Famous Cricketers No 4 - F.E.Woolley

10 2 29 0 234 1 606. Kent v Nottinghamshire, Canterbury, August 3, 4 (Kent won by an innings and 115 runs) c W.W.Whysall b S.J.Staples 42 370 116 139 2 607. Kent v Lancashire, Old Trafford, August 6, (8), 9 (Match drawn) c R.K.Tyldesley b F.B.Watson 16 241 3 0 7 0 331-7 3 608. Kent v Leicestershire, Aylestone Road, Leicester, August 10, 11, 12 (Match drawn) c C.H.Taylor b G.Geary 42 231 21 5 31 1 C.H.Taylor c J.L.Bryan 231 2 18 10 12 1 J.C.Bradshaw c W.H.Ashdown 174-8d 609. Kent v Somerset, Taunton, August 17, 18, 19 (Kent won by 319 runs) c W.T.Greswell b J.W.Lee 16 345 15 5 41 2 E.F.Longrigg b 214 J.C.White c G.J.Bryan c & b W.T.Greswell 6 243-2d - - - - 55 610. Kent v Middlesex, Lord's, August 24, (25), 26 (Match drawn) st W.F.F.Price b J.W.Hearne 66 199-3d 46-3 611. Kent v Essex, Leyton, August 27, 29, 30 (Kent won by 130 runs) c J.A.Cutmore b H.W.F.Franklin 31 225 11 2 39 1 H.W.F.Franklin c G.D.Fenner 360 1 c N.G.Wykes b H.W.F.Franklin 101 388-7d - - - - 123 1 612. Kent v New Zealanders, Canterbury, August 31, September 1, 2 (Kent won by 58 runs) c T.C.Lowry b C.F.W.Allcott 68 405 2 0 8 0 293 st K.C.James b W.E.Merritt 125 263-8d - - - - 317 613. South v North, Folkestone, September 3, 5, (6) (Match drawn) b F.S.G.Calthorpe 1 450-9d 203 144-3 614. Kent v M.C.C., Folkestone, September 7, 8, 9 (M.C.C. won by 188 runs) not out 141 223 343 1 c G.Brown b F.J.Durston 5 207 275-8d SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Players v Gentlemen 1 - - - - - - - - County Championship 26 35 1 1444 187 42.47 3 6 37 Other Kent Matches 2 4 1 339 141* 113.00 2 1 1 Other Matches 2 2 0 21 20 10.50 - - 1 Total 31 41 2 1804 187 46.25 5 7 39 Career 614 923 55 34490 305* 39.68 81 179 651 Bowling O M R W Ave BB 5wi 10wm Players v Gentlemen 20 2 70 2 35.00 2/70 - - County Championship 264.2 70 702 27 26.00 4/35 - - Other Kent Matches 2 0 8 0 - - - - Other Matches 4 0 14 0 - - - - Total 290.2 72 794 29 27.37 4/35 - - Career (6 ball) 13720.1 3690 } 35512 1857 19.12 8/22 125 25 (8 ball) 169 24 1928 A season of good weather was a golden year for batting, not the least for Woolley who, in well passing 3000 runs, had the best season of his career, and this the year of his second benefit (£1,853 6s 3d raised). In May he was out for under fifty only once, and of his twelve hundreds none was surely better 69