First-class Bowling in England for 1885 (Ordered by Average)
| Name | Balls | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | BB | Ave | 5wI | 10wM |
| F Martin (Kent) | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| CI Thornton (Mx,GEng,MCC) | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| JH Pentecost (Kent) | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| RT Ellis (Sx) | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| MP Lucas (Sx) | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||||
| GH Longman (Ham) | 16 | 3 | 4 | 0 | ||||
| CH Hulls (Sm) | 8 | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||||
| AB Ridley (Ham) | 20 | 3 | 5 | 0 | ||||
| T Mycroft (Dy) | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||||
| EC Hornby (La) | 20 | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||||
| JEK Studd (MCC) | 12 | 1 | 6 | 0 | ||||
| JT Rawlin (Yor) | 32 | 5 | 7 | 0 | ||||
| AE Stoddart (Mx) | 12 | 1 | 7 | 0 | ||||
| TG Selby (Dy) | 16 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||||
| J Mills | 12 | 1 | 7 | 0 | ||||
| EB Brutton | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||||
| HW Tate (Ham) | 16 | 2 | 9 | 0 | ||||
| JA Dixon (Nt) | 24 | 3 | 9 | 0 | ||||
| FM Lucas (Sx,GEng,Gent) | 4 | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||||
| HGH Hall (Sm) | 20 | 1 | 10 | 0 | ||||
| W Williams (Mx) | 12 | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||||
| A Huggett (Sx) | 24 | 2 | 10 | 0 | ||||
| RG Hargreaves (Ham) | 12 | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||||
| AN Hornby (La,MCC,Nth) | 8 | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||||
| H Leadbeater (Yor,GEng) | 8 | 1 | 11 | 0 | ||||
| EL Griffiths (Gs) | 16 | 1 | 11 | 0 | ||||
| WE Leach (La) | 20 | 1 | 11 | 0 | ||||
| WH Patterson (Kent,Gent) | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||||
| EFT Sheldrake (Ham) | 16 | 1 | 13 | 0 | ||||
| GH Biddolph (La) | 12 | 0 | 13 | 0 | ||||
| E Peake (Gs) | 24 | 1 | 13 | 0 | ||||
| WS Eadie (Dy) | 8 | 0 | 13 | 0 | ||||
| S Wade | 16 | 1 | 13 | 0 | ||||
| FH Sugg (Dy) | 24 | 1 | 14 | 0 | ||||
| E Mills (Sy) | 36 | 4 | 16 | 0 | ||||
| SC Newton (Mx,MCC) | 12 | 0 | 16 | 0 | ||||
| J Wright (Nth) | 12 | 0 | 16 | 0 | ||||
| HB Daft (Nt) | 88 | 10 | 17 | 0 | ||||
| GE Jowett (La) | 40 | 4 | 20 | 0 | ||||
| JH Comber (Sx) | 44 | 4 | 20 | 0 | ||||
| EJ Diver (Sy,Sth) | 24 | 2 | 21 | 0 | ||||
| AH Studd | 36 | 1 | 23 | 0 | ||||
| EE Steel (La) | 28 | 2 | 25 | 0 | ||||
