Famous Cricketers No 4 - F.E.Woolley

1933 Unwisely playing on under the effects of a heavy chill, Woolley began the season with the poorest period of form of his whole career. After taking a few weeks convalescence, he returned to form with 198 against Somerset in his best vein. Thereafter there were examples of Woolley at his best but overall he was well below his previous standard and was only fifth in the Kent Championship averages. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 796. Kent v Gloucestershire, Bristol, May 10, 11, 12 (Gloucestershire won by 8 runs) lbw b W.R.Hammond 17 223 168 c B.H.Lyon b W.R.Hammond 13 228 291 797. Kent v Somerset, Taunton, May 13, 15, 16 (Kent won by 52 runs) b J.W.Lee 42 205 165 b A.W.Wellard 4 122 110 1 798. Kent v Worcestershire, Gravesend, May 17, 18, 19 (Kent won by nine wickets) b P.F.Jackson 33 446 383 1 not out 21 58-1 119 1 799. Kent v Derbyshire, Derby, May 20, 22, 23 (Derbyshire won by eight wickets) b W.H.Copson 7 159 226 b T.B.Mitchell 46 255 190-2 800. Kent v Lancashire, Old Trafford, May 24, 25, 26 (Lancashire won by eight wickets) c F.S.Booth b F.M.Sibbles 1 276 375 lbw b F.S.Booth 2 172 74-2 801. Kent v Yorkshire, Headingley, May 27, 29 (Yorkshire won by an innings and 24 runs) run out 8 90 286 c M.Leyland b G.G.Macaulay 0 172 802. Kent v Northamptonshire, Northampton, May 31, June 1 (Kent won by an innings and 96 runs) b E.W.Clark 6 341 140 1 105 803. Kent v Somerset, Tunbridge Wells, June 28, 29, 30 (Somerset won by 24 runs) b A.W.Wellard 4 105 215 b J.W.Lee 198 363 277-8d 804. Kent v Sussex, Tunbridge Wells, July 1, 3, 4 (Sussex won by ten wickets) lbw b M.W.Tate 53 128 305 c J.G.Langridge b A.F.Wensley 32 289 113-0 805. Kent v Gloucestershire, Folkestone, July 5, 6 (Kent won by an innings and 294 runs) b C.J.Barnett 10 592-5d 125 1 173 1 806. Kent v Essex, Folkestone, July 8, 10, 11 (Match drawn) c T.P.B.Smith b M.S.Nichols 2 329 252 190-8 807. Kent v Worcestershire, Worcester, July 12, 13, 14 (Match drawn) c Nawab of Pataudi, sen. b P.F.Jackson 9 147 6 0 21 0 477-2d b P.F.Jackson 4 97-5 808. Kent v Surrey, Blackheath, July 15, 17, 18 (Kent won by 215 runs) b F.R.Brown 38 251 261 1 lbw b F.R.Brown 53 377-6d 152 809. Kent v Middlesex, Gravesend, July 19, 20, 21 (Kent won by seven wickets) run out 108 452 339 c H.W.Lee b J.A.Young 12 50-3 161 810. Kent v Nottinghamshire, Maidstone, July 22, 24 (Kent won by an innings and 114 runs) lbw b A.Staples 0 345 105 126 811. Kent v Leicestershire, Maidstone, July 26, 27, 28 (Kent won by 176 runs) b A.W.Shipman 5 302 252 1 c W.E.Astill b A.W.Shipman 131 301-9d 175 1 84