season-by-season record to supplement Grace's obituary in the 1916 edition of
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182:, and it was not inserted in the old printed book of Hambledon Scores from 1772 to 1784".
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77:
61:
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Vincent, R. B. (14 July 1930). "Test Match - Bradman 309 Not Out - All Records Broken".
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2026:
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remarks that "Somersetshire's debut among the first-class counties was disappointing".
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As it is, the untiring energy of the executive will be rewarded by seeing Somersetshire
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751:
Thirdly, when did Jack Hobbs break Grace's world record total of first-class centuries?
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which, after an uncertain start, went on to become "the cricketers' Bible". Meanwhile,
253:
56:
The concept of a "first-class standard" was formalised in May 1894 at a meeting of the
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and are not included in its career totals for either Hobbs or Sutcliffe. At the time,
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2500:
2042:
2013:
1121:
1117:
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and have proposed that Grace in fact completed his hundredth first-class century for
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Haygarth first mentions the difficulty of obtaining scorecards in his summary of the
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to the end of the 1896 season, and these were published in a series of articles in
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to leg and completed his 126th first-class century to equal Grace's career record.
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and all five Gloucestershire v Somerset matches between 1882 and 1885 (see below).
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373:
369:
269:
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2575:
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261:
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218:"It may here be remarked, that when there are two scores of the same match, they
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1859:
1714:
1125:
634:
468:
191:
140:
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2837:
2745:
2735:
2034:
1997:
1708:
1625:
796:
715:
622:
439:
388:
352:
73:
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2050:
2046:
2021:
1949:
1822:
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Herbert Sutcliffe β 7 matches, 10 innings, 1 not out, 532 runs, 2 centuries
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809:
800:
595:
534:
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A Guide to Important Cricket Matches played in the British Isles 1709β1863
2774:(Green Lilly), Lillywhite, 1865 to 1885 (reviews of seasons 1864 to 1884)
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1344:
1305:
772:
604:
560:
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This is ranked as first-class by some sources, as are other Liverpool v
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Of those who scored 35,000 first-class runs the following are affected.
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Firstly, did Grace score 124 or 126 first-class centuries in his career?
703:, concise edition, 1963), Webber quoted both versions, referring to the
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2768:(Red Lilly), Lillywhite, 1872 to 1900 (reviews of seasons 1871 to 1899)
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in late 1896 and early 1897. In the first article, Ashley-Cooper says:
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were compiled by Ashley-Cooper and added to his obituary in the 1916
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60:(MCC) committee and the secretaries of the 14 clubs in the official
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158:
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have come about because there is no official view of the status of
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A Guide to First-class Cricket Matches Played in the British Isles
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A Corner of a Foreign Field - An Indian History of a British Sport
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A Guide to First-class Cricket Matches played in the British Isles
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been recorded since 1697 (having been in vogue since the 1660s).
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Secondly, when did Grace score his hundredth first-class century?
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36:
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Somerset recovered from a first innings deficit of 192 to leave
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South Africa β March 1889 (also the country's first Test match).
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A Collection of all the Grand Matches of Cricket 1771 to 1791
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classed with the first-class counties in the coming season
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The Status of Matches in England and some other Countries
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359:in 1968, and subsequently several editions of his
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1580:rarely reported on Indian cricket except for the
1394:, and his alternative totals, that now appear on
1304:is particularly confusing in this regard, as for
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1282:1885 as first-class but not those prior to 1882.
831:, and his alternative totals, that now appear on
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471:were not first-class players. Among records, the
349:first-class status to a number of minor matches.
278:John and James Lillywhite's Cricketer's Companion
122:
89:the definition does not have retrospective effect
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1914:β 5/94 (first match); 5/104, 4/34 (second match)
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2675:. The History Press for The Times. p. 57.
363:: as he explained in the preface to one of the
178:"The Score of this match was obtained from the
1347:b W. G. Grace; not c E. M. Grace b G. F. Grace
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655:
52:Concept and definition of first-class cricket
2012:coined by the Australian cricket chronicler
1588:. They were however prominently featured in
968:XV of MCC v Gentlemen to Canada Touring Team
18:Variations in first-class cricket statistics
2762:, several volumes, Lillywhite, 1862 to 1871
2729:The Cricket Statistician (various editions)
1901:MC Bird's XI v Maharaja of Cooch-Behar's XI
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1085:included in their own first-class records.
