Famous Cricketers No 4 - F.E.Woolley

580. An England XI v Australians, Folkestone, September 1, 2, 3 (Match drawn) c C.V.Grimmett b J.M.Gregory 31 199-9 5 2 9 0 274 581. Hon.L.H.Tennyson's XI v Hon.F.S.G.Calthorpe's XI, Folkestone, September 4, 6, 7 (Match drawn) c E.H.Hendren b W.E.Astill 11 386 6 0 19 0 311 2 c G.W.Stephens b W.E.Astill 24 179-6d - - - - 100-1 582. Kent v M.C.C., Folkestone, September 8, 9, 10 (M.C.C. won by an innings and 3 runs) c W.E.Astill b F.J.Durston 4 222 3 0 20 0 395 c W.E.Astill b F.J.Durston 13 170 583. Rest of England v Lancashire, Kennington Oval, September 11, 13, 14 (Rest of England won by 374 runs) lbw b R.K.Tyldesley 21 217 177 not out 172 468-2d 134 2 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Test Matches 5 6 0 237 87 39.50 - 2 3 Players v Gentlemen 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 - - 1 County Championship 20 32 2 1439 217 47.96 5 7 26 Other Kent Matches 2 4 0 169 88 42.25 - 2 3 Other Matches 4 7 1 338 172* 56.33 1 1 5 Total 32 50 3 2183 217 46.44 6 12 38 Career 583 882 53 32686 305* 39.38 76 172 612 Bowling O M R W Ave BB 5wi 10wm Test Matches 15 1 63 1 63.00 1/13 - - Players v Gentlemen 35 11 113 2 56.50 2/113 - - County Championship 332.2 87 1027 30 34.23 4/48 - - Other Kent Matches 20 5 73 1 73.00 1/53 - - Other Matches 26 7 71 2 35.50 2/15 - - Total 428.2 111 1347 36 37.41 4/48 - - Career (6 ball) 13429.5 3618 } 34718 1828 18.99 8/22 125 25 (8 ball) 169 24 1927 Now a youthful 40, but no longer an automatic England choice, Woolley nevertheless remained a dominant force in Kent cricket. With only three championship hundreds it was perhaps not so consistent a season as before. But there were moments of brilliance - the 141 (one 6, 17 4s) out of 223 against M.C.C. in his favourite festival atmosphere of Folkestone being worthy of note. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 584. Kent v Worcestershire, Folkestone, May 4, 5, 6 (Kent won by an innings and 89 runs) lbw b C.F.Root 17 504 - - - - 236 1 8 2 19 1 L.Wright b 179 585. Kent v Derbyshire, Chatham, May 11, 12, 13 (Derbyshire won by 64 runs) c E.F.Loney b T.S.Worthington 14 261 - - - - 283 1 c W.Shardlow b L.F.Townsend 187 326 12 1 62 2 G.R.Jackson c J.C.Hubble 368 A.G.Slater st J.C.Hubble 586. Kent v Northamptonshire, Chatham, May 14, 16 (Kent won by an innings and 73 runs) c F.I.Walden b J.S.Nicholson 22 371 - - - - 145 3 0 15 0 153 2 587. Kent v Essex, Gravesend, May 18, 19, 20 (Essex won by nine wickets) lbw b M.S.Nichols 3 179 8 3 18 1 M.S.Nichols c & b 421 3 67