| SW Scott (Mx) | 36 | 2 | 26 | 0 | ||||
| AS Winterbotham (Gs) | 72 | 8 | 28 | 0 | ||||
| MP Bowden (Sy) | 60 | 4 | 28 | 0 | ||||
| CJ Hoar (Sx) | 48 | 2 | 28 | 0 | ||||
| JA Bush (Gs) | 48 | 3 | 29 | 0 | ||||
| TC O'Brien (Eng,Mx,OU,GEng,Gent,MCC,Sth) | 40 | 4 | 30 | 0 | ||||
| LC Docker (Dy) | 40 | 2 | 32 | 0 | ||||
| KJ Key (OU,Sy,Gent) | 56 | 4 | 33 | 0 | ||||
| L Hall (Yor,Eng,Nth,Play,Sheff) | 72 | 5 | 47 | 0 | ||||
| E Barrett (Ham) | 48 | 1 | 48 | 0 | ||||
| JM Read (Sy,Play,Sth) | 64 | 6 | 50 | 0 | ||||
| G Bean (Nt) | 136 | 8 | 65 | 0 | ||||
| EW Page (Sm) | 108 | 9 | 67 | 0 | ||||
| G Yates (La) | 84 | 2 | 68 | 0 | ||||
| G Brann (Sx) | 108 | 5 | 78 | 0 | ||||
| HT Hewett (Sm) | 164 | 15 | 83 | 0 | ||||
| S Brown (Nth) | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1-0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 |
| A Rylott (MCC,Nth) | 450 | 57 | 123 | 17 | 7-55 | 7.23 | 2 | 1 |
| AJ Thornton (Kent) | 144 | 19 | 55 | 6 | 4-20 | 9.16 | 0 | 0 |
| RT Thornton (Kent,Sth) | 28 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 1-11 | 11.00 | 0 | 0 |
| HW Forster (Ham) | 118 | 14 | 46 | 4 | 3-22 | 11.50 | 0 | 0 |
| GR Burge (Mx) | 114 | 6 | 58 | 5 | 5-46 | 11.60 | 1 | 0 |
| W Gunn (Nt,Eng,MCC,Nth,Play) | 614 | 57 | 235 | 20 | 6-48 | 11.75 | 2 | 1 |
| AG Steel (La,Gent,IZ,MCC) | 723 | 79 | 273 | 21 | 7-49 | 13.00 | 2 | 0 |
| JW Juniper (Sx) | 839 | 107 | 289 | 22 | 7-24 | 13.13 | 2 | 0 |
| AE Leatham (CU) | 308 | 28 | 123 | 9 | 4-10 | 13.66 | 0 | 0 |
| J Briggs (Eng,La,Nth,Play) | 2596 | 325 | 921 | 67 | 9-29 | 13.74 | 8 | 2 |
| GH Portal (IZ) | 123 | 16 | 55 | 4 | 4-55 | 13.75 | 0 | 0 |
| W Attewell (Nt,MCC,Play) | 5204 | 776 | 1218 | 87 | 6-27 | 14.00 | 6 | 1 |
| AB Heath (Ham) | 45 | 2 | 28 | 2 | 2-28 | 14.00 | 0 | 0 |
| GA Lohmann (Sy) | 5069 | 590 | 2037 | 142 | 8-18 | 14.34 | 9 | 3 |
| A Hearne (Kent) | 2574 | 285 | 928 | 64 | 8-35 | 14.50 | 4 | 1 |
| WE Roller (Sy,Gent,Sth) | 1666 | 216 | 537 | 37 | 5-34 | 14.51 | 1 | 0 |
| AJ Webbe (Mx,GEng,IZ,MCC) | 449 | 60 | 146 | 10 | 3-13 | 14.60 | 0 | 0 |
| W Cropper (Dy) | 1349 | 155 | 514 | 35 | 7-25 | 14.68 | 2 | 0 |
| G Nash (La) | 340 | 45 | 103 | 7 | 5-58 | 14.71 | 1 | 0 |
| W Flowers (Nt,MCC,Nth,Play) | 5255 | 718 | 1395 | 94 | 8-22 | 14.84 | 5 | 1 |
| A Shaw (Nt) | 1923 | 267 | 450 | 30 | 4-30 | 15.00 | 0 | 0 |
| A Pink (Ham) | 36 | 4 | 15 | 1 | 1-15 | 15.00 | 0 | 0 |
| J Wootton (Kent,MCC) | 3453 | 372 | 1358 | 90 | 8-39 | 15.08 | 9 | 4 |
| A Watson (La) | 4948 | 712 | 1344 | 88 | 7-38 | 15.27 | 7 | 0 |
