First-class Bowling in England for 1878 (Ordered by Average)
| Name | Balls | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | BB | Ave | 5wI | 10wM |
| W Price (MCC) | 52 | 10 | 4 | 0 | ||||
| T Foster (Dy) | 20 | 3 | 5 | 0 | ||||
| A Smith (Dy) | 16 | 2 | 7 | 0 | ||||
| E Miller (Sx) | 20 | 2 | 7 | 0 | ||||
| F Penn (Kent,MCC,Sth) | 32 | 4 | 7 | 0 | ||||
| CWM Kemp (Kent,OU,MCC) | 16 | 1 | 8 | 0 | ||||
| SS Schultz (La) | 12 | 1 | 8 | 0 | ||||
| H Phillips (Sx,Play) | 8 | 1 | 9 | 0 | ||||
| A Sowden (Yor) | 16 | 1 | 10 | 0 | ||||
| AW Anstruther (Sx,MCC) | 40 | 4 | 12 | 0 | ||||
| RP Smith (Dy,Nth) | 20 | 1 | 12 | 0 | ||||
| HWR Bencraft (Ham) | 16 | 1 | 12 | 0 | ||||
| W Rigley (Dy,Play) | 16 | 0 | 13 | 0 | ||||
| R Raynbird (Ham) | 12 | 0 | 15 | 0 | ||||
| RJ Haywood (Kent) | 20 | 0 | 15 | 0 | ||||
| R Daft (Nt,AEE,Eng,Nth,Play) | 24 | 0 | 15 | 0 | ||||
| J Selby (Eng,Nt,Nth,Play) | 32 | 4 | 15 | 0 | ||||
| RT Ellis (Sx) | 32 | 2 | 15 | 0 | ||||
| WA Woof (Gs) | 40 | 2 | 16 | 0 | ||||
| DQ Steel (CU,La,Nth) | 40 | 3 | 16 | 0 | ||||
| GH Longman (Ham,MCC,Sth) | 36 | 4 | 16 | 0 | ||||
| GF Vernon (Mx,GEng,MCC) | 12 | 0 | 17 | 0 | ||||
| W Hearn (MCC,Sth) | 24 | 1 | 17 | 0 | ||||
| WA Bettesworth (Sx) | 28 | 1 | 17 | 0 | ||||
| IH Bottomley (Yor) | 32 | 2 | 19 | 0 | ||||
| J Tye (Nt) | 28 | 1 | 20 | 0 | ||||
| RD Walker (MCC) | 20 | 1 | 22 | 0 | ||||
| AJ Boardman (Sy) | 16 | 0 | 23 | 0 | ||||
| J Beaumont (Yor) | 44 | 3 | 27 | 0 | ||||
| C Haynes (Gs) | 64 | 6 | 30 | 0 | ||||
| WG Middleton (IZ,MCC) | 108 | 7 | 33 | 0 | ||||
| C Booth (Ham,MCC) | 68 | 7 | 34 | 0 | ||||
| CA Brown (Sx) | 72 | 6 | 34 | 0 | ||||
| H Bembridge (Nt) | 64 | 6 | 34 | 0 | ||||
| E Mills (Nt) | 80 | 11 | 35 | 0 | ||||
| FM Buckland (Mx) | 136 | 14 | 43 | 0 | ||||
| WW Read (Eng,Sy) | 84 | 6 | 47 | 0 | ||||
| GS Marriott (OU) | 184 | 13 | 87 | 0 | ||||
| CK Francis (IZ,MCC) | 176 | 14 | 89 | 0 | ||||
| J Rose (Sy) | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1-2 | 2.00 | 0 | 0 |
| CW Leat (Ham) | 37 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 2-10 | 5.00 | 0 | 0 |
| AN Hornby (La,GEng,Gent,MCC,Nth) | 20 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1-2 | 5.00 | 0 | 0 |
