Badgers Cricket Club – Averages for season 1997

This page contains, for season 1997, all of the average tables that have historically appeared in the annual ‘Facts And Figures’ report, itself now an historical artefact – full and official batting and bowling averages, best performances and partnerships, catching leaders and miscellaneous statistics – along with one or two others that have appeared from time-to-time, like five year and lifetime tables. In addition, there are links to the other top level pages, which you can also reach from the drop down menus at the top of the page.

Season 1997 Match Record
Season 1997 Official Batting Averages
Season 1997 Official Bowling Averages
Season 1997 Official Catching Leaders
Season 1997 Full Batting Averages
Season 1997 Full Bowling Averages
Season 1997 Best Individual Performances
Season 1997 Best Partnerships
Season 1997 Miscellaneous Statistics
Season 1997 Lifetime Batting Averages
Season 1997 Lifetime Bowling Averages
Season 1997 Lifetime Miscellaneous Statistics
Season 1997 All-time Record Partnerships
Season 1997 5 Year Batting Averages
Season 1997 5 Year Bowling Averages
Season 1997 5 Year Miscellaneous Statistics

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Season analysis for 1997
						No
	Played	Won	Lost	Drawn	Tied	Result
	14	5	5	4

Runs scored:		1903 for 99 wickets			(at 19.22 per wicket
					and 135.93 per game)
Runs allowed:		2056 for 114 wickets			(at 18.04 per wicket
					and 146.86 per game)

Match Record At End Season 1997

	Played	Won	Lost	Drawn	Tied	Pct.
Seasons 1959-1996	664	301	195	165	3	58.0
Season 1997	14	5	5	4		50.0
	------	------	------	------	------
	678	306	200	169	3	57.8


BATTING	Total runs scored			80148
	Total wickets lost			4938
	Average per wicket			16.23
	Average per game			118.21

BOWLING	Total runs allowed			73919
	Total wickets taken			5378
	Average per wicket			13.74
	Average per game			109.03

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Official Batting Averages For Season 1997
	Played	Innings	NO.	Runs	HS	Average
Mark Gordon	13	12	3	318	66	35.3
Justin Ducker	9	9	1	282	76	35.3
David Jones	7	7	1	150	67	25.0
Alan Tickner	13	12	2	226	54	22.6
Dave Tickner	12	12	1	217	77	19.7
Allan Butt	7	5	2	39	24	13.0
Richard Kemp	7	7	0	89	39	12.7
Steve Pitts	10	9	1	84	40	10.5
Barry Davenport	5	5	1	38	31	9.5
Mick Willmott	10	7	4	21	12 no.	7.0
Alan Wilkes	12	7	3	27	12 no.	6.8
Paul Wilson	11	7	1	20	10	3.3

Also batted:	Jeremy Clayton, Graham Davenport, Neil Davenport, Barry Forrester, Simon Fox, Mark Johnson, Richard Jones, John McCann, Keith Miller, Brent Noble, Martin Walker

Minimum qualification: 5 innings

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Official Bowling Averages For Season 1997
	Games	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Average	Best
Mick Willmott	10	81.2	6	327	28	11.7	5 for 42
Alan Tickner	13	129.1	20	441	30	14.7	5 for 30
Allan Butt	6	40.3	12	119	6	19.8	3 for 16
Alan Wilkes	12	118.2	24	356	17	20.9	3 for 5
Justin Ducker	3	19.0	3	94	4	23.5	3 for 23
Mark Gordon	13	97.0	19	312	12	26.0	3 for 15
Paul Wilson	4	19.0	0	116	3	38.7	2 for 57

Also bowled:	Huw Campbell, Mark Kasay, Steve Pitts, Martin Walker

Minimum qualification: 15 overs

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Catching Leaders For Season 1997
	Played	Catches
Mark Gordon	13	14
Mick Willmott	10	6
David Jones	7	4
Richard Kemp	7	4

