List of batsmen who have scored 100 centuries in first-class cricket
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In the sport of cricket, a batsman is said to have scored a century when they reach a score of 100 or more runs in an innings without being dismissed. In first-class cricket, the highest form of the game below international level, a total of 25 players have achieved the feat on a hundred or more occasions.[1][2] For statistical purposes, any centuries scored in a Test match are included as first-class centuries (as shown in the Table below).
The first cricketer to achieve the feat was W. G. Grace, who completed his hundredth century in May 1895.[3] Grace remains the only batsman to have achieved the feat and finished with a batting average below 40.[4]
The English County Championship has historically always been the first-class competition in which the most matches are played per season, hence the most conducive competition to prolific run-scoring. Of the 25 men to have scored 100 first-class centuries, all have been either natively English or English-qualified except Donald Bradman of Australia, Zaheer Abbas of Pakistan, Glenn Turner of New Zealand and West Indian Viv Richards. Zaheer Abbas (Gloucestershire), Turner (Worcestershire) and Richards (Somerset) all had substantial county careers as overseas players; Bradman, the first non-English batsman to achieve the feat, therefore remains the only batsman to have done so despite never having played for an English county side. He also achieved the feat in the fewest innings and at the highest average.[5]
Geoffrey Boycott became the first player to score his 100th century in a Test match, doing so against Australia at his home ground of Headingley in August 1977. Subsequently Zaheer Abbas is the only other player to achieve the feat in a Test match.
Batsmen with 100 centuries or above
[edit]- Note: this list uses the figures accepted by the Wisden Cricketers' Almanack. For details on the difference between these figures and those used by other sources, see Variations in first-class cricket statistics.
- Key
- 100s denotes how many centuries the batsman scored in first-class cricket.
- Nation denotes the country for which the batsman played Test cricket was from; the number following indicates the number of centuries scored in Test cricket (in bold) plus the number of other first-class centuries scored for the national side.
- 100th denotes the year in which the batsman scored his one-hundredth century in first-class cricket.
- ItH denotes how many innings it took the batsman to reach his hundredth century in first-class cricket.
- Inns denotes how many innings the batsman played.
- Runs denotes the number of runs scored by the batsman in his first-class career.
- Ave denotes the batsman's career batting average.
- ♠ denotes the batsman scored their hundredth century in a Test match.
Rank | 100s | Player | Nation (100s) | ![]() ![]() | 100th | ItH | Career | Inns | Runs | Ave | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 199 | Jack Hobbs | ![]() | Surrey (144) | 1923 | 821 | 1905–1934 | 1,315 | 61,237 | 50.65 | [6] |
2 | 170 | Patsy Hendren | ![]() | Middlesex (119) | 1928–29 | 740 | 1907–1938 | 1,300 | 57,611 | 50.80 | [7] |
3 | 167 | Wally Hammond | ![]() | Gloucestershire (113) | 1935 | 680 | 1923–1950 | 1,005 | 50,551 | 56.10 | [8] |
4 | 153 | Phil Mead | ![]() | Hampshire (138) | 1927 | 892 | 1905–1936 | 1,340 | 55,061 | 47.67 | [9] |
5 | 151 | Geoffrey Boycott ♠ | ![]() | Yorkshire (103) | 1977 | 645 | 1962–1986 | 1,014 | 48,426 | 56.83 | [10] |
6 | 149 | Herbert Sutcliffe | ![]() | Yorkshire (112) | 1932 | 700 | 1919–1945 | 1,088 | 50,138 | 51.95 | [6] |
7 | 145 | Frank Woolley | ![]() | Kent (122) | 1929 | 1,031 | 1906–1938 | 1,532 | 58,969 | 40.75 | [6] |
8 | 136 | Graeme Hick | ![]() | Worcestershire (106) | 1998 | 574 | 1983–2008 | 871 | 41,112 | 52.23 | [11] |
9 | 129 | Len Hutton | ![]() | Yorkshire (85) | 1951 | 619 | 1934–1960 | 814 | 40,140 | 55.51 | [12] |
10 | 128 | Graham Gooch | ![]() | Essex (94) | 1992–93 | 820 | 1973–2000 | 990 | 44,846 | 49.01 | [13] |
11 | 126 | W. G. Grace | ![]() | Gloucestershire (49) | 1895 | 1,113 | 1865–1908 | 1,493 | 54,896 | 39.55 | [6] |
12 | 123 | Denis Compton | ![]() | Middlesex (67) | 1952 | 552 | 1936–1964 | 839 | 38,942 | 51.85 | [14] |
13 | 122 | Tom Graveney | ![]() | Gloucestershire (50) Worcestershire (27) | 1964 | 940 | 1948–1972 | 1,223 | 47,793 | 44.91 | [15] |
14 | 117 | Donald Bradman | ![]() | — | 1947–48 | 295 | 1927–1949 | 338 | 28,067 | 95.14 | [16][17] |
15 | 114 | Viv Richards | ![]() | Somerset (47) Glamorgan (10) | 1988–89 | 658 | 1971–1993 | 796 | 36,212 | 49.40 | [18][19] |
15= | 114 | Mark Ramprakash | ![]() | Middlesex (46) Surrey (60) | 2008 | 676 | 1987–2012 | 764 | 35,659 | 53.14 | [20][21] |
16 | 108 | Zaheer Abbas ♠ | ![]() | Gloucestershire (49) | 1982–83 | 658 | 1965–1987 | 768 | 34,843 | 51.54 | [22][23] |
17= | 107 | Andy Sandham | ![]() | Surrey (83) | 1935 | 871 | 1911–1938 | 1,000 | 41,284 | 44.82 | [24] |
17= | 107 | Colin Cowdrey | ![]() | Kent (58) | 1973 | 1,035 | 1950–1976 | 1,130 | 42,719 | 42.89 | [25] |