| H Rotherham (GEng) | 500 | 47 | 200 | 13 | 6-44 | 15.38 | 1 | 0 |
| AW Ridley (Mx) | 76 | 6 | 31 | 2 | 1-14 | 15.50 | 0 | 0 |
| W Barnes (Nt,MCC,Nth,Play) | 4100 | 497 | 1508 | 97 | 7-40 | 15.54 | 5 | 2 |
| AHJ Cochrane (OU) | 1283 | 147 | 473 | 30 | 7-66 | 15.76 | 1 | 0 |
| G Ulyett (Eng,Yor,MCC,Nth,Play) | 1200 | 143 | 426 | 27 | 5-20 | 15.77 | 1 | 0 |
| AH Evans (Ham,Gent,IZ,MCC) | 728 | 92 | 272 | 17 | 5-20 | 16.00 | 1 | 0 |
| TS Pearson (Mx,GEng) | 28 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 1-16 | 16.00 | 0 | 0 |
| G Burton (Mx,MCC) | 3508 | 443 | 1000 | 62 | 7-96 | 16.12 | 5 | 0 |
| FJ Shacklock (Dy) | 1189 | 111 | 569 | 35 | 8-45 | 16.25 | 4 | 1 |
| W Wright (Nt,Nth) | 3167 | 405 | 980 | 60 | 8-53 | 16.33 | 3 | 3 |
| W Chatterton (Dy) | 1104 | 125 | 411 | 25 | 5-13 | 16.44 | 1 | 0 |
| G Banner (Nt) | 64 | 4 | 33 | 2 | 2-33 | 16.50 | 0 | 0 |
| J Beaumont (Sy,Sth) | 6140 | 744 | 2141 | 129 | 6-11 | 16.59 | 12 | 3 |
| CW Rock (CU,GEng) | 2292 | 260 | 720 | 43 | 8-36 | 16.74 | 3 | 2 |
| E Peate (Yor,Eng,Nth,Play,Sheff) | 6804 | 903 | 1945 | 115 | 6-17 | 16.91 | 8 | 1 |
| AJ Fothergill (MCC,Sth) | 515 | 58 | 187 | 11 | 4-27 | 17.00 | 0 | 0 |
| GB Studd (Mx,IZ,MCC) | 28 | 3 | 17 | 1 | 1-10 | 17.00 | 0 | 0 |
| JT Parnham (MCC) | 28 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 1-17 | 17.00 | 0 | 0 |
| RG Barlow (Eng,La,Nth) | 4344 | 591 | 1284 | 74 | 7-53 | 17.35 | 6 | 1 |
| Lord Harris (Kent) | 52 | 2 | 35 | 2 | 2-35 | 17.50 | 0 | 0 |
| W Mycroft (Dy,MCC,Nth) | 1298 | 149 | 480 | 27 | 8-45 | 17.77 | 2 | 0 |
| WA Woof (Gs,MCC,Sth) | 4772 | 542 | 1784 | 100 | 7-28 | 17.84 | 11 | 3 |
| VA Titchmarsh (MCC,Sth) | 295 | 28 | 143 | 8 | 5-69 | 17.87 | 1 | 0 |
| GP Harrison (Yor) | 1676 | 172 | 708 | 39 | 5-38 | 18.15 | 1 | 0 |
| T Emmett (Yor,Eng,MCC,Nth,Play,Sheff) | 4402 | 573 | 1458 | 80 | 7-50 | 18.22 | 5 | 0 |
| WG Grace (Gs,Eng,GEng,Gent,MCC,Sheff,Sth) | 5738 | 662 | 2199 | 117 | 9-20 | 18.79 | 8 | 2 |
| S Christopherson (Eng,Kent,Gent,IZ,MCC) | 2788 | 285 | 1287 | 68 | 7-24 | 18.92 | 4 | 1 |
| J Crossland (La) | 825 | 60 | 387 | 20 | 7-117 | 19.35 | 2 | 0 |
| EW Bastard (OU,Sm,GEng,Gent) | 3001 | 313 | 1241 | 62 | 8-54 | 20.01 | 6 | 2 |
| W Bates (Eng,Yor,Nth,Play) | 4341 | 489 | 1576 | 78 | 7-43 | 20.20 | 3 | 1 |
| T Bowley (Sy,Nth) | 592 | 67 | 245 | 12 | 3-22 | 20.41 | 0 | 0 |
| GG Hearne (Kent,Eng,Sheff,Sth) | 1217 | 149 | 431 | 21 | 3-33 | 20.52 | 0 | 0 |
| GG Jones (Sy) | 2226 | 301 | 747 | 36 | 6-72 | 20.75 | 1 | 0 |
