100 wickets in an English season

[asid...@xray.indyrad.iupui.edu]

The feat of taking 100 first-class wickets was achieved every English season
from 1866 to 1971 inclusive, war years excepted. In 1969 the County
Championship suffered the first of several drastic recent prunings, being
reduced from 28 to 24 three-day matches per county. The program was further
reduced to 20 matches (1972-76), since when it has involved 22 matches
(1977-82), 24 matches (1983-87) and 22 matches (1988-92). The current format
of 17 four-day mathces was introduced in 1993. The following is the list of
bowlers who have taken 100 first-class wickets in an English season since
1971.

Wkts Avrge Season
105 17.94 1973 BS Bedi Northamptonshire
101 18.82 1973 PG Lee Lancashire
112 24.64 1974 BS Bedi Northamptonshire
119 13.62 1974 AME Roberts Hampshire
112 18.45 1975 PG Lee Lancashire
101 20.30 1975 Sarfraz Nawaz Northamptonshire
109 18.04 1977 MJ Procter Gloucestershire
100 16.40 1978 IT Botham Somerset
106 15.18 1978 JK Lever Essex
101 19.09 1978 MWW Selvey Middlesex
110 14.49 1978 DL Underwood Kent
106 17.30 1979 JK Lever Essex
106 14.85 1979 DL Underwood Kent
101 26.73 1980 DR Doshi Warwickshire
121 15.41 1980 RD Jackman Surrey
105 14.89 1981 RJ Hadlee Nottinghamshire
134 15.73 1982 MD Marshall Hampshire
103 17.88 1983 JE Emburey Middlesex
104 23.00 1983 N Gifford Warwickshire
106 16.28 1983 JK Lever Essex
106 19.28 1983 DL Underwood Kent
117 14.05 1984 RJ Hadlee Nottinghamshire
116 21.98 1984 JK Lever Essex
101 24.68 1985 NV Radford Worcestershire
105 22.37 1986 NA Foster Essex
100 15.08 1986 MD Marshall Hampshire
101 24.26 1987 JP Agnew Leicestershire
109 20.81 1987 NV Radford Worcestershire
101 21.57 1988 KE Cooper Nottinghamshire
125 18.31 1988 FD Stephenson Nottinghamshire
113 14.65 1988 CA Walsh Gloucestershire
102 20.96 1991 NA Foster Essex
113 14.65 1991 Waqar Younis Surrey
105 20.40 1995 AR Kumble Northamptonshire
105 19.82 1998 AR Caddick Somerset
106 17.31 1998 CA Walsh Gloucestershire

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[Max Ratcliffe]

I thought that Courtney Walsh took over 100 wickets in 1986 (something
like 118), and seem to remember WCM speculating on whether it would
help him break in the WI side.

A lot of water under a lot of bridges since then...

Max

[parasm...@gmail.com]

Great information. Thanks a lot . I m from india . Anil kumble took 100+ wicets. But in which year , i was not sure.

[RH156RH]

> 101 24.68 1985 NV Radford Worcestershire
> 105 22.37 1986 NA Foster Essex
> 100 15.08 1986 MD Marshall Hampshire
> 101 24.26 1987 JP Agnew Leicestershire
> 109 20.81 1987 NV Radford Worcestershire
> 101 21.57 1988 KE Cooper Nottinghamshire
> 125 18.31 1988 FD Stephenson Nottinghamshire
> 113 14.65 1988 CA Walsh Gloucestershire
> 102 20.96 1991 NA Foster Essex
> 113 14.65 1991 Waqar Younis Surrey
> 105 20.40 1995 AR Kumble Northamptonshire
> 105 19.82 1998 AR Caddick Somerset
> 106 17.31 1998 CA Walsh Gloucestershire
>

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These two were the last to do the cricketer's double of 1, 000 runs and 100 wickets in a season.

117 14.05 1984 RJ Hadlee Nottinghamshire

125 18.31 1988 1988 FD Stephenson Nottinghamshire

[James Heaton]

"RH156RH" <anywh...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
news:5616f0f7-36df-401e...@googlegroups.com...

Cooper and Stephenson seem to be the only instance on this list of team
mates doing in the same season.