18 | 104 | Tom Hayward | ![]() | Surrey (88) | 1913 | 1,076 | 1893–1914 | 1,138 | 43,551 | 41.79 | [26] |
19= | 103 | Glenn Turner | ![]() | Worcestershire (72) | 1982 | 779 | 1964–1983 | 792 | 34,346 | 49.70 | [27][28] |
19= | 103 | John Edrich | ![]() | Surrey (81) | 1977 | 945 | 1956–1978 | 979 | 39,790 | 45.47 | [29] |
20= | 102 | Les Ames | ![]() | Kent (78) | 1950 | 916 | 1926–1951 | 951 | 37,248 | 43.51 | [30] |
20= | 102 | Ernest Tyldesley | ![]() | Lancashire (90) | 1934 | 919 | 1909–1936 | 961 | 38,874 | 45.46 | [31] |
20= | 102 | Dennis Amiss | ![]() | Warwickshire (78) | 1986 | 1,081 | 1960–1987 | 1,139 | 43,423 | 42.86 | [32] |
References
[edit]- General
- Berry, Scyld, ed. (2009). "First-Class Records – Batting". Wisden Cricketers' Almanack (146th ed.). John Wisden & Co. pp. 134–135. ISBN 978-1-905625-16-1.
- Specific
- ^ "Ramprakash joins elite club with 100th first-class century". The Independent. October 23, 2011.
- ^ Hussain, Nasser (2009). "The Masters of Modern County Cricket". In Scyld Berry (ed.). Wisden Cricketers' Almanack (146th ed.). John Wisden & Co. p. 54.
- ^ Kidd, Patrick. "The Hundred 100s club" – via www.thetimes.co.uk.
- ^ "Most hundreds in a career". Cricinfo. Archived from the original on 25 January 2010. Retrieved 8 January 2010.
- ^ "On this day: Sir Jack Hobbs hits 100th hundred in first-class cricket". Sports Mole.
- ^ a b c d Berry, Scyld, ed. (2009). "First-Class Records – Batting – Most Runs". Wisden Cricketers' Almanack (146th ed.). John Wisden & Co. p. 139.
- ^ "Patsy Hendren player profile". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 28 February 2009. Retrieved 8 January 2010.
- ^ "Wally Hammond player profile". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 28 February 2009. Retrieved 8 January 2010.
- ^ "Phil Mead player profile". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 29 January 2009. Retrieved 8 January 2010.
- ^ "Geoffrey Boycott player profile". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 28 March 2010. Retrieved 8 January 2010.
- ^ "Graeme Hick player profile". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 26 August 2009. Retrieved 8 January 2010.
- ^ "Len Hutton player profile". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 28 January 2010. Retrieved 8 January 2010.
- ^ "Graham Gooch player profile". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 12 April 2010. Retrieved 8 January 2010.
- ^ "Denis Compton player profile". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 11 January 2010. Retrieved 8 January 2010.
- ^ "Tom Graveney player profile". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 9 February 2010. Retrieved 8 January 2010.
- ^ "Donald Bradman player profile". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 28 February 2009. Retrieved 8 January 2010.
- ^ "Donald Bradman, Batting by team". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 4 June 2011. Retrieved 23 March 2010.
- ^ "Viv Richards player profile". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 12 February 2010. Retrieved 8 January 2010.
- ^ "Viv Richards, Batting by team". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 4 June 2011. Retrieved 23 March 2010.
- ^ "Mark Ramprakash player profile". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 6 June 2012. Retrieved 6 July 2012.
- ^ "Surrey 217- 4...Wilson 27*..Ramprakash 115*...number 113 of Ramprakash's first class career..." Archived from the original on 25 December 2018. Retrieved 24 August 2010.
- ^ "Zaheer Abbas player profile". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 23 November 2009. Retrieved 8 January 2010.
- ^ "Zaheer Abbas, Batting by team". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 4 June 2011. Retrieved 23 March 2010.
- ^ "Andy Sandham player profile". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 25 January 2010. Retrieved 8 January 2010.
- ^ "Colin Cowdrey player profile". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 2 December 2017. Retrieved 8 January 2010.
- ^ "Tom Hayward player profile". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 23 April 2010. Retrieved 8 January 2010.
- ^ "Glenn Turner player profile". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 23 November 2009. Retrieved 8 January 2010.
- ^ "Glenn Turner, Batting by team". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 4 June 2011. Retrieved 23 March 2010.
- ^ "John Edrich player profile". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 9 February 2010. Retrieved 8 January 2010.
- ^ "Les Ames player profile". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 23 November 2011. Retrieved 8 January 2010.
- ^ "Ernest Tyldesley player profile". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 28 January 2010. Retrieved 8 January 2010.
- ^ "Dennis Amiss player profile". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 19 February 2010. Retrieved 8 January 2010.
External links
[edit]- "Most Centuries in First-Class Cricket". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 11 December 2012. Retrieved 8 January 2010.