Famous Cricketers No 59 - Aubrey Faulkner

not out 68 182 34.4 7 94 4 J.P.During c and b 232 1 W.F.Yeoman c J.W.Zulch T.E.Holmes c A.E.E.Vogler J.G.Whitehead b SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Currie Cup 3 4 1 169 68* 56.33 - 1 6 Career 45 77 13 2080 119 32.50 3 10 39 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m Currie Cup 114.2 18 358 25 7/39 14.32 2 1 Career 846.1 194 2274 146 7/39 15.57 7 1 1909/10 The visit of the MCC gave Faulkner the opportunity to stake a claim as the leading all-rounder in the world. In his first meeting with the tourists, for Transvaal, he made 46 and 148 not out, and captured 4/49 and 5/34, the Englishmen being beaten by 308 runs. Faulkner was the dominant figure in the series, notwithstanding Ernie Vogler’s record of 36 wickets in the five Tests. He hit 545 runs at 60.55 and captured 29 wickets at 21.89 in the Test matches, which added to his performances in the two Transvaal matches gave him overall figures of 748 runs (68.00) and 38 wickets (18.89) against the tourists. Faulkner made 78 and 123 and took 5/120 and 3/40 in the opening match of the series, and made major contributions in the other four matches – in spite of which South Africa lost two of the Tests. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 46. Transvaal v MCC, Wanderers, Johannesburg, December 27, 28, 29, 30 (Transvaal won by 308 runs) lbw b G.J.Thompson 46 260 18 2 49 4 F.L.Fane lbw 196 1 M.C.Bird b H.D.G.Leveson Gower lbw C.Blythe c A.E.E.Vogler not out 148 421-9d 10.4 3 34 5 F.L.Fane c T.Campbell 177 1 F.E.Woolley b G.J.Thompson c A.E.E.Vogler G.H.T.Simpson-Hayward b H.Strudwick c S.J.Snooke 47. SOUTH AFRICA v ENGLAND, Wanderers, Johannesburg, January 1, 3, 4, 5 (South Africa won by 19 runs) lbw b G.H.T.Simpson-Hayward 78 208 33 4 120 5 D.Denton c A.E.E.Vogler 310 F.L.Fane c A.E.E.Vogler M.C.Bird c A.E.E.Vogler C.P.Buckenham b H.D.G.Leveson Gower c T.Campbell b M.C.Bird 123 345 17.2 7 40 3 G.J.Thompson b 224 M.C.Bird c S.J.Snooke H.D.G.Leveson Gower b 48. SOUTH AFRICA v ENGLAND, Lord’s, Durban, January 21, 22, 24, 25, 26 (South Africa won by 95 runs) c F.E.Woolley b G.J.Thompson 47 199 17.1 4 51 2 C.P.Buckenham b 199 H.Strudwick hit wkt c F.L.Fane b C.P.Buckenham 9 347 33.4 8 87 6 J.B.Hobbs c A.E.E.Vogler 252 1 D.Denton c A.E.E.Vogler F.E.Woolley c A.E.E.Vogler M.C.Bird c A.W.Nourse G.H.T.Simpson-Hayward lbw H.Strudwick c A.E.E.Vogler 49. Transvaal v MCC, Berea Park, Pretoria, February 22, (23), (24) (Match drawn) c W.Rhodes b E.G.Wynyard 9 371-3 14