Sporting and Athletic Records

s X. FIRST CLASS MATCHES 35 Highest Batting Average in a Year in England (25 innings) 78*25 Made by W. G. GRACE in 1876, with 2739 runs for 40 innings (5 times not out). A. SHREWSBURY in 1887 had a slight fractional advantage with an average of 78*7, but SHREWSBURY played a third fewer innings (less than 25) and scoreda thousand fewer runs, his figures being, 1653 runs for 23 innings (twice not out). PARTNERSHIPS Most Runs scored for the First Wicket 346 Made by H. T. HEWETT (201) and L. C. H. PALAIRET (146) for Somerset v. Yorkshire at Taunton in August 1892. Other Scores of over 200 for the First Wicket Players G. L. Wilson F. W. Marlow W. G. Grace B, B. Cooper A. Shrewsbury A. E. Stoddart W. Rashleigh K. J. Key W. G. Grace T. G. Matthews A. E. Stoddart T. C. O'Brien Runs 303 28 3 243 238 228 Match Sussex v. Oxford Univ, Gent, of South v. Players of South Place Brighton Oval 266 England v. M.C. C. Lord's Oxford Lord's Cambridge Glo'ster v. Yorkshire Middlesex v. Surrey Lord's Date June 1895 July 1869 June 1887 July 1886 Sheffield July 1872 July 1893