That was an interesting first season of the Sheffield Shield. The standings ended up as in real life
Victora 4-0
New South Wales 1-3
South Australia 1-3
Although it is a small sample size, I am pleased that Cricket World was able to come up with this.
I have created an Excel file to keep track of all the stats, so here are a few highlights.
Top three total runs:
H Graham (VIC) had 542 runs this year
SE Gregory (NSW) had 366
JJ Lyons (SA) ended with 352 runs
Top three high scores:
H Graham (VIC) 141 vs New South Wales 26-30 January 1893
A Hill (SA) 137 vs Victoria 16-21 March 1893
EJ Hiscock (SA) 132 vs New South Wales 7-11 January 1893
Top three wicket takers
RW McLeod (VIC) 27
M Pierce (NSW) 26
E Jones (SA) 17
Top three bowling innings
RW McLeod (VIC) 6-49 vs New South Wals 26-30 January 1893
M Pierce (NSW) 6-72 vs South Australia 16th-21st December 1892
FJ Laver (VIC) 5-39 vs South Australia 31 Dec, 2 -4 January 1892-93
M Pierce took 10 wickets in the match at home against South Australia 7-11 Jan 1893.
RW McLeod took 10 wickets in the match away to New South Wales 26-30 Jan 1893.
Hi there. This is Paul from the previously mentioned OOTP forum. I don't know if you have the time or energy to do this, but what might be interesting is to compare the runs per wicket in your replay to the real-life figures.
ReplyDeleteThanks Paul. This does sound interesting! I shall certainly have a look at that soon.
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