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Complete Batting Averages For Season 1997
	Played	Innings	NO.	Runs	HS	Average
Mark Gordon	13	12	3	318	66	35.3
Justin Ducker	9	9	1	282	76	35.3
David Jones	7	7	1	150	67	25.0
Alan Tickner	13	12	2	226	54	22.6
Dave Tickner	12	12	1	217	77	19.7
Jeremy Clayton	3	3	0	51	46	17.0
Richard Jones	3	2	0	32	22	16.0
Total Extras	14	14	0	205	27	14.6
Allan Butt	7	5	2	39	24	13.0
Richard Kemp	7	7	0	89	39	12.7
Simon Fox	1	1	0	12	12	12.0
Steve Pitts	10	9	1	84	40	10.5
Keith Miller	6	4	1	29	16	9.7
Barry Davenport	5	5	1	38	31	9.5
Martin Walker	2	2	0	15	10	7.5
Mick Willmott	10	7	4	21	12 no.	7.0
Barry Forrester	2	2	0	14	10	7.0
Alan Wilkes	12	7	3	27	12 no.	6.8
Graham Davenport	1	1	0	5	5	5.0
Paul Wilson	11	7	1	20	10	3.3
Mark Johnson	1	1	0	2	2	2.0
Brent Noble	3	3	0	3	3	1.0
Neil Davenport	2	1	0	1	1	1.0
John McCann	1	1	0	0	0	0.0

		120	21	1675	77	16.9

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Complete Bowling Averages For Season 1997
	Games	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Average	Best
Mick Willmott	10	81.2	6	327	28	11.7	5 for 42
Huw Campbell	2	12.0	3	27	2	13.5	1 for 8
Alan Tickner	13	129.1	20	441	30	14.7	5 for 30
Steve Pitts	3	13.5	0	84	5	16.8	3 for 26
Allan Butt	6	40.3	12	119	6	19.8	3 for 16
Alan Wilkes	12	118.2	24	356	17	20.9	3 for 5
Justin Ducker	3	19.0	3	94	4	23.5	3 for 23
Mark Gordon	13	97.0	19	312	12	26.0	3 for 15
Paul Wilson	4	19.0	0	116	3	38.7	2 for 57
Mark Kasay	1	7.0	0	29	0	0.0	0 for 29
Martin Walker	2	13.0	0	59	0	0.0	0 for 20

		550.1	87	1964	107	18.4

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Best Performances Of Season 1997

Batting

Dave Tickner	77	10 August vs. Reigate Cavaliers
Justin Ducker	76	31 May vs. Leigh
Justin Ducker	71 no.	14 June vs. Wilmington
David Jones	67	14 June vs. Wilmington
Mark Gordon	66	5 July vs. Woking Remnants
David Jones	62	20 September vs. Newchapel & Horne
Mark Gordon	58 no.	2 August vs. Croydon Gas Exiles
Mark Gordon	56 no.	10 August vs. Reigate Cavaliers
Alan Tickner	54	31 May vs. Leigh

Bowling

Alan Tickner	5 for 30	23 August vs. Great Harry
Mick Willmott	5 for 42	6 September vs. Epsom Methodists
Alan Tickner	4 for 49	10 August vs. Reigate Cavaliers
Mick Willmott	4 for 84	31 May vs. Leigh

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Best Partnerships Of Season 1997

1st wicket	125	Justin Ducker & David Jones	14 Jun	vs. Wilmington
	82	Justin Ducker & Dave Tickner	10 Aug	vs. Reigate Cav.
2nd wicket	54	Dave Tickner & Mark Gordon	10 Aug	vs. Reigate Cav.
3rd wicket	55	Steve Pitts & Justin Ducker	31 May	vs. Leigh
4th wicket	76*	Mark Gordon & Alan Tickner	10 Aug	vs. Reigate Cav.
5th wicket	128 ^	Justin Ducker & Alan Tickner	31 May	vs. Leigh
6th wicket	56	Mark Gordon & Alan Tickner	2 Aug	vs. Croydon Gas
7th wicket	27	Steve Pitts & Keith Miller	31 Aug	vs. Blindley Heath
8th wicket	18	Barry Davenport & Alan Tickner	23 Aug	vs. Great Harry
9th wicket	15*	Alan Wilkes & Mick Willmott	27 Sep	vs. Merrow
10th wicket	25	Alan Wilkes & Martin Walker	8 Jun	vs. Crondall