795:. Jack Hobbs, 92 not out overnight, turned
2155:Bentley is known for his lengthily titled
1546:Jack Hobbs (left) walks out to bat at the
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2816:, Playfair Books, 1963 (concise edition)
2705:A History of Cricket, Volume 1 (to 1914)
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1073:Furthermore, Ashley-Cooper includes the
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222:agree" (the italics are Haygarth's own).
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2766:James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual
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372:, but also a substantial part of the
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1229:Cricket: A Weekly Record of the Game
1040:Cricket: A Weekly Record of the Game
787:On the morning of 17 August 1925, a
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475:occurred in the 1810 match between
239:Commencement of statistical records
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2384:"Philadelphia v Australians 1878"
2018:Australian Cricket and Cricketers
1976:White's difference is sourced to
1337:Nottinghamshire v Gloucestershire
699:In his later record books (e.g.,
533:First-class cricket in the other
2740:The Kaye Book of Cricket Records
2671:Whitehead, Richard, ed. (2015).
2518:"Stump the Bearded Wonder No 27"
2481:First-Class Match List 1882β1914
2409:"South Africa v England 1888β89"
1984:in 1920. In the second innings,
1746:1930β31 tour of India and Ceylon
1538:1930β31 tour of India and Ceylon
1504:1931 (part 1, page 329) states:
684:Playfair Book of Cricket Records
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1152:1873 edition of "Green Lilly".
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1034:Ashley-Cooper compiled Grace's
541:W. G. Grace's career statistics
340:in statistical terms. In 1951,
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2750:Wisden Book of Cricket Records
2652:. Wisden Cricketers' Almanack.
2565:, 2006 (page 221) compared to
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823:Grace's career batting figures
769:County Cricket Ground, Bristol
763:At 1pm on 17 May 1895, in the
714:The same approach was used by
686:in 1951. This deferred to the
361:Wisden Book of Cricket Records
292:, which continued until 1900.
260:in 1848. In 1865, his brother
123:Development of scoring to 1895
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2828:, John Wisden & Co., 1890
2612:"Bill Frindall β Sports Talk"
2551:Corrections to Career Records
2462:The Classification of Matches
2434:"Europeans v Parsees 1892β93"
2309:"Tasmania v Victoria 1850β51"
2257:The Classification of Matches
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1831:Wilfred Rhodes β did not bowl
1652:Surrey v Essex at Leyton 1896
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523:North America β October 1878.
407:were as high as those in the
2868:The official laws of cricket
2752:, Wisden, 1998 (4th edition)
2359:"Barbados v Demerar 1864β65"
2334:"Otago v Canterbury 1863β64"
2168:Haygarth, Vol. 1, pp. 14β24.
1814:figures include this match.
1790:figures exclude this match.
1694:figures include this match.
1636:figures exclude this match.
1494:figures include this match.
1352:Gloucestershire v Lancashire
720:Kaye Book of Cricket Records
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520:West Indies β February 1865.
336:began in 1947, but followed
186:Then, in his summary of the
7:
2888:First-class cricket records
2845:Wisden Cricketers' Almanack
2833:Wisden Cricketers' Almanack
2821:Wisden Cricketers' Almanack
2814:The Book of Cricket Records
2707:. George Allen & Unwin.
2535:The Career Record Evolution
2460:, no. 58, pages 13 to 18 β
2272:, no. 3, pages 25 and 26 β
2203:Webber, 1951, Introduction.
1757:figures exclude this tour.
1561:figures exclude this tour.
1381:Maharajkumar of Vizianagram
1326:County Cricket Ground, Hove
829:Wisden Cricketers' Almanack
782:Gloucestershire v Middlesex
701:The Book of Cricket Records
517:New Zealand β January 1864.
