Famous Cricketers No 59 - Aubrey Faulkner

50. SOUTH AFRICA v ENGLAND, Wanderers, Johannesburg, February 26, 28, March 1, 2, 3 (England won by three wickets) c W.Rhodes b C.P.Buckenham 76 305 30 4 89 4 G.J.Thompson c A.E.E.Vogler 322 1 M.C.Bird b J.B.Hobbs b C.P.Buckenham c S.J.Pegler c G.J.Thompson b G.H.T.Simpson-Hayward 44 237 23.4 5 75 2 W.Rhodes c S.J.Snooke 221-7 F.L.Fane b 51. SOUTH AFRICA v ENGLAND, Newlands, Cape Town, March 7, 8, 9 (South Africa won by four wickets) c F.L.Fane b C.P.Buckenham 10 207 15 1 61 1 G.H.T.Simpson-Hayward b 203 2 not out 49 175-6 14 6 40 3 F.L.Fane c S.J.Snooke 178 3 G.J.Thompson c S.J.Snooke H.Strudwick c A.W.Nourse 52. SOUTH AFRICA v ENGLAND, Newlands, Cape Town, March 11, 12, 14 (England won by nine wickets) c W.Rhodes b C.Blythe 10 103 25.2 6 72 3 G.J.Thompson c J.H.Sinclair 417 G.H.T.Simpson-Hayward c S.J.Snooke H.Strudwick c J.W.Zulch c F.E.Woolley b G.J.Thompson 99 327 - - - - 16-1 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Test matches 5 10 1 545 123 60.55 1 3 7 Other matches 2 3 1 203 148* 101.50 1 - 2 Season 7 13 2 748 148* 68.00 2 3 9 Career 52 90 15 2828 148* 37.70 5 13 48 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m Test matches 209.1 45 635 29 6/87 21.89 2 - Other matches 28.4 5 83 9 5/34 9.22 1 - Season 237.5 50 718 38 6/87 18.89 3 - Career 1084 244 2992 184 7/39 16.26 10 1 1910/11 Before leaving for their first tour to Australia the South African team played two matches – against Transvaal and Western Province, the Newlands game being Faulkner’s last on home soil. He did little to suggest that he would soon be ranked one of the best batsmen in the world, but bowled particularly well in the second match, with figures of 4/34 and 2/28. Faulkner reached the peak of his batting powers in Australia, scoring 1534 runs in all first-class matches of which 732 at 73.20 came in the five Tests – both aggregates created records. He hit 204 in the second Test, at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, to record South Africa’s first Test double century. Some 25 years later, the son of Faulkner’s team-mate, “Dave” Nourse, Dudley, who was born 51 days before Faulkner’s epic innings, was to break his record with 231 against Australia at the Wanderers. Although Faulkner found the going tough in the Tests as far as bowling was concerned – his ten wickets costing 51.40 runs apiece, he bowled superbly in the State matches, taking 5/32 and 5/106 against Queensland and 4/55 and 7/26 (his career-best) against Victoria. He dismissed the great Victor Trumper four times. In minor matches he hit a further 546 runs with 252 not out against Barrier District and 117 against Combined Universities his best efforts. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 53. South Africans to Australia v Transvaal, Wanderers, Johannesburg, October 1, 2 (Match drawn) b N.V.Lindsay 30 375 9 3 28 0 77-1 15