The 1000 Runs-In-A-First-Class-Season Club

[SillyCowCorner1]

How many players have achieved this feat in the history of the game?

Who was the most recent player to enter this club?

 

[mr_mister]

Is this even that impressive

Weren't county seasons like 15 games long back in the day

 

[morgieb]

Is this even that impressive

Weren't county seasons like 15 games long back in the day

Even today you still have like 10-15 guys hitting the 1000+ run mark in the County Championship. And several more worldwide.

 

[Lillian Thomson]

The thing to achieve "back in the day" was 1000 runs in May.

 

[Howe_zat]

Is this even that impressive

Weren't county seasons like 15 games long back in the day

32 at one point. Before one-day cricket every county used to play every other county home and away, and that's not including all the tour matches, friendlies, gentlemen v players, etc. Denis Compton has the record for most runs in one season - 3,816 runs in 50 innings.

After the division split they went back to playing home and away, so there's still 16 matches. Last season (2016) there were 16 players making four figures in division one and 13 in division two.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Damn! Back in the days, those guys used to play a lot of cricket.

It's a rare feat for our players here in the Caribbean.

 

[91Jmay]

You can get 1000 averaging low 40s, sometimes 30s. Not really a feat, haven't Sanga and Ballance already done it?

 

[fredfertang]

David Green, in 1965 or thereabouts, managed more than 2,000 in the summer with a high score of just 85

 

[AndrewB]

32 at one point. Before one-day cricket every county used to play every other county home and away, and that's not including all the tour matches, friendlies, gentlemen v players, etc. Denis Compton has the record for most runs in one season - 3,816 runs in 50 innings.

After the division split they went back to playing home and away, so there's still 16 matches. Last season (2016) there were 16 players making four figures in division one and 13 in division two.

Some counties played 32 county matches in some seasons, but I don't think there were any seasons where all the counties did. 1960-62 had about the most games, with counties playing either 28 or 32 games (and positions decided by average points per game).

 

[fredfertang]

Some counties played 32 county matches in some seasons, but I don't think there were any seasons where all the counties did. 1960-62 had about the most games, with counties playing either 28 or 32 games (and positions decided by average points per game).

Not that I ever doubted you Andrew, but I did look that up out of curiosity, and of course you're right - remarkable really - in 1961 Yorkshire played 39 First Class matches altogether, and Jimmy Binks played in every single one of them

 

[AndrewB]

The most matches in one season by a player is apparently 41 by Bobby Abel.

 

[AndrewB]

Going back to the original question, about 1400 players have scored 1000+ runs in an English first-class season at least once, including a dozen or so players who did so for the first time in 2016.

 

[Athlai]

1000 runs in a Test season isn't even that unusual a feat.

Batting records | Test matches | Cricinfo Statsguru | ESPN Cricinfo

 

[honestbharani]

TBF, sillycowcorner did mention it seemed a rarer feat in Windies FC.

 

[Athlai]

M.D. Crowe 1986/87
P.G. Fulton 2012/13
G.M. Turner 1975/76
G.A. Hick 1988/89
M.D. Bell 2001/02
H.D. Rutherford 2012/13
J.J. Crowe 1991/92
D.G. Brownlie 2012/13
R.H. Vance 1988/89
M.H. Richardson 2000/01
J.G. Wright 1986/87
M.H.W. Papps 2006/07
M.S. Sinclair 1999/00

NZ First Class seasons

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

TBF, sillycowcorner did mention it seemed a rarer feat in Windies FC.

Yes, I didn't know this was as easy as passing gas for the guys who live, breathe, and eat county cricket.

To reiterate, this is considered a rare feat in the Caribbean FC circuit.