Sporting and Athletic Records

GREAT CRICKETERS 65 1000 Wickets in English First-Class Cricket Player Wickets Runs Average A. Shaw 1988 23.338 117 T. Emmett 1489 19 ,648 1 3 1 F. Morley 1241 16,455 13*25 A. Watson 1396 18,562 13-29 E. Peate 1066 14.387 I3-4 G. A. Lohmann 1554 21,775 I 4 J. Southerton 161 1 22,832 1 4 1 A. Mold 1214 17,787 14-64 W. Attewell 1596 23,440 14-68 J- Briggs 1604 23,662 14-7 J. T. Hearne 1132 17,3 02 15-2 R. Peel 1518 23,661 I5-5 W. Flowers 1022 16,424 16 F. Martin I I O I 17,924 16-2 W. G. Grace 2499 42,643 17 N .B.—T. RICHARDSON , the great Surrey bowler, has taken very nearly 1000 wickets in England, his record being 935 wickets for 13,491 runs, average I4'4. It will be observed that not only has W. G. GRACE taken more wickets in first-class cricket than any one else, but that he is the only amateur who has taken 1000 wickets. The nearest approach to this feat among English amateurs is made by A. G. STEEL, and S. M. J. WOODS . Their figures are as follows :— A. G. Steel 740 wickets for 10,675 runs, average I4'4 S. M. J. Woods 796 „ „ 15,099 „ „ 18-9 10,000 Runs and 1000 Wickets From the above two tables it will be seen that only one other player, W. FLOAVERS , has succeeded in approaching, and that at a very 5