PLAYER CAREER

Johnny Briggs

International career statistics, records and scorecard analysis

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England1884–1899

Scorecard coverage and data completeness

Career snapshots and available scorecards have different scopes. These counts describe recorded batting or bowling innings, not every international appearance.

Player archive coverage
Format	Matches	Bat inns	Balls recorded	Boundaries recorded	First scorecard	Latest scorecard
Test	33	50	5	41	1884-12-12	1899-06-29

33Internationals

815Career runs

1Centuries

118Wickets

Career records by format

Test

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 33
Innings: 50
Runs: 815
Average: 18.11
Strike rate: —
Highest score: 121
Not outs: 5
100s: 1
50s: 2
Ducks: 10
4s: —
6s: 0
Balls faced: —

Bowling

Matches: 33
Innings: 49
Balls: 5,332
Maidens: 386
Runs conceded: 2,095
Wickets: 118
Average: 17.75
Economy: 2.35
Strike rate: 45.18
Best innings: 8/11
Best match: 15/28
4 wickets: 4
5 wickets: 9
10 wickets: 4

Fielding

Matches: 33
Innings: 63
Catches: 12
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 12
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 12
Dismissals / inns: 0.190
Best innings: 2 (2ct 0st)

Career records checked: 2026-09-07. — means not recorded; N/A means the statistic does not apply. Career totals are independent of the scorecard archive.

Explore this player’s available match data

34 match appearances in available scorecards. Filters below apply to this archive only.

Recent available appearances


Date	Match	Format	Result
1899-06-29	Australia v England	Test	Match drawn
1898-02-26	Australia v England	Test	Australia won by 6 wickets
1898-01-29	Australia v England	Test	Australia won by 8 wickets
1898-01-14	Australia v England	Test	Australia won by inns & 13 runs
1898-01-01	Australia v England	Test	Australia won by inns & 55 runs
1897-12-13	Australia v England	Test	England won by 9 wickets
1896-07-16	Australia v England	Test	Australia won by 3 wickets
1895-03-01	Australia v England	Test	England won by 6 wickets
1895-02-01	Australia v England	Test	Australia won by inns & 147 runs
1895-01-11	Australia v England	Test	Australia won by 382 runs
1894-12-29	Australia v England	Test	England won by 94 runs
1894-12-14	Australia v England	Test	England won by 10 runs

England

THE SHAPE OF A CAREER

Performance by year

Available scorecards

Formats are shown separately. These totals cover published scorecards against the twelve national teams; they can differ from complete official career records.

Test

Test · Runs by yearEach bar is one calendar year · exact runs at right

18841 runs
1885176 runs
188656 runs
188771 runs
188853 runs
18896 runs
1892124 runs
18932 runs
1894135 runs
189529 runs
189616 runs
18971 runs
1898145 runs

Test · Wickets by yearEach bar is one calendar year · exact wickets at right

18850 wickets
188617 wickets
18875 wickets
188812 wickets
188921 wickets
189217 wickets
189316 wickets
18945 wickets
189510 wickets
18963 wickets
18973 wickets
18986 wickets
18993 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 14 seasons

Test archive totals by year
Year	Mat	Bat inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	100s	50s	4s	BF	Bowl inns	Wkts	Bowl avg	Econ	Bowl SR
1899	1	0	0	—	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	0	1	3	17.66	2.12	50.00
1898	4	8	145	46	29.00	—	0	0	—	—	6	6	59.50	2.41	148.00
1897	1	1	1	1	1.00	—	0	0	0	—	2	3	42.66	3.04	84.00
1896	1	2	16	16	8.00	—	0	0	—	—	2	3	41.00	2.54	96.66
1895	3	5	29	12	5.80	—	0	0	—	—	5	10	24.00	2.70	53.20
1894	2	4	135	57	33.75	—	0	1	—	—	4	5	39.20	3.16	74.20
1893	2	2	2	2	1.00	—	0	0	0	—	4	16	18.31	2.92	37.56
1892	3	5	124	41	24.80	—	0	0	—	—	6	17	15.76	2.30	41.11
1889	2	2	6	6	3.00	—	0	0	0	—	4	21	4.80	1.54	18.61
1888	4	6	53	22	10.60	—	0	0	—	—	6	12	7.83	1.67	28.08
1887	2	4	71	33	17.75	—	0	0	7	—	4	5	19.40	2.30	50.40
1886	3	4	56	53	18.66	—	0	1	3	—	4	17	7.76	1.47	31.58
1885	4	6	176	121	29.33	—	1	0	23	—	1	0	N/A	2.43	N/A
1884	1	1	1	1	1.00	—	0	0	0	—	0	0	N/A	N/A	N/A

MOMENTS IN THE RECORD

Career timeline

Milestones found in available scorecards. The first recorded appearance here is not necessarily the international debut.

1884-12-12
First available scorecard
Test v Australia · Adelaide
1885-01-01
Highest recorded innings · 121 runs
Test v Australia · Melbourne
1886-07-19
First five-wicket innings in this archive
Test v Australia · Lord's
1889-03-25
Best recorded bowling · 8/11
Test v South Africa · Cape Town
1899-06-29
Latest available scorecard
Test v Australia · Leeds