How common was this before the number of matches was reduced?

James

[Brian W Lawrence]

On 12/05/2018 11:14, James Heaton wrote:

>>> 101   21.57    1988     KE Cooper     Nottinghamshire
>>> 125   18.31    1988     FD Stephenson Nottinghamshire

> Cooper and Stephenson seem to be the only instance on this list of team
> mates doing in the same season.
>
> How common was this before the number of matches was reduced?

I expect it was quite common. A quick check for Derbyshire:

1908 105 A Warren 103 W Bestwick

1929 111 TB Mitchell 100 LF Townsend

1931 110 TB Mitchell 108 AG Slater
1932 121 TB Mitchell 113 LF Townsend
1936 153 WH Copson 121 TB Mitchell
1938 131 TB Mitchell 101 WH Copson

1947 113 GH Pope 104 C Gladwin
1948 125 C Gladwin 100 GH Pope
1949 110 C Gladwin 103 HL Jackson

1952 151 C Gladwin 114 HL Jackson
1953 130 C Gladwin 103 HL Jackson
1954 131 C Gladwin 125 HL Jackson
1955 142 C Gladwin 105 E Smith
1956 122 HL Jackson 104 C Gladwin
1957 138 HL Jackson 104 C Gladwin
1958 135 HL Jackson 117 C Gladwin

1965 120 AB Jackson 119 HJ Rhodes

Note that number of wickets is the number taken FOR their county and
excludes any taken for other teams.

[RH156RH]

Very. In the 1950s you could bet that at least 2 out of the famous four - Bedser, Loader, Laker and Lock - would take 100 wickets in the same season and ofetn it was 3 and sometimes 4. RH

[Brian W Lawrence]

More than two bowlers in same county team taking 100 wkts:

Four

1922 Yorks A Waddington (132, GG Macaulay (130), R Kilner (107), W
Rhodes (100)

1937 Worcs RTD Perks (139), SH Martin (114), R Howorth (105), PF
Jackson (102)
1938 Yorks H Verity (137), WE Bowes (106), EP Robinson (104), TF
Smailes (104)

1957 Surry GAR Lock (187), AV Bedser (131), PJ Loader (122), JC Laker
(104)
1959 Gloucs AS Brown (110), DR Smith (110), JB Mortimore (103), C Cook
(101)

1961 Worcs JA Flavell (158), LJ Coldwell (140), N Gifford (133), MJ
Horton (101)

Three

1903 Yorks W Rhodes (169), GH Hirst (121), S Haigh (102)
1904 Yorks S Haigh (118), W Rhodes (118), GH Hirst (114)
1905 Sussx GR Cox (164), EH Killick (107), AE Relf (102)
1905 Yorks W Rhodes (158), S Haigh (118), GH Hirst (100)
1906 Notts JR Gunn (110), AW Hallam (104), TG Wass (100)
1906 Surry WS Lees (154), NA Knox (129), JN Crawford (111)
1906 Yorks GH Hirst (201), S Haigh (161), W Rhodes (113)
1908 Yorks GH Hirst (164), JT Newstead (131), W Rhodes (100)

1911 Surry WC Smith (156), JW Hitch (137), T Rushby (132)
1912 Yorks S Haigh (125), GH Hirst (111), MW Booth (104)
1913 Yorks MW Booth (167), A Drake (115), GH Hirst (100)
1914 Yorks A Drake (158), MW Booth (155), W Rhodes (117)

1920 Kent FE Woolley (164), WJ Fairservice (113), AP Freeman (102)
1921 Yorks W Rhodes (128), A Waddington (105), GG Macaulay (101)
1922 Lancs CH Parkin (181), LW Cook (142), RK Tyldesley (100)
1923 Sussx MW Tate (179), AER Gilligan (139), GR Cox (105)
1923 Yorks GG Macaulay (163), R Kilner (143), W Rhodes (127)
1925 Lancs EA McDonald (198), CH Parkin (150), RK Tyldesley (137)
1925 Yorks GG Macaulay (200), R Kilner (123), A Waddington (105)
1926 Notts TL Richmond (149), SJ Staples (117), H Larwood (103)
1928 Notts H Larwood (120), F Barratt (109), SJ Staples (108)
1928 Yorks GG Macaulay (117), W Rhodes (111), E Robinson (111)
1929 Middx RWV Robins (133), IAR Peebles (117), NE Haig (106)
1929 Notts F Barratt (123), W Voce (118), H Larwood (104)