| J Richardson (Dy) | 46 | 3 | 17 | 3 | 2-15 | 5.66 | 0 | 0 |
| HRJ Charlwood (Sx,Play,Sth) | 40 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 2-12 | 6.00 | 0 | 0 |
| CH Allcock (CU) | 121 | 11 | 26 | 4 | 2-7 | 6.50 | 0 | 0 |
| E Storer (La) | 127 | 11 | 53 | 8 | 5-12 | 6.62 | 1 | 0 |
| W Payne (Sx) | 31 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 1-7 | 7.00 | 0 | 0 |
| JB Maul (CU) | 24 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 1-8 | 8.00 | 0 | 0 |
| A Ackroyd (Eng) | 104 | 17 | 25 | 3 | 3-25 | 8.33 | 0 | 0 |
| A Rylott (MCC) | 1944 | 276 | 451 | 53 | 8-15 | 8.50 | 6 | 3 |
| H Wood (CU) | 356 | 36 | 117 | 13 | 5-23 | 9.00 | 1 | 0 |
| EM Grace (Gs,GEng,Sth) | 382 | 48 | 108 | 12 | 4-19 | 9.00 | 0 | 0 |
| SW Gore (IZ) | 17 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 1-9 | 9.00 | 0 | 0 |
| PH Morton (CU) | 942 | 107 | 327 | 36 | 7-45 | 9.08 | 4 | 1 |
| FER Fryer (GEng) | 172 | 14 | 64 | 7 | 5-53 | 9.14 | 1 | 0 |
| J Skinner (Sx) | 80 | 9 | 28 | 3 | 3-28 | 9.33 | 0 | 0 |
| AG Steel (CU,La,GEng,Gent,Nth) | 4493 | 453 | 1547 | 164 | 9-63 | 9.43 | 19 | 9 |
| HF Boyle (Aus) | 1443 | 144 | 483 | 51 | 7-48 | 9.47 | 4 | 0 |
| TW Garrett (Aus) | 1042 | 131 | 318 | 32 | 7-38 | 9.93 | 2 | 1 |
| E Lyttelton (CU,Mx,GEng,Gent,MCC,Sth) | 52 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 1-4 | 10.00 | 0 | 0 |
| W Mycroft (Dy,Eng,MCC,Play) | 4185 | 571 | 1196 | 116 | 8-36 | 10.31 | 11 | 5 |
| F Townsend (Gs) | 222 | 15 | 83 | 8 | 4-26 | 10.37 | 0 | 0 |
| A Shaw (Eng,Nt,AEE,MCC,Nth,Play) | 10520 | 1586 | 2203 | 201 | 7-41 | 10.96 | 24 | 8 |
| J Flint (Dy) | 208 | 18 | 88 | 8 | 6-37 | 11.00 | 1 | 0 |
| M Flanagan (Mx) | 28 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 1-11 | 11.00 | 0 | 0 |
| FR Spofforth (Aus) | 2633 | 245 | 1068 | 97 | 9-53 | 11.01 | 10 | 5 |
| RG Barlow (La,AEE,Eng,Nth,Play) | 1338 | 145 | 489 | 42 | 8-22 | 11.64 | 4 | 1 |
| W Bates (Eng,Yor,Nth) | 3469 | 358 | 1157 | 99 | 8-45 | 11.68 | 8 | 1 |
| T Emmett (Eng,Yor,Nth,Play) | 3807 | 447 | 1260 | 107 | 8-51 | 11.77 | 6 | 3 |
| A Watson (La,Eng,Play) | 2174 | 272 | 586 | 49 | 7-33 | 11.95 | 4 | 1 |
| CI Thornton (Mx,Eng,GEng,MCC,Sth) | 48 | 3 | 24 | 2 | 2-13 | 12.00 | 0 | 0 |
