THE ASHES (ENGLAND IN AUSTRALIA)

Bowling Stats

T1897
The Ashes (England in Australia)
13 Dec 1897 – 26 Feb 1898
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SERIES WINNERAustralia4-1 (5)

Bowling Stats

Most Wickets · Best Average · Best Economy
category leaders

Bowling in The Ashes (England in Australia)

Every board for the series.

Most wickets

Test
Tom Richardson5 mat · avg 35.27
22#2 · wkts
MOST WKTSErnie Jones5 mat · avg 25.14
22#1 · wkts
Jack Hearne5 mat · avg 26.90
20#3 · wkts
  1. 4Monty Noble4 mat · avg 20.2619
  2. 5Hugh Trumble5 mat · avg 28.1619
  3. 6Charlie McLeod5 mat · avg 23.6010
  4. 7Bill Howell3 mat · avg 31.569
  5. 8Johnny Briggs5 mat · avg 53.899
  6. 9Harry Trott5 mat · avg 45.147
  7. 10Tom Hayward5 mat · avg 41.004
  8. 11Tom McKibbin2 mat · avg 53.504
  9. 12Bill Storer4 mat · avg 54.002
  10. 13Jack Mason5 mat · avg 74.502
  11. 14George Hirst4 mat · avg 152.002
  12. 15Andrew Stoddart2 mat · avg 32.001

Best figures

Test
Monty Noble4 mat · avg 20.26
6/49#2
BEST FIGURESTom Richardson5 mat · avg 35.27
8/94#1
Ernie Jones5 mat · avg 25.14
6/82#3
  1. 4Jack Hearne5 mat · avg 26.906/98
  2. 5Charlie McLeod5 mat · avg 23.605/65
  3. 6Hugh Trumble5 mat · avg 28.164/37
  4. 7Bill Howell3 mat · avg 31.564/70
  5. 8Johnny Briggs5 mat · avg 53.893/96
  6. 9Tom Hayward5 mat · avg 41.002/24
  7. 10Harry Trott5 mat · avg 45.142/33
  8. 11Tom McKibbin2 mat · avg 53.502/66
  9. 12Jack Mason5 mat · avg 74.501/8
  10. 13Andrew Stoddart2 mat · avg 32.001/10
  11. 14Bill Storer4 mat · avg 54.001/24
  12. 15George Hirst4 mat · avg 152.001/62

Best economy

min 60 balls bowled
Test
Charlie McLeod5 mat · avg 23.60
2.03#2 · econ
BEST ECONBill Howell3 mat · avg 31.56
1.74#1 · econ
Hugh Trumble5 mat · avg 28.16
2.30#3 · econ
  1. 4Jack Hearne5 mat · avg 26.902.48
  2. 5Monty Noble4 mat · avg 20.262.55
  3. 6Johnny Briggs5 mat · avg 53.892.55
  4. 7Ted Wainwright1 mat · avg 0.002.67
  5. 8Jack Mason5 mat · avg 74.502.76
  6. 9Ernie Jones5 mat · avg 25.142.79
  7. 10Harry Trott5 mat · avg 45.142.87
  8. 11George Hirst4 mat · avg 152.003.00
  9. 12Tom McKibbin2 mat · avg 53.503.01
  10. 13Tom Richardson5 mat · avg 35.273.03
  11. 14Tom Hayward5 mat · avg 41.003.09
  12. 15Andrew Stoddart2 mat · avg 32.003.20

Best average

min 5 wickets
Test
Charlie McLeod5 mat · avg 23.60
23.60#2 · avg
BEST AVGMonty Noble4 mat · avg 20.26
20.26#1 · avg
Ernie Jones5 mat · avg 25.14
25.14#3 · avg
  1. 4Jack Hearne5 mat · avg 26.9026.90
  2. 5Hugh Trumble5 mat · avg 28.1628.16
  3. 6Bill Howell3 mat · avg 31.5631.56
  4. 7Tom Richardson5 mat · avg 35.2735.27
  5. 8Harry Trott5 mat · avg 45.1445.14
  6. 9Johnny Briggs5 mat · avg 53.8953.89

Best strike rate

min 5 wickets
Test
Ernie Jones5 mat · avg 25.14
54.09#2 · SR
BEST SRMonty Noble4 mat · avg 20.26
47.63#1 · SR
Jack Hearne5 mat · avg 26.90
65.10#3 · SR
  1. 4Tom Richardson5 mat · avg 35.2769.77
  2. 5Charlie McLeod5 mat · avg 23.6069.80
  3. 6Hugh Trumble5 mat · avg 28.1673.42
  4. 7Harry Trott5 mat · avg 45.1494.43
  5. 8Bill Howell3 mat · avg 31.56108.78
  6. 9Johnny Briggs5 mat · avg 53.89126.67

Most maidens

Test
Bill Howell3 mat · avg 31.56
66#2 · mdns
MOST MDNSJack Hearne5 mat · avg 26.90
66#1 · mdns
Hugh Trumble5 mat · avg 28.16
57#3 · mdns
  1. 4Johnny Briggs5 mat · avg 53.8957
  2. 5Tom Richardson5 mat · avg 35.2750
  3. 6Charlie McLeod5 mat · avg 23.6048
  4. 7Monty Noble4 mat · avg 20.2633
  5. 8Ernie Jones5 mat · avg 25.1432
  6. 9George Hirst4 mat · avg 152.0018
  7. 10Harry Trott5 mat · avg 45.1415
  8. 11Tom Hayward5 mat · avg 41.0015
  9. 12Tom McKibbin2 mat · avg 53.5013
  10. 13Jack Mason5 mat · avg 74.5013
  11. 14Bill Storer4 mat · avg 54.005
  12. 15Ted Wainwright1 mat · avg 0.003

Three-wicket hauls

Test
Tom Richardson5 mat · avg 35.27
3#2 · 3w
MOST 3wErnie Jones5 mat · avg 25.14
4#1 · 3w
Jack Hearne5 mat · avg 26.90
3#3 · 3w
  1. 4Monty Noble4 mat · avg 20.263
  2. 5Hugh Trumble5 mat · avg 28.163
  3. 6Charlie McLeod5 mat · avg 23.602
  4. 7Bill Howell3 mat · avg 31.561
  5. 8Johnny Briggs5 mat · avg 53.891
bowling battle

Australia vs England

The series totalled up, side against side.

AustraliavsEngland
90Wickets62
2.42Economy2.81
0Dot balls0
264Maidens230
133-wkt hauls7

Best bowling figures

1Tom RichardsonENG · match 5 · Sydney8/94
2Monty NobleAUS · match 2 · Melbourne6/49
3Ernie JonesAUS · match 5 · Sydney6/82
4Jack HearneENG · match 4 · Melbourne6/98
5Jack HearneENG · match 1 · Sydney5/42
6Charlie McLeodAUS · match 3 · Adelaide5/65
7Monty NobleAUS · match 3 · Adelaide5/84
8Hugh TrumbleAUS · match 5 · Sydney4/37
9Hugh TrumbleAUS · match 2 · Melbourne4/53
10Hugh TrumbleAUS · match 2 · Melbourne4/54