1931 Sussx MW Tate (133), AF Wensley (121), J Langridge (102)
1932 Sussx MW Tate (148), J Langridge (108), AF Wensley (104)
1933 Yorks H Verity (168), GG Macaulay (141), WE Bowes (130)
1934 Gloucs TWJ Goddard (126), RA Sinfield (122), CWL Parker (117)
1934 Yorks WE Bowes (109), TF Smailes (105), H Verity (100)
1936 Worcs RTD Perks (134), R Howarth (127), PF Jackson (112)
1936 Yorks H Verity (185), TF Smailes (125), WE Bowes (113)
1937 Lancs WE Phillipson (131), R Pollard (112), FM Sibbles (107)
1939 Worcs RTD Perks (154), SH Martin (106), R Howorth (100)
1939 Yorks H Verity (189), EP Robinson (120), WE Bowes (107)

1947 Worcs R Howorth (138), RTD Perks (119), PF Jackson (105)
1949 Worcs RO Jenkins (159), R Howorth (117), RTD Perks (116)
1949 Yorks DB Close (105), A Coxon (101), JH Wardle (100)

1951 Worcs RO Jenkins (138), R Howorth (124), RTD Perks (124)
1952 Gloucs GEE Lambert (111), CJ Scott (101), C Cook (101)
1952 Surry GAR Lock (126), AV Bedser (117), JC Laker (102)
1954 Yorks R Appleyard (141), FS Trueman (129), JH Wardle (122)
1955 Surry GAR Lock (183), AV Bedser (131), JC Laker (124)
1955 Sussx RG Marlar (129), NI Thomson (118), AE James (111)
1956 Yorks JH Wardle (146), R Appleyard (110), R Illingworth (103)
1959 Lancs JB Statham (115), K Higgs (113), T Greenhough (102)

1960 Lancs K Higgs (123), T Greenhough (119), JB Statham (106)
1961 Leics CT Spencer (119), JS Savage (108), BS Boshier (103)
1962 Warks A Wright (116), JD Bannister (108), TW Cartwright (106)
1966 Somst BA Langford (112), KE Palmer (107), FE Rumsey (100)
1966 Yorks AG Nicholson (113), FS Trueman (107), D Wilson (100)

Note that E Robinson (1928) was Emmott Robinson, while EP Robinson
in several seasons was Ellis Robinson - both Yorkshire, unrelated.

As in previous post ONLY wickets for their county.

[Brian W Lawrence]

On 12/05/2018 14:00, Brian W Lawrence wrote:

> I expect it was quite common. A quick check for Derbyshire:

And the others.

County Tot 1870s 90s 00s 10s 20s 30s 40s 50s 60s 70s 80s
===============================================================
Derbyshire 17 - - 1 - 1 4 3 7 1 - -
Durham 0 - - - - - - - - - - -
Essex 9 - 1 - 1 - 3 2 2 - - -
Glamorgan 12 - - - - 1 3 1 3 4 - -
Gloucester 23 - - 1 - 3 10 4 4 1 - -
Hampshire 22 - - - 2 5 1 3 6 5 - -
Kent 19 - - 2 5 5 2 - 1 4 - -
Lancashire 37 1 7 6 1 9 5 - 6 2 - -
Leicester 7 - - - - 2 3 - - 2 - -
Middlesex 14 - - - 3 4 - 2 3 2 - -
Northants 8 - - 1 1 2 - - 3 1 - -
Nottingham 16 - - 3 - 6 4 - 1 1 - 1
Somerset 10 - - - - 1 4 1 - 4 - -
Surrey 26 - 5 6 4 1 1 1 7 1 - -
Sussex 23 - - 5 - 5 5 - 3 5 - -
Warwicks 10 - - - 1 - 1 2 3 3 - -
Worcester 15 - - - - 1 6 3 3 2 - -
Yorkshire 45 - - 10 5 9 9 2 6 4 - -
---------------------------------------------------------------
313 1 13 35 23 55 61 24 58 42 - 1

Yorkshire performed the feat 33 times in 36 seasons from 1900-39,
missing out only in 1910, 1927 & 1930. Gloucestershire managed
15 consecutive seasons (1930-50) - Yorkshire's best run was 14 (1931-52).