| F Morley (Eng,Nt,MCC,Nth,Play) | 7987 | 1054 | 2386 | 197 | 8-26 | 12.11 | 19 | 7 |
| WH Patterson (OU) | 91 | 5 | 49 | 4 | 4-49 | 12.25 | 0 | 0 |
| HW Tate (Ham) | 777 | 84 | 253 | 20 | 6-51 | 12.65 | 1 | 1 |
| CA Absolom (Kent) | 174 | 13 | 77 | 6 | 2-10 | 12.83 | 0 | 0 |
| A Hill (Yor) | 2125 | 271 | 681 | 53 | 6-51 | 12.84 | 2 | 1 |
| W Foord-Kelcey (Kent,MCC) | 1156 | 113 | 451 | 35 | 6-52 | 12.88 | 3 | 1 |
| CE Cottrell (MCC) | 72 | 9 | 26 | 2 | 2-26 | 13.00 | 0 | 0 |
| GG Hearne (Kent,MCC,Play,Sth) | 4624 | 549 | 1563 | 120 | 7-45 | 13.02 | 13 | 3 |
| GF Grace (Eng,Gs,GEng,Gent,Sth) | 772 | 92 | 196 | 15 | 4-7 | 13.06 | 0 | 0 |
| ES Carter (Yor) | 92 | 3 | 66 | 5 | 2-8 | 13.20 | 0 | 0 |
| FFJ Greenfield (Sx) | 1010 | 93 | 292 | 22 | 7-26 | 13.27 | 1 | 1 |
| A Penn (Kent) | 2711 | 304 | 936 | 68 | 6-3 | 13.76 | 8 | 1 |
| AH Stratford (Mx,MCC) | 1022 | 77 | 476 | 34 | 6-41 | 14.00 | 3 | 2 |
| WJ Haywood (Yor) | 60 | 9 | 14 | 1 | 1-14 | 14.00 | 0 | 0 |
| ED Barratt (Sy,Eng,Play,Sth) | 5205 | 534 | 1896 | 135 | 10-43 | 14.04 | 15 | 5 |
| TP Horan (Aus) | 143 | 7 | 100 | 7 | 5-30 | 14.28 | 1 | 0 |
| WG Grace (Eng,Gs,GEng,Gent,MCC,Sth) | 6610 | 733 | 2208 | 153 | 8-23 | 14.43 | 13 | 6 |
| W Pearce (Kent) | 220 | 21 | 88 | 6 | 3-16 | 14.66 | 0 | 0 |
| FS Ireland (Kent) | 120 | 13 | 44 | 3 | 3-37 | 14.66 | 0 | 0 |
| E Lockwood (Yor,Eng,Nth,Play) | 911 | 113 | 251 | 17 | 5-23 | 14.76 | 1 | 0 |
| WR Gilbert (Gs,Eng,GEng,Sth) | 2446 | 266 | 828 | 56 | 5-35 | 14.78 | 2 | 0 |
| RL Knight (OU) | 881 | 77 | 340 | 23 | 7-39 | 14.78 | 2 | 1 |
| RF Miles (Gs) | 1426 | 197 | 396 | 26 | 7-38 | 15.23 | 3 | 0 |
| J Lillywhite (Sx,Play,Sth) | 2345 | 321 | 581 | 38 | 7-45 | 15.28 | 4 | 1 |
| JTBD Platts (Dy) | 724 | 60 | 295 | 19 | 3-8 | 15.52 | 0 | 0 |
| CM Cunliffe (Kent) | 673 | 55 | 283 | 18 | 6-56 | 15.72 | 2 | 0 |
| HE Pearson (Yor) | 172 | 17 | 79 | 5 | 3-37 | 15.80 | 0 | 0 |
| W Flowers (Eng,Nt,AEE,MCC,Nth,Play) | 1000 | 112 | 317 | 20 | 5-53 | 15.85 | 1 | 0 |
| G Hay (Dy) | 1861 | 201 | 730 | 46 | 6-35 | 15.86 | 1 | 0 |
| AJ Webbe (Eng,Mx,OU,GEng,IZ,MCC) | 124 | 10 | 48 | 3 | 2-16 | 16.00 | 0 | 0 |
| W McIntyre (La,AEE,Play) | 2066 | 248 | 743 | 46 | 6-24 | 16.15 | 2 | 0 |
