Leading Batsmen
WG Grace was the leading runscorer with 2739 @ 78.25, a staggering feat on the pitches of the time. Richard Daft had the next highest average among batsmen playing 10 innings or more, with 37.66, less than half Grace's figure. Harry Jupp had the next highest runs aggregate, with 1068. Grace made ten hundreds that season, when no other player could manage more than one.
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