J.J. Ferris

Australia

Full name John James Ferris

Born May 21, 1867, Sydney, New South Wales

Died November 17, 1900, Addington, Durban, Natal, South Africa (aged 33 years 180 days)

Major teams Australia, England, Gloucestershire, New South Wales, South Australia

Batting style Left-hand bat

Bowling style Left-arm bowler

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	6s	Ct	St
Tests	9	17	4	114	20*	8.76	0	0	0	4	0
First-class	198	328	56	4264	106	15.67	1	15		91	0

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	9	16	2302	775	61	7/37	13/91	12.70	2.01	37.7	4	6	1
First-class	198		38396	14250	812	8/41		17.54	2.22	47.2		63	11

Career statistics

Test debut	Australia v England at Sydney, Jan 28-31, 1887 scorecard
Last Test	South Africa v England at Cape Town, Mar 19-22, 1892 scorecard
Test statistics
First-class span	1886/87 - 1897/98

Profile

JJ Ferris was a deadly left-arm swing bowler who played Test cricket for Australia and England. In his eight Tests for the Aussies, Ferris wreaked havoc alongside Charlie Turner. His first act as a Test player was to bowl England out for 45, at Sydney in 1886-87, when he and Turner bowled unchanged. He later settled in England, for whom he played one Test, at Cape Town in 1891-92. Ferris took 13 for 91 in the match (he took 263 wickets on the tour) and ended up with 61 wickets at the amazing average of 12.70. He was only 33 when he died of enteric fever in Durban in 1900 during the Boer War where he was serving with the British army.
Martin Williamson

J.J. Ferris

Australia

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