Famous Cricketers No 4 - F.E.Woolley

173. Kent v Somerset, Taunton, August 14, 15 (Kent won by an innings and 225 runs) c L.C.Braund b F.P.Hardy 57 501 - - - - 103 3 0 16 0 173 174. Kent v Gloucestershire, College Ground, Cheltenham, August 17, 18 (Kent won by an innings and 94 runs) b P.T.Mills 148 334 - - - - 115 11.2 3 40 4 C.S.Barnett c E.Humphreys 125 G.L.Jessop c D.W.Carr P.T.Mills c F.H.Huish C.W.L.Parker c H.E.W.Prest 175. Kent v Surrey, Kennington Oval, August 21, 22, 23 (Surrey won by 9 runs) b W.C.Smith 22 107 - - - - 145 st H.Strudwick b W.C.Smith 8 92 6.3 3 9 7 E.G.Hayes b 63 A.Ducat c J.Seymour H.S.Bush st F.H.Huish M.C.Bird st F.H.Huish I.P.F.Campbell st F.H.Huish H.Strudwick b J.W.Hitch c F.H.Huish 176. Kent v Yorkshire, Canterbury, August 24, 25, 26 (Kent won by ten wickets) c B.B.Wilson b M.W.Booth 57 151 15.1 4 39 5 B.B.Wilson c J.C.Hubble 75 D.Denton b G.H.Hirst c H.E.W.Prest S.Haigh c F.H.Huish A.W.White b did not bat - 4-0 8 2 26 1 A.Drake c E.Humphreys 79 177. Kent v Essex, Leyton, August 31, September 1, 2 (Kent won by ten wickets) lbw b W.Mead 16 543 23 5 63 1 F.H.Gillingham c J.Seymour 300 did not bat - 12-0 15 6 29 1 F.L.Fane c K.L.Hutchings 254 178. Rest of England v Warwickshire, Kennington Oval, September 11, 12, 13, 14 (Rest of England won by an innings and 365 runs) did not bat - 631-5d - - - - 129 20 6 52 4 C.Charlesworth c & b 137 2 F.R.Foster b G.W.Stephens c W.Rhodes Hands, W.C. b SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct County Championship 24 38 2 1525 148* 42.36 6 6 11 Other Kent Matches 3 5 0 151 66 30.20 - 2 3 Other Matches 3 4 0 24 12 6.00 - - 5 Total 30 47 2 1700 148* 37.77 6 8 19 Career 178 267 10 7607 185 29.59 14 41 147 Bowling O M R W Ave BB 5wi 10wm County Championship 451.4 98 1388 70 19.82 7/9 6 1 Other Kent Matches 72.1 15 179 2 89.50 1/5 - - Other Matches 95 24 247 13 19.00 4/37 - - Total 618.5 137 1814 85 21.34 7/9 6 1 Career 3164.1 773 8509 451 18.86 8/52 27 3 1911/12 - M.C.C. in Australia Overall the Australian wickets did not suit Woolley, but once or twice he proved very useful and probably did better than the figures suggest. His liking for Sydney first showed itself in his most significant innings of the tour - 133 out of 199 in the Final Test - an innings which marked his arrival as a Test batsman of note. Usually he batted down the order, but appearing at number 3 against Tasmania he made 305* (two 6s, 43 4s), the highest innings of his career, and for fifty years the 23