*	this partnership was unbroken
^	this partnership was the record for the wicket concerned

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Miscellaneous Statistics For Season 1997

				Wicket Keeping			Bowling
		Ave.
		Batt.					Strike	Runs/
	Games	Pos.	Catches	Catch	Stump	Total	Rate	Over
Eugene Borges	1
Allan Butt	7	6.8	2				2.5	2.9
Huw Campbell	2						2.8	2.3
Jeremy Clayton	3	2.3
Barry Davenport	5	7.2	2
Graham Davenport	1	8.0
Neil Davenport	2	10.0	1
Justin Ducker	9	2.0	2				3.5	4.9
Barry Forrester	2	5.5
Lee Foster	1
Simon Fox	1	7.0
Mark Gordon	13	3.8	14				2.1	3.2
Mark Johnson	1	6.0	1
David Jones	7	2.9	4
Richard Jones	3	3.5	1
John Kasay	1
Mark Kasay	1		2				0.0	4.1
Richard Kemp	7	4.6	4
Jules Lyon	1
John McCann	1	6.0
Keith Miller	6	7.5		1	1	2
Brent Noble	3	7.0
Steve Pitts	10	2.2	1	2	9	11	6.0	6.1
Alan Tickner	13	5.7	3				3.9	3.4
Dave Tickner	12	2.8	2	3	0	3
Martin Walker	2	9.5					0.0	4.5
Alan Wilkes	12	8.9	2				2.4	3.0
Mick Willmott	10	8.9	6				5.7	4.0
Paul Wilson	11	7.4	3				2.6	6.1

		5.1	50	6	10	16	3.2	3.6

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Lifetime Batting Averages At End Season 1997
	Years	Innings	NO.	Runs	HS	Average
Darren Hanley	7	60	14	2192	108 no.	47.65
David Aldwinckle	5	44	6	1575	107 no.	41.45
Chris Morgan	10	87	14	2924	140 no.	40.05
Mark Gordon	10	101	29	2052	114 no.	28.50
Brent Noble	28	211	45	4631	121	27.90
Brian Moore	30	271	54	5827	131 no.	26.85
Andy Parker	9	77	13	1677	102	26.20
Simon Fox	10	77	27	1229	68 no.	24.58
Andy Ducker	5	35	4	707	100 no.	22.81
Adrian Cowell	9	96	4	2004	100 no.	21.78
Dave Tickner	29	354	45	6628	106	21.45
Albert Briscoe	20	150	21	2582	97	20.02
Alan Tickner	29	386	61	6504	97	20.01
Steve Pitts	21	223	31	3562	80 no.	18.55
Jeremy Clayton	12	59	10	851	75 no.	17.37
Alan Wilkes	9	76	18	1005	80	17.33
Justin Ducker	7	38	2	607	76	16.86
Allan Butt	16	105	15	1283	78 no.	14.26
Dave Pitts	12	73	11	845	95	13.63
David Clark	6	43	8	473	51	13.51
Steve Goldman	16	88	12	937	79	12.33
Phil Walters	10	111	21	1108	71	12.31
Mike Law	15	132	4	1485	130	11.60
Peter Legge	30	189	16	1828	118	10.57
Steve Card	13	91	26	686	39	10.55
Peter Ward	11	78	17	583	40	9.56
Richard Kemp	27	188	24	1552	83	9.46
Keith Miller	15	85	11	695	63	9.39
Lee Foster	13	79	9	634	40	9.06
Roy Gordon	35	231	66	1461	41	8.85
Barry Forrester	5	45	4	349	46	8.51
Barry Passmore	22	204	24	1530	44	8.50
David Winter	14	122	9	950	65	8.41
Michael Preston	11	61	19	347	53 no.	8.26
John Bailey	11	80	30	409	25	8.18
Alan Preston	8	43	9	266	30	7.82
Dave Bowerman	14	88	30	390	25	6.72
Mick Willmott	15	88	27	396	23 no.	6.49
Huw Campbell	7	43	14	174	21 no.	6.00
Martin Walker	7	25	4	124	20	5.90
Kevin Unwin	7	42	8	189	23 no.	5.56
Laurence Pitts	19	135	26	591	22	5.42
John Moffatt	17	84	8	401	26	5.28
Jimmy Burke	9	35	8	121	26	4.48
James Chignell	16	71	18	182	16	3.43
Chris Preston	17	89	32	192	23	3.37
Keith Partlett	6	33	6	76	13	2.81