| J Robertson (Mx,Eng,GEng) | 1259 | 126 | 494 | 30 | 6-22 | 16.46 | 2 | 1 |
| AP Lucas (CU,Sy,GEng,Gent,Sth) | 1256 | 153 | 363 | 22 | 5-34 | 16.50 | 1 | 0 |
| AH Evans (OU,GEng,Gent) | 1230 | 137 | 447 | 27 | 7-86 | 16.55 | 3 | 1 |
| WE Midwinter (Eng,Gs,Aus,Play,Sth) | 2094 | 243 | 630 | 38 | 5-52 | 16.57 | 1 | 0 |
| GH Bailey (Aus) | 40 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 1-9 | 17.00 | 0 | 0 |
| R Henderson (Mx,GEng,IZ) | 1342 | 139 | 478 | 32 | 6-21 | 17.07 | 4 | 0 |
| CF Tufnell (Kent) | 716 | 89 | 208 | 12 | 3-31 | 17.33 | 0 | 0 |
| W Barnes (Nt,AEE) | 1099 | 115 | 452 | 26 | 5-68 | 17.38 | 1 | 0 |
| RG Hargreaves (Ham,GEng,IZ,MCC) | 132 | 9 | 87 | 5 | 4-55 | 17.40 | 0 | 0 |
| G Ulyett (Eng,Yor,Nth,Play) | 2384 | 276 | 925 | 53 | 7-30 | 17.45 | 1 | 0 |
| G Pinder (Yor,Eng,Nth) | 144 | 10 | 70 | 4 | 3-17 | 17.50 | 0 | 0 |
| J Southerton (Sy,Sth) | 3162 | 413 | 873 | 49 | 5-22 | 17.81 | 3 | 0 |
| GG Jones (Sy) | 163 | 17 | 72 | 4 | 1-13 | 18.00 | 0 | 0 |
| JB Hide (Sx) | 782 | 85 | 309 | 17 | 7-48 | 18.17 | 1 | 0 |
| J Street (Sy) | 959 | 92 | 382 | 21 | 4-32 | 18.19 | 0 | 0 |
| E Bray (Sy,MCC) | 280 | 31 | 93 | 5 | 2-7 | 18.60 | 0 | 0 |
| WA Tester (Sx) | 186 | 15 | 75 | 4 | 3-13 | 18.75 | 0 | 0 |
| FJ Whatmough (Yor) | 208 | 24 | 97 | 5 | 3-58 | 19.40 | 0 | 0 |
| L Bury (CU) | 52 | 4 | 20 | 1 | 1-20 | 20.00 | 0 | 0 |
| G Strachan (Sy,GEng,Gent,MCC) | 386 | 50 | 121 | 6 | 2-20 | 20.16 | 0 | 0 |
| A Appleby (La,GEng,Gent) | 1300 | 158 | 465 | 23 | 4-74 | 20.21 | 0 | 0 |
| AG Pearson (OU) | 204 | 14 | 82 | 4 | 3-49 | 20.50 | 0 | 0 |
| FE Allan (Aus) | 1395 | 159 | 513 | 25 | 6-76 | 20.52 | 1 | 0 |
| D Buchanan (GEng) | 676 | 86 | 185 | 16 | 7-? | 20.55 | 2 | 1 |
| RO Clayton (MCC) | 281 | 20 | 107 | 5 | 2-13 | 21.40 | 0 | 0 |
| F Johnson (Sy) | 1336 | 113 | 634 | 29 | 6-42 | 21.86 | 3 | 1 |
| H Whitfeld (CU,Sx) | 37 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 1-12 | 22.00 | 0 | 0 |
| VPFA Royle (La,MCC) | 52 | 2 | 22 | 1 | 1-22 | 22.00 | 0 | 0 |
| A Smith (Sx) | 551 | 68 | 183 | 8 | 4-58 | 22.87 | 0 | 0 |
| ID Walker (Mx,Eng,GEng,MCC,Sth) | 225 | 14 | 92 | 4 | 2-11 | 23.00 | 0 | 0 |
