This page will eventually provide keys to all of the statistical tables that can
be found on the site, along with some explanatory notes regarding the content of
those tables. Currently it is very much a work in progress (it was only started
at the end of August 2008) and the style, layout and content are subject to
change without notice.
All-time Best Partnerships
The best partnerships table can be found in
the Honours Board and doesn’t really look much like a table
because there are no column headings. There are actually six columns – the
wicket number, the size of the stand, the players involved, the date, an empty
column for layout purposes, and the opposition – and the content is all
fairly obvious except perhaps to note that an asterisk following the runs scored
indicates an unbroken partnership.
One element of this data that might cause some confusion is the number of
entries for each wicket, which appear to be somewhat random. The underlying
principle is that there is a number of runs for each wicket that are considered
worthy of inclusion. For the first four wickets this is set at 100, so any stand
higher than 99 will appear in the list. For each subsequent wicket the number
reduces by ten runs, so it is 90 for the fifth wicket, 80 for the sixth, down to
just forty for the tenth. That isn’t quite all though, because there is
one further rule which dictates that there will be at least five entries
displayed for each wicket, so in some cases there will be stands that are lower
than the limit but that will be because they are at least fifth best (or tied
for fifth best) for that wicket.
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Official Batting Averages
The official batting average tables can be found as part of the
season reports as well as in
their own section. Some games are ignored when building the data for these
tables – evening or reduced overs games, inter-club matches, or the
occasional game where external factors have conferred an unusual status on the
game – and to feature in them a player must have batted five times in
matches that counted.
The table is followed by list of those players that didn’t have enough
innings to be included, but prior to 1984 that list will not be complete and
will only show those players who have had their season data added despite their
lack of innings – generally either because they bowled enough to feature
in the bowling averages or because they made it into the thirtieth season
lifetime averages and needed all performances added to ensure the accuracy of
their career data.
Since 1988 the tendency has been to record the details of all games and then to
exclude those matches that were deemed ‘not official’, and such
exclusions will always be indicated in the table footnotes. Prior to 1988 the
performances from such games simply weren’t recorded for posterity.
- Played
- The number of games that the player played in during the period (eg.
season, decade). For periods covering seasons prior to
1984 this column will often contain N/A to
indicate that the value is unknown, or may be omitted altogether
- Innings
- The number of times that the player actually batted in a game during the
period
- NO.
- The number of times that the player finished an innings ‘not
out’
- Runs
- The total number of runs that the player scored during the period
- HS
- The highest individual score that the player made in a single innings
during the period. Will be followed by ‘no.’ if the innings
concerned was unbroken
- Average
- The average number of runs that the player scored in the period. By
convention this is the total number of runs scored divided by the number of
completed innings (ie. the innings column minus the NO. column)
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Official Bowling Averages
The official bowling average tables can be found as part of the
season reports as well as in
their own section. Some games are ignored when building the data for these
tables – evening or reduced overs games, inter-club matches, or the
occasional game where external factors have conferred an unusual status on the
game – and to feature in them a player must have bowled at least fifteen
overs in five matches that counted, or prior to the 2000 season simply to have
bowled fifteen overs in such matches.
The table is followed by list of those players that didn’t have enough
overs or games bowled to be included, but prior to 1984 that list will not be
complete and will only show those players who have had their season data added
despite their lack of overs – generally either because they batted
enough to feature in the batting averages or because they made it into the
thirtieth season lifetime averages and needed all performances added to ensure
the accuracy of their career data.
Since 1988 the tendency has been to record the details of all games and then to
exclude those matches that were deemed ‘not official’, and such
exclusions will always be indicated in the table footnotes. Prior to 1988 the
performances from such games simply weren’t recorded for posterity.
- Games
- The number of games that the player bowled in during the period (eg.
season, decade). For seasons prior to 1984
this column will often contain N/A to indicate that the value is unknown, or
may be omitted altogether
- Overs
- The number of overs that the player bowled during the period. By
convention partial overs are shown in a pseudo-decimal format where x.y
indicates y legal deliveries more than x overs (eg. 12.1 is twelve overs and
one ball, 0.5 is just five balls, with any wides or no balls being ignored in
those partial overs)
- Maidens
- The number of completed overs that the player bowled during the period
from which no runs were scored
- Runs
- The total number of runs that were scored from the player’s bowling
during the period
- Wickets
- The total number of wickets that the player took during the period
- Average
- The average number of runs that the player conceded per wicket taken in
the period. This is the traditional method of measuring the relative worth of
bowlers, and is the one that the club uses to decide the destination of the
annual bowling cup, but those that prefer more modern statistical mechanisms,
such as economy rate or strike rate, can find them in the adjacent columns
- Econ.
- The average number of runs that the player conceded in each over bowled
during the period
- S.R.
- The number of wickets per hundred balls bowled that the player took during
the period, also known as the bowler’s strike rate
- 5wks
- The number of times during the period that the player took five wickets in
an innings
- Best
- The player’s best bowling figures for an individual game during the
period. By convention the number of wickets taken is king, so four wickets
for ninety runs is considered ‘better’ in this context than three
for ten
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Complete Batting Averages
The full batting average tables can be found as part of the
season reports as well as in
their own section. All games are included in this table, not just those that
counted towards the official averages, and all players that batted at least once
during the period concerned will have an entry.
- Played
- The number of games that the player played in during the period (eg.
season, decade). For periods covering seasons prior to
1984 this column will often contain N/A to
indicate that the value is unknown, or may be omitted altogether
- Innings
- The number of times that the player actually batted in a game during the
period
- NO.
- The number of times that the player finished an innings ‘not
out’
- Runs
- The total number of runs that the player scored during the period
- HS
- The highest individual score that the player made in a single innings
during the period. Will be followed by ‘no.’ if the innings
concerned was unbroken
- Average
- The average number of runs that the player scored in the period. By
convention this is the total number of runs scored divided by the number of
completed innings (ie. the innings column minus the NO. column)
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Complete Bowling Averages
The full bowling average tables can be found as part of the
season reports as well as in
their own section. All games are included in this table, not just those that
counted towards the official averages, and all players that bowled at least once
during the period concerned will have an entry.
- Games
- The number of games that the player bowled in during the period (eg.
season, decade). For seasons prior to 1984
this column will often contain N/A to indicate that the value is unknown, or
may be omitted altogether
- Overs
- The number of overs that the player bowled during the period. By
convention partial overs are shown in a pseudo-decimal format where x.y
indicates y legal deliveries more than x overs (eg. 12.1 is twelve overs and
one ball, 0.5 is just five balls, with any wides or no balls being ignored in
those partial overs)
- Maidens
- The number of completed overs that the player bowled during the period
from which no runs were scored
- Runs
- The total number of runs that were scored from the player’s bowling
during the period
- Wickets
- The total number of wickets that the player took during the period
- Average
- The average number of runs that the player conceded per wicket taken in
the period. This is the traditional method of measuring the relative worth of
bowlers, and is the one that the club uses to decide the destination of the
annual bowling cup, but those that prefer more modern statistical mechanisms,
such as economy rate or strike rate, can find them in the adjacent columns
- Econ.
- The average number of runs that the player conceded in each over bowled
during the period
- S.R.
- The number of wickets per hundred balls bowled that the player took during
the period, also known as the bowler’s strike rate
- 5wks
- The number of times during the period that the player took five wickets in
an innings
- Best
- The player’s best bowling figures for an individual game during the
period. By convention the number of wickets taken is king, so four wickets
for ninety runs is considered ‘better’ in this context than three
for ten
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