Minimum qualification: 25 innings over 5 seasons

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Lifetime Bowling Averages At End Season 1997
	Years	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Average	Best
Brian Moore	31	3353.4	1066	6689	965	6.93	10 for 2
David Aldwinckle	5	283.1	72	709	64	11.08	5 for 22
Peter Legge	18	562.4	92	1757	148	11.87	7 for 13
Albert Briscoe	15	653.3	138	1804	150	12.03	6 for 15
David Clark	6	540.1	137	1270	103	12.33	7 for 13
Allan Butt	15	844.0	200	2493	196	12.72	6 for 15
Alan Tickner	29	3551.3	763	10109	787	12.85	8 for 24
Steve Card	10	963.1	204	2748	211	13.02	9 for 27
Laurence Pitts	18	390.5	34	1587	117	13.56	6 for 25
Steve Pitts	7	90.1	14	372	27	13.78	4 for 46
John Bailey	7	193.4	35	613	43	14.26	5 for 13
David Winter	14	530.4	108	1725	120	14.38	6 for 15
Dave Tickner	20	1484.1	307	4374	301	14.53	6 for 18
Andy Parker	8	666.3	153	1960	131	14.96	7 for 14
Brent Noble	23	311.2	36	1262	83	15.20	5 for 35
Peter Ward	11	312.0	61	959	63	15.22	5 for 11
Phil Walters	9	509.5	118	1404	91	15.43	6 for 25
Mick Willmott	11	765.5	57	3511	218	16.11	9 for 41
Keith Partlett	7	187.5	30	666	39	17.08	5 for 37
Charles Lakeman	6	133.0	32	444	26	17.08	5 for 20
Steve Goldman	10	86.0	6	377	22	17.14	4 for 24
Dave Bowerman	12	874.2	175	2646	150	17.64	5 for 21
Huw Campbell	8	552.3	129	1505	84	17.92	5 for 26
Martin Walker	6	268.5	45	869	45	19.31	5 for 42
Mike Law	10	96.3	10	379	19	19.95	5 for 23
Alan Wilkes	9	865.4	194	2508	125	20.06	5 for 45
Lee Foster	11	165.2	13	718	35	20.51	3 for 14
Simon Fox	7	505.5	57	1973	91	21.68	6 for 41
Chris Preston	11	112.4	9	515	22	23.41	3 for 42
Mark Gordon	7	434.4	80	1485	59	25.17	4 for 25
Justin Ducker	6	99.3	19	373	13	28.69	3 for 23

