Famous Cricketers No 59 - Aubrey Faulkner

14. Transvaal v Border, Recreation Ground, Queenstown, March 25, 26 (Border won by 35 runs) c C.R.Eager b F.S.Stirton 35 222 - - - - 246 1 lbw b F.S.Stirton 3 175 - - - - 186 15. Transvaal v Border, Victoria Ground, King William’s Town, March 27, 28 (Match drawn) c N.O.Norton b H.W.Philips 119 240 - - - - 105 2 c E.Symons b G.P.D.Hartigan 5 173-8d 13 4 27 2 N.O.Norton b 87-8 A.E.Cook c T.W.Bell 16. Transvaal v Border, The Oval, East London, March 30, April 1 (Match drawn) c G.H.Cook b H.W.Phillips 47 279 17 5 46 2 A.E.Cook b 131-4 S.G.Fuller lbw 17. Transvaal v Western Province, Newlands, Cape Town, April 5, 6, 8 (Western Province won by seven wickets) lbw b J.G.Whitehead 19 98 12 2 37 6 S.de la C.Snooke lbw 145 A.Reid lbw P.A.M.Hands b M.Bisset lbw F.D.Conry b R.R.Luyt b c S.de la C.Snooke b J.G.Whitehead 7 176 15 4 36 2 S.E.Horwood c A.E.E.Vogler132-3 S.de la C.Snooke b SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Currie Cup 8 13 1 454 119 37.83 1 2 5 Career 17 28 6 748 119 34.00 1 3 14 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m Currie Cup 186.5 50 482 35 6/37 13.77 2 - Career 354 92 903 57 6/37 15.84 2 - 1907 – South Africans in England The South Africans, on their fourth tour to the United Kingdom were granted Test status for the first time, and acquitted themselves extremely well, winning 21 of their 31 matches and losing four. They went down 1-0 in the three-Test series, giving their hosts a fright in the Second Test, at Headingley, before losing by 53 runs. The googly quartet of Faulkner, Reggie Schwarz, Ernie Vogler and Gordon White caused a sensation, the four capturing 421 wickets in all games (376 in first-class matches). Only four batsmen managed centuries against the South Africans, two coming in the Test matches. Faulkner topped the tour batting averages with 1163 runs at 29.82 and was fourth in the bowling figures, with 64 wickets at 15.82. He hit centuries against Lancashire (106 not out) and Essex (101 not out) and 107 against Scotland in a non-first-class game. His most outstanding feat was to take 6/17 in England’s first innings at Headingley. By lunch on the first day the home side had scored 34 for one wicket on a damp pitch, but after the interval Faulkner bowled with such skill that the last nine wickets fell for 42, his victims falling in the space of eleven overs. He added a further three at a cost of 58 in the second innings, but not even his great performance could prevent England winning – the crucial moment coming early in the home team’s second innings when C. B. Fry (who went on to make 54) played a ball from him onto his stumps without dislodging a bail. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 18. South Africans v Leicestershire, Leicester, May 20, 21, 22 (South Africans won by 98 runs) c R.Joyce b T.Jayes 13 145 1 0 1 0 149 c W.E.Astill b W.W.Odell 34 156 - - - - 54 19. South Africans v Essex, Leyton, May 23, 24, 25 (South Africans won by an innings and 99 runs) not out 101 355-8d 7 4 4 1 S.P.Meston c S.J.Snooke 89 1 10