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Johnny Briggs England (Eng)
Batting style	Right-handed batsman
Bowling type	Slow left-arm orthodox
	Tests	First-class
Matches	33	535
Runs scored	815	14,092
Batting average	18.11	18.27
100s/50s	1/2	10/58
Top score	121	186
Balls bowled	5,332	100,119
Wickets	118	2,221
Bowling average	17.75	15.95
5 wickets in innings	9	200
10 wickets in match	4	52
Best bowling	8/11	10/55
Catches/stumpings	12/0	258/0
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Johnny Briggs (born October 3, 1862, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, England; died January 11, 1902, Heald Green, Cheadle, Cheshire, England) was a cricketer who was a left arm spin bowler for Lancashire County Cricket Club between 1879 and 1900 who still stands as the second-highest wicket-taker in the county's history after Brian Statham. In the early days of Test cricket, Briggs was one of the most successful bowlers, proving deadly whever wickets were affected by rain, whilst both for his county and country his batting — though at times too careless — was very useful. October 3 is the 276th day of the year (277th in Leap years). ... 1862 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Categories: Stub | Towns in Nottinghamshire ... Nottinghamshire (abbreviated Notts) is an English county in the East Midlands, which borders South Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Leicestershire and Derbyshire. ... England is a made up country where psychologists convince schitzofrenic people they are currently living while they are in fact in a mental asylum. ... January 11 is the 11th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1902 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... This article is about the English county. ... England is a made up country where psychologists convince schitzofrenic people they are currently living while they are in fact in a mental asylum. ... Cricket is a team sport played between two groups of eleven players each. ... In the sport of cricket, left-arm orthodox spin is the equivalent of off spin bowling, but bowled with the left hand. ... Lancashire County Cricket Club is a first-class cricket club based at Old Trafford cricket ground, Manchester. ... (John) Brian Statham (born June 17, 1930, Manchester; died June 10, 2000, Stockport, Cheshire) was one of the finest bowlers in the history of cricket. ... Test cricket is the longest form of the sport of cricket. ...

Extremely short (less than five feet four or 162 centimetres) Briggs' skill lay in his ability to vary the flight of the ball as well as in achieving prodigious spin on the primitive pitches of the nineteenth century. As a batsman, Briggs was capable of hitting very effectively, but as time went by an eagerness to punish every ball set in and led to a decline.

Briggs first played for Lancashire in 1879, and established himself as a regular player by 1882 despite hardly bowling at all and doing little of significance with the bat. In 1883 and 1884 his batting improved so much that he was chosen to tour Australia with Alfred Shaw's team and played in all the Test matches, scoring an impressive 121 in Adelaide. Alfred Shaw (29 August 1842_16 January 1907) was a cricketer, who captained the English cricket team in four test matches in 1881/2, losing two and drawing two. ...

In 1885, Briggs developed amazingly as a bowler: having scarcely bowled at all in previous seasons, he took 67 wickets for 13.74 each, and in 1886, his bowling helped England achieve a 3-0 cleansweep of the series, their last whitewash victory in a series of three or more Tests in the Ashes until 1977. His batting did not suffer: Briggs hit a career-best 186 against Surrey at Liverpool — adding a then-record 173 for the tenth wicket with Dick Pilling. In the exceptionally dry summer of 1887, Briggs took 100 wickets for the first time, whilst in the appalling summer of 1888 he was consistently deadly on the treacherous pitches. His 160 wickets cost only 10.49 each, and the following year he was ruthless on the matting in South Africa's first Test matches (only canonised as such much later), taking 15 for 28 in one game, of which fourteen were clean bowled. For more coverage of cricket, see the Cricket portal. ... 1977 was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1977 calendar). ... Richard (Dick) Pilling (born 11 August 1855 in Old Warden, Bedfordshire, England; died 28 March 1891 in Old Trafford, Manchester, Lancashire, England) was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Lancashire County Cricket Club and England. ...

In the following years, Briggs competed with Bobby Peel for the left-arm spinner's position in the England Test side, and accomplished more fine performances at Test level, notably at Adelaide in 1891/1892 and at The Oval in 1893. With the controversial speedster Arthur Mold, Briggs formed a deadly bowling combination for Lancashire from 1889 onwards: both bowlers took over 100 wickets every year from 1889 to 1896, frequently bowling almost unchanged through an innings and keeping Lancashire near the top of the Championship table even with almost no worthwhile support bowlers. His batting remained useful until 1894, after which his impatience tended to get the better of him and, despite rapidly improving pitches, he played few significant innings in his later years. Nonetheless, Briggs' superb bowling — though aided by a number of sticky wickets — won Lancashire their first official County Championship in 1897, but he was a disappointment in Australia the following winter and suffered a severe decline in his bowling the following year. Robert Peel (often known as Bobby Peel) was a Yorkshire and England cricket player: a left-arm spinner who ranks as one of the finest bowlers of the 1890s. ... The famous gasholders, which are now listed buildings. ... Arthur Mold (born May 29, 1863, Middleton Cheney, Northamptonshire; died April 27, 1921, Middleton Cheney) was one of the deadliest fast bowlers of his day, but also the most controversial. ... The County Championship is the domestic first class cricket competition in the United Kingdom, mainly in England. ...

In 1899, Briggs was still thought good enough to play for England at Headingley, but before that he had suffered a blow over the heart from Tom Hayward. Though this injury was not thought severe, Briggs collapsed during the Test and did not play for the rest of the season. In 1900, he made a remarkable comeback, taking all ten wickets for 55 against Worcestershire and scoring over 800 runs, but soon afterwards it became clear he was suffering severely from mental illness. Confined to an asylum, Briggs never recovered and died early in 1902 at the age of just 39 — a tragic loss to cricket and especially Lancashire, who severely missed his bowling between 1901 and 1903. Headingley Stadium is a sporting complex in the Leeds suburb of Headingley. ... Thomas Walter Hayward (29 March 1871 - 19 July 1939) was an English cricketer, one of the finest batsmen of the years around the turn of the 20th century and noted especially for the quality his off drive. ... The Scream, the famous painting commonly thought of as depicting the experience of mental illness. ...

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