Minimum qualification: 75 overs over 5 seasons

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Lifetime Miscellaneous Statistics At End Season 1997
				Wicket Keeping			Bowling
		Ave.
		Batt.					Strike	Runs/
	Games	Pos.	Catches	Catch	Stump	Total	Rate	Over
David Aldwinckle	45	2.8	15				3.8	2.5
John Bailey	104		38	3	0	3	3.7	3.2
Dave Bowerman	152?		37				2.9	3.0
Albert Briscoe	160		46				3.8	2.8
Jimmy Burke	57		14				0.0	12.0
Allan Butt	117		36				3.9	3.0
Huw Campbell	71	8.4	24				2.5	2.7
Steve Card	123?		34				3.7	2.9
James Chignell	117?		41				4.2	5.4
David Clark	59?		21				3.2	2.4
Jeremy Clayton	65	2.4	12				0.0	3.0
Adrian Cowell	101?		35	3	0	3	3.0	5.3
Andy Ducker	37	1.9	13	5	1	6
Justin Ducker	39	3.5	11				2.2	3.7
Barry Forrester	57	6.5	16				3.6	5.4
Lee Foster	101?		18				3.5	4.3
Simon Fox	97	6.1	44				3.0	3.9
Steve Goldman	109?		44	12	2	14	4.3	4.4
Mark Gordon	125	5.3	109	7	0	7	2.3	3.4
Roy Gordon	327?		30	216	23	239
Darren Hanley	66	3.7	29	2	0	2	4.3	4.3
Richard Kemp	221?		45	15	0	15
Charles Lakeman	17	7.2	1				3.3	3.3
Mike Law	136		33	25	17	42	3.3	3.9
Peter Legge	211		57				4.4	3.1
Keith Miller	103	5.9	18	24	10	34
John Moffatt	112		15
Brian Moore	284?		89				4.8	2.0
Chris Morgan	88?		37	5	1	6	2.4	4.4
Brent Noble	216?		88	1	0	1	4.4	4.1
Andy Parker	89	3.9	25	8	3	11	3.3	2.9
Keith Partlett	59		11				3.5	3.5
Barry Passmore	242?		43				5.0	5.3
Dave Pitts	80?		11				3.8	6.0
Laurence Pitts	178		27	1	2	3	5.0	4.1
Steve Pitts	248?		30	100	77	177	5.0	4.1
Alan Preston	65		6				3.7	4.5
Chris Preston	127?		11				3.3	4.6
Michael Preston	64		8				5.4	3.5
Alan Tickner	440?		152				3.7	2.8
Dave Tickner	393?		131	9	0	9	3.4	2.9
Kevin Unwin	58		7				3.4	3.8
Martin Walker	40	6.3	13				2.8	3.2
Phil Walters	126		39	3	2	5	3.0	2.8
Peter Ward	96		40				3.4	3.1
Alan Wilkes	99	6.9	15				2.4	2.9
Mick Willmott	149	8.7	43	1	0	1	4.7	4.6
David Winter	143		23				3.8	3.3

Minimum qualification: 25 innings or 75 overs over 5 seasons

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Lifetime Record Partnerships At End Season 1997

1st wicket	172	Adrian Cowell & Andy Parker	30 May 1987	vs. Sunnyside
2nd wicket	135*	Brent Noble & Brian Moore	14 Jul 1973	vs. Sutton P.O.
3rd wicket	115	Phil Walters & Brian Moore	9 Jul 1977	vs. Montrose
4th wicket	171	Brent Noble & Albert Briscoe	1 Aug 1970	vs. Dormansland
5th wicket	128	Justin Ducker & Alan Tickner	31 May 1997	vs. Leigh
6th wicket	97*	Brian Moore & Simon Fox	1 Sep 1984	vs. S. Beckenham
7th wicket	97	Alan Tickner & Jimmy Burke	28 Jul 1974	vs. Northcliffe
8th wicket	61	Brian Pitts & Laurence Pitts	24 May 1959	vs. Wakefield
9th wicket	63	Alan Tickner & Mick Willmott	24 Sep 1988	vs. Newchapel
10th wicket	47*	Dave Tickner & Roy Gordon	12 Jul 1969	vs. Walcountians

