Famous Cricketers No 4 - F.E.Woolley

Bowling O M R W Ave BB 5wi 10wm Players v Gentlemen 16 2 52 1 52.00 1/52 - - County Championship 596.5 166 1553 63 24.65 5/25 4 - Other Matches 4 2 5 1 5.00 1/1 - - Total 616.5 170 1610 65 24.76 5/25 4 - Career (6 ball) 13001.3 3507 } 33371 1792 18.62 8/22 125 25 (8 ball) 169 24 1926 If not reaching the batting heights of previous seasons, it was still a very good season for Woolley. He remained the dominant personality in the Kent batting averages, scoring five centuries with 217 (3 6s, 29 4s) in a fraction over two hours at Northampton his highest. He did not recover his bowling and he bowled notably less thereafter. He played in all five Tests against Australia, but The Oval match ended his remarkable run of automatic selection stretching back to 1909. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 552. Kent v Gloucestershire, Gravesend, May 15, 17, 18 (Kent won by seven wickets) b E.G.Morrison 59 320 16 7 20 0 204 1 c H.Smith b C.W.L.Parker 1 93-3 11 1 38 2 G.Wedel st J.C.Hubble 206 J.G.W.T.Bessant c J.C.Hubble 553. Kent v Hampshire, Southampton, May 22, 24, 25 (Kent won by nine wickets) st W.H.Livsey b G.Brown 0 568-8d 12 4 53 4 H.L.V.Day lbw 382 2 A.S.Kennedy b P.M.Hall b G.S.Boyes lbw did not bat - 4-1 24.3 11 48 4 C.P.Brutton b 186 1 A.S.Kennedy c W.S.Cornwallis P.M.Hall c J.C.Hubble W.H.Livsey c W.S.Cornwallis 554. Kent v Lancashire, Old Trafford, May 26, 27, (28) (Match drawn) c F.M.Sibbles b E.A.McDonald 39 164 28 10 72 2 J.W.H.Makepeace c J.C.Hubble 310-5 1 C.Hallows c H.T.W.Hardinge 555. Kent v Yorkshire, Bramall Lane, Sheffield, May 29, 31, June 1 (Match drawn) b A.Waddington 8 206 14 3 44 1 A.W.Lupton b 242 not out 94 236 - - - - 71-0 556. Kent v Essex, Garrison Ground, Colchester, June (2), 3, 4 (Match drawn) b M.S.Nichols 19 146 11 4 30 1 F.W.H.Nicholas lbw 108 1 b L.C.Eastman 18 132-8 11.5 4 28 2 H.M.Morris c A.C.Wright 172 1 H.J.Palmer c J.Seymour 557. England v The Rest, Lord's, June 5, 7, 8 (Match drawn) c P.G.H.Fender b H.Larwood 21 211 7 3 15 2 K.S.Duleepsinhji c & b 250 1 F.J.Durston b b J.W.Hearne 58 278-5d 8 2 28 0 166-5 558. Kent v Derbyshire, Chatham, June 9, 10, 11 (Match drawn) b H.Storer, jun. 0 359-5d 16 3 51 1 H.Storer, jun. c J.Seymour 245 1 b S.W.A.Cadman 44 169-4d - - - - 170-8 559. ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA, Trent Bridge, June 12, (14), (15) (Match drawn) did not bat - 32-0 560. Kent v Sussex, Tonbridge, June 16, 17, (18) (Match drawn) c A.F.Wensley b G.R.Cox 52 167 21 1 67 1 A.H.H.Gilligan c A.F.Bickmore 214 - - - - 45-0 561. Kent v Warwickshire, Edgbaston, June 19, 21, 22 (Kent won by 100 runs) c F.R.Santall b N.E.Partridge 12 171 26 7 68 1 F.R.Santall c sub 298 1 c E.J.Smith b R.E.S.Wyatt 54 449 19 4 47 1 N.E.Partridge c W.H.Ashdown 222 65