Famous Cricketers No 4 - F.E.Woolley

301. Kent v Lancashire, Canterbury, August 17, 18, 19 (Match drawn) c H.Spencer b W.Huddleston 30 272 26.5 2 77 4 J.W.H.Makepeace c F.H.Huish 528 W.K.Tyldesley b H.Spencer lbw H.Dean b c H.Dean b J.Sharp 101 422 302. Kent v Worcestershire, Canterbury, August 20, 21, 22 (Kent won by an innings and 154 runs) not out 160 461 20 5 62 3 F.A.Pearson c F.H.Huish 245 G.K.Foster c A.P.Freeman W.B.Burns b 7 0 38 2 F.L.Bowley c C.Blythe 62 A.T.Cliff c E.Humphreys 303. Kent v Warwickshire, Gravesend, August 24, 25 (Kent won by 99 runs) b F.R.Foster 21 167 15 4 57 3 W.G.Quaife b 179 C.S.Baker b C.K.Langley c E.Humphreys c C.K.Langley b F.R.Foster 4 210 8.4 0 38 4 P.Jeeves b 99 W.C.Hands c F.H.Huish C.K.Langley st F.H.Huish H.Howell b 304. Kent v Middlesex, Lord's, August 27, 28 (Middlesex won by 298 runs) c E.H.Hendren b F.A.Tarrant 5 116 34 7 77 2 E.L.Kidd b 205 1 G.L.Hebden c L.H.W.Troughton b J.T.Hearne 40 67 15.2 4 56 2 J.W.Hearne lbw 276 1 H.R.Murrell b 305. Kent v Hampshire, Bournemouth, August 31, September 1, 2 (Hampshire won by an innings and 83 runs) c H.C.McDonell b G.Brown 0 249 26 2 86 1 J.A.Newman c W.E.Hickmott 477 st W.H.Livsey b A.Jaques 2 145 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Players v Gentlemen 2 4 0 149 78 37.25 - 2 3 County Championship 26 44 2 1933 160* 46.02 6 9 19 Other Kent Matches 2 2 0 169 94 84.50 - 2 2 Other Matches 1 2 0 21 12 10.50 - - - Total 31 52 2 2272 160* 45.44 6 13 24 Career 305 454 28 14842 305* 34.84 29 80 278 Bowling O M R W Ave BB 5wi 10wm Players v Gentlemen 14.4 2 47 3 15.66 3/27 - - County Championship 754.5 163 2119 112 18.91 7/54 8 2 Other Kent Matches 69 22 173 7 24.71 7/56 1 - Other Matches 26 2 93 3 31.00 3/93 - - Total 864.3 189 2432 125 19.45 7/54 9 2 Career 5773.1 1395 15505 835 18.56 8/52 55 7 1919 The long break clearly did not effect Woolley's all-round skills. In a much reduced season he still achieved the “double”. This was despite appearing in only 20 matches and playing far fewer than Rhodes and Douglas, the only other players to achieve this feat in 1919. With Blythe killed in action and Fielder retired, he was promoted to the additional role of front-line Kent bowler, and a season of good weather and hard wickets prompted Wisden to comment not for the first time, nor the last, that too much bowling was handicapping his batting. 36