489:Wisden Cricketers' Almanack
378:Wisden Cricketers' Almanack
302:Wisden Cricketers' Almanack
111:was formed in 1870, and by
85:Imperial Cricket Conference
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1244:Gloucestershire v Somerset
1237:Gloucestershire v Somerset
1171:Status of Somerset matches
1000:Gloucestershire v Somerset
993:Somerset v Gloucestershire
982:Gloucestershire v Somerset
791:match was taking place at
765:Gloucestershire v Somerset
537:nations began much later.
288:was incorporated with the
280:, still incorporating the
243:
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2298:Haygarth, Vol. 1, p. 522.
2255:, no. 2, pages 5 and 6 β
2215:Haygarth, Vol. 2, p. 355.
2088:ACS match guide, pp. 3β6.
1798:George Hirst β 1/40, 2/50
1239:at Spa Ground, Gloucester
1207:1882, the editor states:
995:at Lansdown CC, Bath β 80
2760:Scores & Biographies
2598:15 February 2010 at the
2574:15 February 2010 at the
2547:The Cricket Statistician
2533:, no. 59, pages 7 to 11
2531:The Cricket Statistician
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2477:The Cricket Statistician
2458:The Cricket Statistician
2287:The Cricket Statistician
2270:The Cricket Statistician
2253:The Cricket Statistician
2189:Haygarth, Vol. 1, p. 24.
2177:Haygarth, Vol. 1, p. 14.
1982:Recreation Ground (Bath)
1322:Sussex v Gloucestershire
693:Playfair Cricket Monthly
589:Variations in statistics
137:Scores & Biographies
80:, occasional XIs, etc).
2848:, 85th edition, editor
2836:, 32nd edition, editor
2824:, 27th edition, editor
2742:, Kaye & Ward, 1968
2633:Roberts, E. L. (1932).
2587:Playfair Cricket Annual
2563:Playfair Cricket Annual
2142:Epps' standard work is
2133:ACS match guide, p. 11.
1343:2nd innings β Padley c
1301:Playfair Cricket Annual
1088:Incidentally, the 1896
1063:I Zingari v South Wales
956:at Chorley Wood β 47,26
938:at Chorley Wood β 0, 75
473:lowest known team score
333:Playfair Cricket Annual
270:James Lillywhite junior
58:Marylebone Cricket Club
2806:, Playfair Books, 1951
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2785:. Faber & Faber.
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2115:Wisden 1948, p. 813.
1159:"Green Lilly" says:
808:needing 183 to win.
529:India β August 1892.
250:Frederick Lillywhite
66:Cambridge University
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2783:W. G. Grace: A Life
2637:. Lincoln Williams.
2499:, (2001). Picador,
2024:, who quoted it in
1828:Frank Woolley β 2/8
1363:The situation with
1260:at Moreton-in-Marsh
961:MCC v Staffordshire
954:Hertfordshire v MCC
936:Hertfordshire v MCC
413:Gentlemen v Players
403:of play during the
322:F. S. Ashley-Cooper
318:Guide to Cricketers
258:Guide to Cricketers
180:Hampshire Chronicle
174:on 26 August 1773:
172:Broadhalfpenny Down
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970:at Lord's β 152, 5
931:at Lord's β 24, 13
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254:William Lillywhite
194:on 6β8 July 1775:
188:Surrey v Hampshire
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2792:978-0-571-17855-1
2276:by Rowland Bowen.
2259:by Rowland Bowen.
2043:Kingston, Jamaica
1978:Somerset v Surrey
1944:Other differences
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2614:. BBC. 2002
2242:Rae, p. 55.
2233:Rae, p. 56.
2224:Rae, p. 52.
2055:Don Bradman
1923:See above.
1912:Jack Newman
1866:Jack Newman
1782:See above.
1673:Tom Hayward
1345:E. M. Grace
1330:G. F. Grace
1306:Alfred Shaw
773:Sammy Woods
629:Henry Grace
617:Henry Grace
605:E. M. Grace
561:W. G. Grace
477:All-England
465:Alfred Mynn
409:overarm era
297:John Wisden
210:...&c".
109:county club
46:W. G. Grace
42:first-class
2877:Categories
2810:Roy Webber
2800:Roy Webber
2779:Rae, Simon
2443:16 October
2418:16 October
2393:16 October
2368:16 October
2343:16 October
2318:16 October
2289:, no. 133.
