Famous Cricketers No 60 - Ernest Tyldesley

48. Lancashire v Worcestershire, Old Trafford, July 1, (2), 3 (Lancashire won by an innings and 181 runs) c and b J.A.Cuffe 1 269-8d 47 41 1 49. Lancashire v Australians, Liverpool, July 4, 5 (Lancashire won by eight wickets) c C.B.Jennings b W.J.Whitty38 163 183 1 c T.J.Matthews b C.Kelleway 1 115-2 94 50. Lancashire v Kent, Tunbridge Wells, July 8, 9, 10 (Kent won by an innings and 20 runs) c A.Fielder b C.Blythe 35 274 420 2 c A.P.Day b C.Blythe 11 126 51. Lancashire v Nottinghamshire, Trent Bridge, July 11, 12, 13 (Match drawn) b T.G.Wass 36 435 286 1 did not bat - 200-1d 94-2 52. Lancashire v Surrey, Old Trafford, July 15, 16, 17 (Lancashire won by ten wickets) b J.W.Hitch 11 430 213 1 did not bat - 33-0 248 53. Lancashire v Sussex, Hove, July 22, 23, 24 (Match drawn) b N.J.Holloway 2 370 2.2 0 2 2 K.S.Ranjitsinhji c F.R.R.Brooke 465 1 G.B.Street st F.R.R.Brooke did not bat - 84-2 54. Lancashire v South Africans, Old Trafford, August 22, (23), (24) (Match drawn) b G.A.Faulkner 0 170 69-1 55. Lancashire v Leicestershire, Leicester, August (26), 27, 28 (Lancashire won by an innings and 38 runs) c W.N.Riley b J.H.King 4 194-8d 75 81 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Avge 100 50 Ct County Championship 16 18 1 503 107 29.58 1 3 9 Other Lancashire matches 3 5 0 58 38 11.60 - - 1 Season 19 23 1 561 107 25.50 1 3 10 Career 55 71 3 1483 107 21.80 1 9 37 Bowling O M R W BB Avge County Championship 4.2 0 17 2 2-2 8.50 Career 8.2 0 38 2 2-2 19.00 1913 The 1913 season saw Ernest Tyldesley at last established at Number 5 in the Lancashire batting order; though he missed the opening match against Yorkshire, he subsequently played out a full season, averaging over 30. Despite exhibiting, according to Wisden , “little of his brother’s brilliance on the offside ... his onside play is very strong indeed.” The turning point of the season came in June; having started with a “pair” against Kent, he scored a whirlwind 97 against Gloucestershire and followed it up with three hundreds in four games including his highest yet - 123 - against Nottinghamshire. He shared in two significant stands with his brother John - 177 at The Oval against high-flying Surrey and 149 at Horsham to pull Lancashire round from the dismal position of 15 for 3. Amazingly some archive film footage of the two brothers setting out to the wicket during this stand still survives; it is believed to be the oldest film of any County Championship match in existence. He was now rapidly growing in confidence, frequently playing dashing innings and holding the side together when, as in the return game against Surrey, the ball was turning sharply. The four which took him to 7 at Maidstone on July 21st brought up his 1,000 runs in a season for the first time in his career. 15