Harry Graham did many brilliant things as a batsman but scarcely gave himself a fair chance. Had he ordered his life more carefully he might have had a much longer and more successful career in first-class cricket. His natural powers were great. He did not play with quite a straight bat but he was a splendid hitter with any amount of dash and vigour. When he came to England for the first time in 1893 he was at his best, playing the innings of his life against England at Lord's. No one who saw the match will forget the way in which he and Gregory knocked off the England bowling after Australia had lost five wickets for 75. Graham was very successful all through the tour and headed the averages in all matches, just beating Lyons. However, he was not the same man in 1896 and had to be left out of many matches. He recovered his batting form at home and for a couple of seasons was almost as good as ever, playing two innings of over a hundred for Victoria against South Australia. Taking his career as a whole he was a player of immense possibilities only half fulfilled.

Graham's performances in first-class cricket:--

	Inns.	Times not out.	Most in an inns.	Total runs.	Average.
In Australia, 1892-3	7	2	86*	262	52.40
In England, 1893	53	3	219	1,435	28.70
In America, 1893	4	0	25	30	7.50
In Australia, 1893-4 to 1895-6	25	0	105	691	27.64
In England, 1896	32	2	96	547	18.23
In America, 1896	3	0	5	5	1.66
In Australia, 1896-7 to 1899-1900	38	1	124	1,081	29.21
In New Zealand, 1899-1900	6	0	169	373	62.16
In Australia, 1900-1 to 1902-3	23	1	120	842	38.27
In New Zealand, 1903-4 to 1906-7	29	0	86	688	23.72
Total	220	9	219	5,954	28.21
* Signifies not out.

Graham's hundreds in important cricket:--

Runs.		Year
219	Eighth Australian Team v. Derbyshire, at Derby	1893
169	Melbourne C.C. Team v. Canterbury, at Christchurch	1899-1900
124	Victoria v. New South Wales, at Sydney	1898-9
120	Victoria v. South Australia, at Melbourne	1900-1
118	Victoria v. South Australia, at Adelaide	1899-1900
107	Australia v. England, at Lord's	1893
105	Australia v. England, at Sydney	1894-5
103	Victoria v. New South Wales, at Melbourne	1895-6
101	Victoria v. Queensland, at Brisbane	1902-3

IRWIN GRIMSHAW, of the Yorkshire eleven of the middle eighties, died at Farsley on January 19th, aged 53. He was born at the same place on May 4th, 1857, and always had his home there. Without ever quite reaching the standard expected of him, he was for a few years--1884 to 1886--one of the best batsmen on the Yorkshire side. His highest innings were:--

115	Yorkshire v. Cambridge University, at Cambridge	1884
129*	Yorkshire v. Cambridge University, at Sheffield	1885
114*	Yorkshire v. Nottinghamshire, at Trent Bridge	1885
122*	Yorkshire v. Derbyshire, at Leeds	1886
* Signifies not out.

Among his other good performances may be mentioned his 77 for Eleven of England against the Australians at Huddersfield in 1884. In all first-class matches during his career he scored 3,682 runs with an average of 18.50.
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