However, he scored heavily and compiled 2,263 runs at an average of 66.55 to lead the first-class averages.
With a first-class average of 10.33, Waugh was dropped for the next five matches.
He ranked third in the national first-class averages in 1879 with 688 runs at 28.66.
His average of 56.02 is one of the highest first-class averages of all time.
He took 88 catches, made 18 stumpings and was a right-hand batsman with a first-class average of 17.68.
He is also a fairly useful left-handed batsman with a first-class average of over 20.
A first-class average of 69.11, for a start.
Still, Smith was third in the first-class averages in his first full season.
His final Test average of 58.67 (6806 runs) was considerably higher than his first-class average.
In 1938, he was heading the first-class averages when illness ended his season, but the following year took 105 wickets.