Famous Cricketers No 4 - F.E.Woolley

Bowling O M R W Ave BB 5wi 10wm Players v Gentlemen 21 4 63 3 21.00 3/63 - - County Championship 788 284 1651 84 19.65 6/21 5 1 Other Kent Matches 15.3 6 33 5 6.60 5/33 1 - Other Matches 71 13 191 9 21.22 3/42 - - Total 895.3 307 1938 101 19.18 6/21 6 1 Career 11775.2 3204 29463 1633 18.04 8/22 118 24 1924 All the reports speak of the splendour of Woolley's batting in 1924. Wisden is typical:- “Left-handed batting more brilliant and attractive than this on his many good days could not be imagined”. His dazzling best was to be seen against Sussex at Tunbridge Wells - 87 (two 6s, 11 4s) and 117 (17 4s), while he had a magnificent run around Canterbury Week, failing to reach fifty only once in ten innings. As a bowler, the arrival of “Father” Marriott released Kent's dependency on him and he bowled rather less, his wickets total being well down. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 479. Kent v Essex, Leyton, May 10, 12, 13 (Match drawn) run out 1 198 31 8 80 4 J.R.Freeman c S.G.Hearn 241 1 J.W.H.T.Douglas c A.P.Freeman J.V.Richardson c A.P.Freeman H.M.Morris st J.C.Hubble not out 117 240-6d 2 0 9 0 49-0 480. Kent v Northamptonshire, Gravesend, May 14, 15 (Kent won by 27 runs) c & b E.W.Clark 44 206 17.2 6 40 2 A.E.Thomas c A.C.Wright 193 1 E.W.Clark b b W.Wells 1 67 8.2 3 14 5 C.N.Woolley c G.E.C.Wood 53 1 W.Wells c J.Seymour F.I.Walden c W.S.Cornwallis A.E.Thomas lbw E.W.Clark b 481. Kent v Worcestershire, Dudley, May 17, 19, 20 (Match drawn) c Lord Somers b F.A.Pearson 73 238 20 3 64 1 Lord Somers c A.P.Freeman 285 1 13 4 33 2 F.A.Pearson c H.T.W.Hardinge 77-3 J.B.Higgins c sub 482. Kent v Oxford University, The Parks, May 21, 22, 23 (Oxford University won by six wickets) c J.A.de Silva b A.J.E.Sealy 1 96 21 7 40 6 C.H.Taylor st J.C.Hubble 115 1 H.W.F.Franklin lbw P.H.Stewart-Brown c J.Seymour C.H.Knott c W.H.Ashdown J.E.Frazer b E.P.Hewetson c H.T.W.Hardinge lbw b E.P.Hewetson 9 139 21 4 34 1 J.L.Guise b 121-4 1 483. Kent v Somerset, Blackheath, May (24), 26, 27 (Match drawn) c J.C.W.MacBryan b J.J.Bridges 14 188 20 6 45 2 M.D.Lyon c W.H.Ashdown 188 2 S.G.U.Considine c J.C.Hubble did not bat - 12-0 6 1 22 0 188-9d 1 484. England v The Rest, Trent Bridge, May 28, 29, 30 (England won by three wickets) lbw b G.Geary 46 270 295 1 c A.P.F.Chapman b W.E.Astill 72 226-7 199 1 485. Kent v Yorkshire, Hull, May 31, June (2), 3 (Match drawn) b A.Waddington 62 128-9 35 6 73 2 W.Rhodes c J.Seymour 257 R.Kilner lbw 58