Famous Cricketers No 59 - Aubrey Faulkner

54. South Africans to Australia v Western Province, Newlands, October 6, 7 (South Africans to Australia won by an innings and 19 runs) c and b E.A.Budgen 21 197 13 6 34 4 S.de la C.Snooke c R.O.Schwarz 90 F.Reid c J.W.Zulch F.D.Conry c A.E.E.Vogler F P.Bond c S.J.Pegler 16 5 28 2 T.E.Holmes c L.A.Stricker 88 1 F.D.Conry st T.Campbell SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Other matches 2 2 0 51 30 25.50 - - 1 Career 54 92 15 2879 143* 37.38 5 13 49 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m Other matches 38 14 90 6 4/34 15.00 - - Career 1122 258 3082 190 7/39 16.22 10 1 1910/11 – South Africans in Australia 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 30 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 runs with 252 against Barrier District and 117 against Combined Universities his best efforts. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 55. South Africans v South Australia, Adelaide, November (4), 5, 7, 8 (South Africans won by 281 runs) c S.Hill b R.B.C.Rees 54 133 10 1 39 0 183 c J.N.Crawford b A.W.Wright 4 507 4 0 18 0 176 56. South Africans v Victoria, Melbourne, November 11, 12, 14, 15, 16 (Victoria won by five wickets) c W.W.Armstrong b F.J.Laver 50 189 18 0 64 0 301 2 c and b T.J.Matthews 69 236 - - - - 126-5 57. South Africans v New South Wales, Sydney, November 18, 19, 21 (New South Wales won by three wickets) b S.H.Emery 74 300 13 1 40 5 V.T.Trumper c A.E.E.Vogler 287 2 E.L.Waddy c and b E.F.Waddy b C.Kelleway c C.B.Llewellyn A.Cotter c C.B.Llewellyn c E.F.Waddy b S.H.Emery 1 198 18 0 74 2 V.T.Trumper st P.W.Sherwell 212-7 W.Bardsley lbw 58. South Africans v Queensland, Woolloongabba, Brisbane, November 25, 26, 28 (South Africans won by 122 runs) c A.Marshal b J.S.Redgrave 54 202 16.1 2 32 5 A.Marshal c A.E.E.Vogler 145 1 J.S.Hutcheon st T.Campbell W.S.S.McCloy c A.E.E.Vogler C.B.Barstow b A.E.Sims b 16