2065:References
2059:Headingley
2039:Wellington
1996:has him b
1990:Bill Hitch
1963:Jack White
1907:does not.
1855:does not.
1818:does not.
1669:Bobby Abel
1429:'original'
1365:Jack Hobbs
1359:Jack Hobbs
1267:at Taunton
1253:at Taunton
1096:1868 match
870:'original'
611:Fred Grace
457:John Small
355:published
342:Roy Webber
101:Jack Hobbs
2665:The Times
1717:β 24, 56*
1659:1897 and
1626:Yorkshire
1458:1905β1934
1432:1905β1934
899:1865β1908
873:1865β1908
767:match at
619:(brother)
613:(brother)
607:(brother)
546:Centuries
418:vis-Γ -vis
295:In 1864,
286:Companion
252:, son of
190:match at
170:match at
2781:(1998).
2715:(1982).
2703:(1962).
2596:Archived
2572:Archived
1925:Playfair
1889:Playfair
1841:Playfair
1808:Playfair
1784:Playfair
1751:Playfair
1727:Playfair
1705:β 17, 22
1688:Playfair
1675:8 while
1647:β 4, 29*
1630:Playfair
1555:Playfair
1524:Playfair
1488:Playfair
1185:Somerset
1006:β 15, 30
947:The Oval
709:"double"
113:Somerset
2027:Cricket
1770:Bowling
1711:β 3, 7*
1612:Batting
1379:by the
1296:average
1146:Wisdens
718:in his
244:England
149:W. Epps
37:cricket
2789:
2731:. ACS.
2719:. ACS.
2679:
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2159:(1823)
2146:(1799)
1986:Wisden
1967:Wisden
1954:Wisden
1929:Wisden
1893:Wisden
1877:": -->
1862:β 4/69
1845:Wisden
1825:β 3/37
1812:Wisden
1788:Wisden
1755:Wisden
1731:Wisden
1692:Wisden
1671:4 and
1665:Wisden
1657:Wisden
1634:Wisden
1586:Wisden
1578:Wisden
1574:Wisden
1559:Wisden
1532:Wisden
1520:Wisden
1502:Wisden
1492:Wisden
1406:career
1392:Wisden
1377:Ceylon
1292:Wisden
1276:Wisden
1221:Wisden
1217:Wisden
1211:(sic)
1205:Wisden
1138:Wisden
1090:Wisden
1017:Wisden
908:54,211
882:54,896
845:career
806:Surrey
705:Wisden
688:Wisden
677:Wisden
596:Family
576:Career
481:The Bs
423:Lord's
365:Wisden
338:Wisden
326:Wisden
290:Annual
233:ad hoc
204:Miller
200:Surrey
2285:ACS,
2268:ACS,
2251:ACS,
1470:50.70
1467:61760
1444:50.65
1441:61237
1373:India
1350:1878
1335:1876
1320:1874
1263:1885
1256:1885
1249:1883
1242:1883
1235:1882
998:1881
991:1881
988:β 113
980:1879
973:1873
966:1873
959:1873
952:1873
941:1872
934:1872
927:1868
911:39.45
902:1,478
885:39.55
876:1,493
637:(son)
631:(son)
625:(son)
282:Guide
220:never
208:Brett
206:is b
2787:ISBN
2677:ISBN
2620:2012
2501:ISBN
2445:2011
2420:2011
2395:2011
2370:2011
2345:2011
2320:2011
1988:has
1927:and
1899:and
1891:and
1879:edit
1843:and
1810:and
1786:and
1753:and
1729:and
1690:and
1667:has
1632:and
1557:and
1490:and
1476:199
1473:316*
1461:1325
1450:197
1447:316*
1435:1315
1424:100
1418:Avge
1415:Runs
1375:and
1311:The
1120:and
917:124
891:126
865:100
858:Avge
854:Runs
736:1879
734:and
732:1878
728:Kent
535:Test
479:and
467:and
383:The
262:John
151:and
103:and
2725:ACS
2713:ACS
2464:by
2057:at
1980:at
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