| T Lindley (CU) | 400 | 37 | 166 | 8 | 3-44 | 20.75 | 0 | 0 |
| H Hearne (Kent) | 797 | 82 | 355 | 17 | 5-27 | 20.88 | 2 | 0 |
| CE Currie (Ham) | 1031 | 116 | 402 | 19 | 5-53 | 21.15 | 1 | 0 |
| AB Hide (Sx) | 2883 | 352 | 962 | 45 | 7-74 | 21.37 | 2 | 0 |
| CD Buxton (CU) | 924 | 79 | 449 | 21 | 5-16 | 21.38 | 2 | 1 |
| J Robertson (Mx,GEng,MCC) | 2004 | 226 | 824 | 38 | 5-20 | 21.68 | 1 | 0 |
| GG Walker (Dy) | 896 | 76 | 414 | 19 | 7-105 | 21.78 | 2 | 0 |
| WR Gilbert (Gs,Eng,Sth) | 643 | 53 | 329 | 15 | 6-51 | 21.93 | 1 | 0 |
| FG Willoughby (Ham) | 1330 | 159 | 564 | 25 | 4-39 | 22.56 | 0 | 0 |
| HH Armstrong (Ham) | 1120 | 122 | 476 | 21 | 7-33 | 22.66 | 1 | 0 |
| JE West (Mx,Sth) | 1368 | 138 | 616 | 27 | 5-20 | 22.81 | 2 | 0 |
| W Copeland (La) | 24 | 2 | 23 | 1 | 1-23 | 23.00 | 0 | 0 |
| C Wilson (IZ,MCC) | 32 | 2 | 23 | 1 | 1-23 | 23.00 | 0 | 0 |
| JM Preston (Yor) | 1255 | 113 | 608 | 26 | 6-37 | 23.38 | 1 | 1 |
| R Abel (Sy,Eng,Sth) | 1306 | 132 | 538 | 23 | 4-59 | 23.39 | 0 | 0 |
| JB Hide (Sx,Eng,Sheff) | 3556 | 398 | 1365 | 58 | 8-47 | 23.53 | 2 | 1 |
| H Calder (Ham) | 270 | 28 | 118 | 5 | 3-24 | 23.60 | 0 | 0 |
| CE Horner (Sy,Gent,Sth) | 2468 | 286 | 851 | 36 | 4-25 | 23.63 | 0 | 0 |
| HV Page (Gs,OU,GEng,Gent) | 2297 | 199 | 1193 | 50 | 6-52 | 23.86 | 2 | 0 |
| C Toppin (CU,GEng,Gent) | 1966 | 173 | 905 | 37 | 7-51 | 24.45 | 2 | 0 |
| GT Mirehouse (CU,Sm) | 812 | 94 | 323 | 13 | 4-51 | 24.84 | 0 | 0 |
| WA Humphreys (Sx) | 1785 | 63 | 1172 | 47 | 7-102 | 24.93 | 3 | 0 |
| R Peel (Eng,Yor) | 3493 | 428 | 1179 | 47 | 7-51 | 25.08 | 1 | 0 |
| W Hall (Dy) | 589 | 41 | 308 | 12 | 6-47 | 25.66 | 1 | 0 |
| J Fellowes (Ham) | 457 | 43 | 206 | 8 | 3-38 | 25.75 | 0 | 0 |
| WN Roe (Sm) | 407 | 47 | 181 | 7 | 2-37 | 25.85 | 0 | 0 |
| WA Tester (Sx,Sth) | 2552 | 263 | 1063 | 41 | 7-40 | 25.92 | 2 | 0 |
| E Sainsbury (Sm) | 255 | 11 | 158 | 6 | 4-74 | 26.33 | 0 | 0 |
| ED Barratt (Sy) | 823 | 77 | 396 | 15 | 3-10 | 26.40 | 0 | 0 |
| CA Smith (CU,Sx) | 1516 | 162 | 642 | 24 | 5-8 | 26.75 | 2 | 0 |
| CJM Godfrey (OU,Sx,GEng) | 553 | 45 | 269 | 10 | 5-71 | 26.90 | 1 | 0 |
| HW Bainbridge (CU,Sy,Eng,GEng,Gent,Sth) | 472 | 33 | 217 | 8 | 3-21 | 27.12 | 0 | 0 |
| F Townsend (Gs,GEng,Gent) | 299 | 13 | 218 | 8 | 2-30 | 27.25 | 0 | 0 |
| BE Nicholls (OU,Sx) | 156 | 7 | 109 | 4 | 2-18 | 27.25 | 0 | 0 |
| WG Dible (Ham) | 2040 | 238 | 774 | 28 | 7-60 | 27.64 | 1 | 0 |
| F Marchant (CU,Kent) | 76 | 9 | 28 | 1 | 1-18 | 28.00 | 0 | 0 |
| H Phillips (Sx,Sheff) | 68 | 8 | 28 | 1 | 1-19 | 28.00 | 0 | 0 |
