Famous Cricketers No 4 - F.E.Woolley

Cricketers 1834-1983 (Association of Cricket Statisticians, 1984), differences in the published scorecards were identified and checked out. This confirmed the Wisden figure of 1018, although arrived at almost certainly by a different means ( Cricket Statistician December 1983, pages 26 and 27). The following were the most frequent recipients of wickets resulting from Woolley's catches:- 221 A.P.Freeman 101 F.E.Woolley (c & b) 68 C.Blythe 54 W.H.Ashdown 43 A.Fielder 38 W.J.Fairservice 35 D.V.P.Wright 34 L.J.Todd 29 A.C.Wright 28 C.S.Marriott 27 G.C.Collins; H.T.W.Hardinge 20 A.E.Watt 17 S.F.Barnes 13 W.Rhodes 12 D.W.Carr; W.S.Cornwallis 10 J.W.H.T.Douglas; A.S.Kennedy 9 J.G.W.Davies; J.W.Hearne; E.Humphreys; C.H.Parkin 8 C.P.Buckenham 7 M.W.Booth; C.G.Cole; C.Lewis; M.W.Tate 6 P.G.H.Fender 5 G.P.Beslee; G.J.Bryan; A.E.R.Gilligan; J.R.Mason; R.W.V.Robins; G.J.Thompson N.B. Freeman's total represented 21.7% of Woolley's catches. In 1928 24 of 37 Woolley's catches were off Freeman's bowling, while in 1935 the total was 22 out of 44. FOUR CATCHES IN AN INNINGS (6) 5 Kent v Middlesex Blackheath 1926 5 Kent v Hampshire Canterbury 1936 4 M.C.C. v Transvaal Johannesburg 1909/10 4 ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA Sydney 1911/12 4 Players v Gentlemen Lord's 1919 4 Kent v Worcestershire Gravesend 1923 FIVE CATCHES IN A MATCH (9) 6 ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA Sydney 1911/12 6 Kent v Warwickshire Edgbaston 1920 6 Kent v Middlesex Blackheath 1926 5 M.C.C. v Transvaal Johannesburg 1909/10 5 M.C.C. v Border East London 1913/14 5 Kent v Worcestershire Gravesend 1923 5 Kent v Essex Brentwood 1934 5 Kent v Hampshire Canterbury 1936 5 Kent v Lancashire Old Trafford 1937 105