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John Lyons
International career statistics, records and scorecard analysis
JL
14Internationals
731Career runs
1Centuries
6Wickets
Career records by format
Test
Official international careerBatting
- Matches
- 14
- Innings
- 27
- Runs
- 731
- Average
- 27.07
- Strike rate
- —
- Highest score
- 134
- Not outs
- 0
- 100s
- 1
- 50s
- 3
- Ducks
- 1
- 4s
- —
- 6s
- 4
- Balls faced
- —
Bowling
- Matches
- 14
- Innings
- 9
- Balls
- 316
- Maidens
- 17
- Runs conceded
- 149
- Wickets
- 6
- Average
- 24.83
- Economy
- 2.82
- Strike rate
- 52.66
- Best innings
- 5/30
- Best match
- 5/73
- 4 wickets
- 0
- 5 wickets
- 1
- 10 wickets
- 0
Fielding
- Matches
- 14
- Innings
- 25
- Catches
- 3
- Stumpings
- 0
- Dismissals
- 3
- Keeper catches
- 0
- Fielder catches
- 3
- Dismissals / inns
- 0.120
- Best innings
- 1 (1ct 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
15 match appearances in available scorecards. Filters below apply to this archive only.
Recent available appearances
| Date | Match | Format | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1897-12-13 | Australia v England | Test | England won by 9 wickets |
| 1895-03-01 | Australia v England | Test | England won by 6 wickets |
| 1894-12-29 | Australia v England | Test | England won by 94 runs |
| 1894-12-14 | Australia v England | Test | England won by 10 runs |
| 1893-08-24 | Australia v England | Test | Match drawn |
| 1893-08-14 | Australia v England | Test | England won by inns & 43 runs |
| 1893-07-17 | Australia v England | Test | Match drawn |
| 1892-03-24 | Australia v England | Test | England won by inns & 230 runs |
| 1892-01-29 | Australia v England | Test | Australia won by 72 runs |
| 1892-01-01 | Australia v England | Test | Australia won by 54 runs |
| 1890-08-25 | Australia v England | Test | No result |
| 1890-08-11 | Australia v England | Test | England won by 2 wickets |
THE SHAPE OF A CAREER
Available scorecardsPerformance by year
Formats are shown separately. These totals cover published scorecards against the twelve national teams; they can differ from complete official career records.
Test
Exact yearly figures · 8 seasons
| Year | Mat | Bat inns | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s | BF | Bowl inns | Wkts | Bowl avg | Econ | Bowl SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1897 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 25 | 14.00 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1895 | 1 | 2 | 70 | 55 | 35.00 | — | 0 | 1 | — | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | N/A | 2.00 | N/A |
| 1894 | 2 | 4 | 42 | 25 | 10.50 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | N/A | 2.50 | N/A |
| 1893 | 3 | 5 | 117 | 33 | 23.40 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | N/A | 4.45 | N/A |
| 1892 | 3 | 6 | 287 | 134 | 47.83 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 4 | — | 1 | 1 | 22.00 | 4.40 | 30.00 |
| 1890 | 2 | 4 | 122 | 55 | 30.50 | — | 0 | 1 | — | 0 | — | 2 | 5 | 14.60 | 2.17 | 40.20 |
| 1888 | 1 | 2 | 54 | 32 | 27.00 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1887 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 5.50 | 31.42 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 1 | 0 | N/A | 8.25 | N/A |
Career timeline
Milestones found in available scorecards. The first recorded appearance here is not necessarily the international debut.
- First available scorecard
Test v England · Sydney
- Best recorded bowling · 5/30
Test v England · Lord's
- Highest recorded innings · 134 runs
Test v England · Sydney
- Latest available scorecard
Test v England · Sydney