*	this partnership was unbroken

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Batting Averages For Seasons 1993 to 1997
	Years	Played	Innings	NO.	Runs	HS	Average
Darren Hanley	3	35	35	8	1241	108 no.	45.96
David Aldwinckle	4	38	37	6	1288	107 no.	41.55
Mark Gordon	5	86	78	18	1963	114 no.	32.72
David Jones	3	24	24	2	474	67	21.55
Justin Ducker	4	23	23	2	429	76	20.43
Jeremy Clayton	5	20	19	2	340	75 no.	20.00
Alan Tickner	5	72	62	10	989	61	19.02
Dave Tickner	5	46	43	5	709	77	18.66
Steve Pitts	5	71	65	10	1010	77 no.	18.36
Allan Butt	5	41	36	8	466	58	16.64
Alan Wilkes	5	53	39	10	359	54	12.38
Suresh Jha	3	29	21	8	154	23	11.85
Brent Noble	4	20	17	5	138	33 no.	11.50
John Rourke	4	42	26	5	230	35 no.	10.95
Richard Kemp	5	39	35	0	302	40	8.63
Barry Forrester	5	57	45	4	349	46	8.51
Mick Willmott	5	70	44	15	240	18	8.28
Lee Foster	4	27	19	2	125	24	7.35
Martin Walker	4	22	17	1	111	20	6.94
Jules Lyon	2	21	15	1	76	38 no.	5.43
Keith Miller	5	30	27	3	121	20	5.04

Minimum qualification: 15 innings over 2 seasons

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Bowling Averages For Seasons 1993 to 1997
	Years	Games	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Average	Best
David Aldwinckle	4	35	243.1	63	608	53	11.47	5 for 22
Steve Pitts	4	15	79.1	13	304	25	12.16	4 for 46
Alan Tickner	5	67	604.2	135	1770	119	14.87	6 for 25
Mick Willmott	5	67	568.1	41	2578	155	16.63	6 for 30
Martin Walker	4	22	171.5	24	573	30	19.10	4 for 25
Allan Butt	5	38	246.5	54	910	46	19.78	4 for 39
Alan Wilkes	5	48	471.4	103	1387	66	21.02	5 for 45
Mark Gordon	5	64	401.4	77	1337	56	23.88	4 for 25
Suresh Jha	3	27	184.3	36	598	24	24.92	4 for 22
John Rourke	4	41	285.0	64	830	32	25.94	6 for 12
Justin Ducker	4	10	65.3	11	248	8	31.00	3 for 23

Minimum qualification: 45 overs over 2 seasons

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Miscellaneous Statistics For Seasons 1993 to 1997
				Wicket Keeping			Bowling
		Ave.
		Batt.					Strike	Runs/
	Games	Pos.	Catches	Catch	Stump	Total	Rate	Over
David Aldwinckle	38	2.5	13				3.6	2.5
Allan Butt	41	6.9	8				3.1	3.7
Jeremy Clayton	20	2.0	3
Justin Ducker	23	3.3	9				2.0	3.8
Barry Forrester	57	6.5	16				3.6	5.4
Lee Foster	27	4.8	3				0.0	5.0
Mark Gordon	86	4.8	82	7	0	7	2.3	3.3
Darren Hanley	35	3.8	22	2	0	2	7.1	3.6
Suresh Jha	29	7.8	1				2.2	3.2
David Jones	24	2.7	6
Richard Kemp	39	4.6	10
Jules Lyon	21	7.2	2				4.2	3.8
Keith Miller	30	5.7	1	10	6	16
Brent Noble	20	6.4	8				5.4	4.7
Steve Pitts	71	3.4	8	29	59	88	5.3	3.8
John Rourke	42	8.1	16				1.9	2.9
Alan Tickner	72	5.1	15				3.3	2.9
Dave Tickner	46	3.2	6	5	0	5
Martin Walker	22	5.8	7				2.9	3.3
Alan Wilkes	53	7.3	6				2.3	2.9
Mick Willmott	70	8.9	24				4.5	4.5

Minimum qualification: 15 innings or 45 overs over 2 seasons

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