[Brian W Lawrence]

On 13/05/2018 12:29, Brian W Lawrence wrote:

> On 12/05/2018 14:00, Brian W Lawrence wrote:
>
>> I expect it was quite common. A quick check for Derbyshire:
>
> And the others.
>
> County       Tot  1870s 90s 00s 10s 20s 30s 40s 50s 60s 70s 80s
> ===============================================================

I seem to have missed the 1880s out altogether, but I originally started
the table with the 1890s but then found Lancashire had one instance in
the 1880s. So, I added a column for the 1880s, but headed it with
'1870s' in error.

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> 101 21.57 1988 KE Cooper Nottinghamshire
> 125 18.31 1988 FD Stephenson Nottinghamshire

> 113 14.65 1988 CA Walsh Gloucestershire
> 102 20.96 1991 NA Foster Essex
> 113 14.65 1991 Waqar Younis Surrey
> 105 20.40 1995 AR Kumble Northamptonshire
> 105 19.82 1998 AR Caddick Somerset
> 106 17.31 1998 CA Walsh Gloucestershire
>
> aslam
> GO COLTS!!!
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Agnew's entry isn't good.

By his own admission, he was a pisspoor bowler at Test level.

Quantity <> Quality.

[James Heaton]

"Brian W Lawrence" <brian_w_...@msn.com> wrote in message
news:flqltd...@mid.individual.net...

Cheers Brian, that's fantastic. So 313 times in c.80 seasons until the
reduction in the matches in '69 = about 4 times a year on average.

James

[Brian W Lawrence]

Since we are dredging up a list that is nearly 20 years old, we ought to
add two, more recent examples:

2003 Mushtaq Ahmed Sussex 103 24.65
2006 Mushtaq Ahmed Sussex 102 19.91

Year Balls Mdns Runs Wkts BB Ave 5wI 10wM
2003 5019 163 2539 103 7-85 24.65 10 5
2006 3743 118 2031 102 9-48 19.91 11 4

[John Hall]

In message <pd6epq$15sr$1...@gioia.aioe.org>, James Heaton
<heatona...@gmail.com.invalid> writes

>Cooper and Stephenson seem to be the only instance on this list of team
>mates doing in the same season.
>
>How common was this before the number of matches was reduced?

Just back from holiday - hence the late response.

I think it would have been quite common. IIRC, there was one season in
the 1960s when Trueman, Nicholson, Illingworth and Don Wilson of
Yorkshire all reached 100 f-c wickets. There were 28 Championship
matches, but they may also have played in a few other f-c matches, for
instance against the universities and/or touring sides.
--
John Hall
"Hegel was right when he said that we learn from history
that man can never learn anything from history."
George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)

[Brian W Lawrence]

On 20/05/2018 20:22, John Hall wrote:
> In message <pd6epq$15sr$1...@gioia.aioe.org>, James Heaton
> <heatona...@gmail.com.invalid> writes
>> Cooper and Stephenson seem to be the only instance on this list of
>> team mates doing in the same season.
>>
>> How common was this before the number of matches was reduced?
>
> Just back from holiday - hence the late response.
>
> I think it would have been quite common. IIRC, there was one season in
> the 1960s when Trueman, Nicholson, Illingworth and Don Wilson of
> Yorkshire all reached 100 f-c wickets.

1966 - Nicholson 113, Trueman 111, Illingworth 100, Wilson 100

> There were 28 Championship
> matches, but they may also have played in a few other f-c matches, for
> instance against the universities and/or touring sides.

Nicholson 29, Trueman 33, Illingworth 27, Wilson 31

Fred took 3 wickets for TN Pearce's XI (v WI) & one for an England XI (v
RoW). Four of Illy's wkts came in 2 WI Tests.