| WL Murdoch (Aus) | 88 | 6 | 46 | 2 | 2-46 | 23.00 | 0 | 0 |
| TS Pearson (Mx,GEng) | 708 | 60 | 360 | 15 | 5-36 | 24.00 | 1 | 0 |
| CR Young (Ham) | 991 | 78 | 438 | 18 | 5-60 | 24.33 | 1 | 0 |
| WH Hadow (Mx,GEng,IZ,MCC,Sth) | 1178 | 104 | 438 | 18 | 4-61 | 24.33 | 0 | 0 |
| R Fillery (Sx) | 1343 | 132 | 490 | 20 | 5-47 | 24.50 | 1 | 0 |
| WC Wheeler (Ham) | 260 | 21 | 148 | 6 | 6-133 | 24.66 | 1 | 0 |
| W Hickton (Dy) | 741 | 73 | 279 | 11 | 2-12 | 25.36 | 0 | 0 |
| AFJ Ford (CU) | 592 | 69 | 178 | 7 | 2-21 | 25.42 | 0 | 0 |
| E Blamires (Sy,Play) | 168 | 19 | 52 | 2 | 2-45 | 26.00 | 0 | 0 |
| AH Heath (Mx,OU,MCC) | 73 | 6 | 54 | 2 | 2-4 | 27.00 | 0 | 0 |
| VK Shaw (Kent) | 40 | 3 | 27 | 1 | 1-3 | 27.00 | 0 | 0 |
| F Steele (Mx) | 971 | 112 | 361 | 13 | 4-52 | 27.76 | 0 | 0 |
| J Crossland (La) | 52 | 6 | 29 | 1 | 1-13 | 29.00 | 0 | 0 |
| G Freeman (Yor) | 206 | 18 | 90 | 3 | 3-35 | 30.00 | 0 | 0 |
| WB Weighell (Sx) | 76 | 7 | 31 | 1 | 1-15 | 31.00 | 0 | 0 |
| W Oscroft (Nt,AEE,Nth) | 242 | 19 | 126 | 4 | 2-28 | 31.50 | 0 | 0 |
| Lord Harris (Kent,Gent,Sth) | 124 | 4 | 64 | 2 | 2-27 | 32.00 | 0 | 0 |
| L Hall (Yor) | 151 | 15 | 67 | 2 | 2-21 | 33.50 | 0 | 0 |
| SW Scott (Mx) | 284 | 35 | 102 | 3 | 1-15 | 34.00 | 0 | 0 |
| T Armitage (Yor) | 888 | 97 | 313 | 9 | 3-26 | 34.77 | 0 | 0 |
| GF Elliott (Sy) | 44 | 3 | 35 | 1 | 1-25 | 35.00 | 0 | 0 |
| AW Ridley (Ham,Eng,GEng,Gent,IZ,MCC,Sth) | 492 | 43 | 179 | 5 | 2-46 | 35.80 | 0 | 0 |
| GH Remnant (Kent) | 104 | 8 | 37 | 1 | 1-11 | 37.00 | 0 | 0 |
| H Holmes (Ham) | 252 | 26 | 76 | 2 | 1-28 | 38.00 | 0 | 0 |
| G Goldsmith (Sx) | 72 | 2 | 38 | 1 | 1-38 | 38.00 | 0 | 0 |
| EF Wright (Gs) | 88 | 5 | 38 | 1 | 1-26 | 38.00 | 0 | 0 |
| FW Bennet (MCC) | 96 | 10 | 40 | 1 | 1-22 | 40.00 | 0 | 0 |
| WN Powys (Ham,MCC) | 196 | 17 | 100 | 2 | 1-16 | 50.00 | 0 | 0 |
| WG Judd (Ham) | 164 | 19 | 50 | 1 | 1-22 | 50.00 | 0 | 0 |
| G McCanlis (Kent) | 164 | 19 | 56 | 1 | 1-9 | 56.00 | 0 | 0 |
| HT Luddington (GEng) | 152 | 14 | 63 | 1 | 1-63 | 63.00 | 0 | 0 |
| HP Smith (Sx) | 120 | 8 | 82 | 1 | 1-82 | 82.00 | 0 | 0 |
| WF Forbes (GEng,IZ) | 284 | 33 | 92 | 1 | 1-17 | 92.00 | 0 | 0 |
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