| CE Cottrell (Mx) | 1025 | 121 | 367 | 13 | 4-60 | 28.23 | 0 | 0 |
| LG Bonham-Carter (Ham) | 88 | 2 | 58 | 2 | 2-22 | 29.00 | 0 | 0 |
| J Stubbings (Dy) | 40 | 1 | 29 | 1 | 1-29 | 29.00 | 0 | 0 |
| CE Winter (Sm) | 860 | 71 | 440 | 15 | 4-20 | 29.33 | 0 | 0 |
| FE Lacey (Ham) | 392 | 34 | 186 | 6 | 5-70 | 31.00 | 1 | 0 |
| HF Reed (Sm) | 48 | 5 | 33 | 1 | 1-20 | 33.00 | 0 | 0 |
| WW Wood-Sims (Dy) | 96 | 15 | 33 | 1 | 1-16 | 33.00 | 0 | 0 |
| H Pickett (MCC) | 224 | 18 | 104 | 3 | 2-36 | 34.66 | 0 | 0 |
| CR Young (Ham) | 463 | 40 | 250 | 7 | 3-119 | 35.71 | 0 | 0 |
| HO Whitby (OU) | 875 | 81 | 443 | 12 | 4-96 | 36.91 | 0 | 0 |
| T Gregg (Gs) | 946 | 71 | 444 | 12 | 3-81 | 37.00 | 0 | 0 |
| J Marlow (Dy) | 488 | 53 | 190 | 5 | 3-82 | 38.00 | 0 | 0 |
| G Underdown (Ham) | 56 | 5 | 38 | 1 | 1-15 | 38.00 | 0 | 0 |
| EM Hadow (Mx,IZ,MCC) | 622 | 68 | 268 | 7 | 3-30 | 38.28 | 0 | 0 |
| W Newham (Sx,Gent,Sheff) | 584 | 56 | 276 | 7 | 3-57 | 39.42 | 0 | 0 |
| FW Bush (Sy) | 480 | 46 | 203 | 5 | 1-21 | 40.60 | 0 | 0 |
| C Shore (Nt) | 232 | 26 | 84 | 2 | 1-32 | 42.00 | 0 | 0 |
| WH Scotton (Nt,MCC,Nth,Play) | 84 | 8 | 44 | 1 | 1-22 | 44.00 | 0 | 0 |
| H Slater (Dy) | 140 | 19 | 44 | 1 | 1-44 | 44.00 | 0 | 0 |
| EH Buckland (Mx,OU,MCC) | 1103 | 117 | 442 | 10 | 4-38 | 44.20 | 0 | 0 |
| WW Read (Sy,Gent,Sth) | 328 | 33 | 181 | 4 | 2-58 | 45.25 | 0 | 0 |
| JA Turner (CU) | 252 | 27 | 94 | 2 | 2-25 | 47.00 | 0 | 0 |
| JH Brain (Gs,OU,Gent) | 64 | 3 | 48 | 1 | 1-23 | 48.00 | 0 | 0 |
| HT Arnall-Thompson (GEng) | 64 | 5 | 50 | 1 | 1-50 | 50.00 | 0 | 0 |
| A Blackman (Sx) | 408 | 48 | 162 | 3 | 2-44 | 54.00 | 0 | 0 |
| JR Painter (Gs,Sheff,Sth) | 120 | 11 | 54 | 1 | 1-32 | 54.00 | 0 | 0 |
| PJ de Paravicini (CU,Mx,MCC) | 236 | 24 | 111 | 2 | 1-6 | 55.50 | 0 | 0 |
| JB Challen (Sm) | 441 | 22 | 286 | 5 | 2-68 | 57.20 | 0 | 0 |
| GN Wyatt (Sx) | 128 | 11 | 58 | 1 | 1-4 | 58.00 | 0 | 0 |
| A Appleby (La) | 156 | 15 | 61 | 1 | 1-42 | 61.00 | 0 | 0 |
| OG Radcliffe (Sm,Sth) | 236 | 15 | 127 | 2 | 1-20 | 63.50 | 0 | 0 |
| JJA Parfitt (Sm) | 372 | 19 | 261 | 4 | 3-105 | 65.25 | 0 | 0 |
| HW Wright (Ham) | 140 | 11 | 70 | 1 | 1-70 | 70.00 | 0 | 0 |
| HE Hall (Sm) | 164 | 15 | 78 | 1 | 1-50 | 78.00 | 0 | 0 |
| GB Nichols (Gs) | 228 | 20 | 79 | 1 | 1-38 | 79.00 | 0 | 0 |
| F Hearne (Kent,Sheff) | 168 | 16 | 81 | 1 | 1-15 | 81.00 | 0 | 0 |
| EJ McCormick (Sx) | 140 | 6 | 109 | 1 | 1-27 | 109.00 | 0 | 0 |
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