Sporting and Athletic Records

3^4 APPENDIX Overs Mdns. Runs Wkts. Aver. Woodcock 730-1 156 1969 76 25-90 Baldwin (Hants.) 1036 -1 419 1925 73 26-36 Trott (A. E.) 414 .1 98 1171 43 27-23 Hartley, J. C. 776-2 ISO 2155 79 27-27 Phillips (J.) 368 80 1026 37 27-72 Geeson 500-4 *58 "37 4i 2773 Jones, A. O. 3"-3 43 "43 40 28-57 Roberts 557-1 189 1259 44 28 , 6 I Mason, J. R. 399-4 122 975 34 28-67 Tate 1111 -3 396 2372 82 2892 Parris 758-4 244 1713 59 29-03 Nichols 473-3 193 97i 33 29-42 Tyler 841 195 2309 76 30*38 Killick 641 -1 177 1514 47 32-21 Porter 618 -1 204 1299 37 35-io The County Championship 1896 Position of the counties according to the official reckoning— i.e. a win to count 1 and a loss —I, draws being ignored; thehighest percentage of points (wins minus losses) to finished games (games won or lost) to determine the championship. Points Finished County P. w. L. D. in games Percentage Yorkshire 26 16 3 7 13 19 68 Lancashire 22 11 4 7 7 »5 46 Middlesex 16 8 3 5 5 11 45 Surrey 26 17 7 2 10 24 41 Essex 12 5 4 3 1 9 11 Nottinghamshire 16 5 5 6 0 10 — Derbyshire 16 4 6 6 —2 10 —20