Who was killed by Jack the Ripper?

[Herlock Sholmes]

Average over rate in club cricket is about 17 overs per hour. The average run rate per over in club cricket is approx 4-6 runs per overs. A whole game consisting of only 87 runs total is very unlikely to have lasted more than two to three hours, unless there were some serious rain delays of course.

Exactly Ian. And if there was a sudden, heavy downpour (with no covers) it wouldn’t have taken more than a very few minutes before the two captains would have concluded that no further play would be possible and so the game would have been called off.

[FISHY1118]

You,ve gone from 2 hours Tops in post 181, to 2 to 3 hours in post 195 . Do i hear 3 to 4 ??


Btw, its been accepted that Druitt could have made the trip whether the match took 2 or 4 hours or evan 6.

[Geddy2112]

You,ve gone from 2 hours Tops in post 181, to 2 to 3 hours in post 195 . Do i hear 3 to 4 ??


Btw, its been accepted that Druitt could have made the trip whether the match took 2 or 4 hours or evan 6.

I know, the extra hour was for rain delays. I stand by my experience in the many 100s of matches I've played at various levels and even though you have played longer (which means nothing really) there is no match I've experienced containing under 100 runs that has lasted over 3 hours including drinks, rain delays or anything else.

I do not give a jot how long it may or may not have taken Druitt to make a journey I'm talking about something I'm very well versed in and can give a valuable accurate opinion of. I do not know in 1888 they even probably bowled the overs faster I know I saw a huge decline in over rates during my career so I'm guessing back in 1888 the over rate may have been as high as 20 to 22 overs per hour. In fact it would have been a lot more since they only bowled 4 deliveries per over. Not that it matters to the maths of course.

[FISHY1118]

I know, the extra hour was for rain delays. I stand by my experience in the many 100s of matches I've played at various levels and even though you have played longer (which means nothing really) there is no match I've experienced containing under 100 runs that has lasted over 3 hours including drinks, rain delays or anything else.

I do not give a jot how long it may or may not have taken Druitt to make a journey I'm talking about something I'm very well versed in and can give a valuable accurate opinion of. I do not know in 1888 they even probably bowled the overs faster I know I saw a huge decline in over rates during my career so I'm guessing back in 1888 the over rate may have been as high as 20 to 22 overs per hour. In fact it would have been a lot more since they only bowled 4 deliveries per over. Not that it matters to the maths of course.

How many 40 over matches have you played in that lasted just two hours?