Famous Cricketers No 60 - Ernest Tyldesley

c H.Sutcliffe b W.Rhodes 22 116-4 216-5d 154. Lancashire v Nottinghamshire, Liverpool, August 7, 9, 10 (Lancashire won by 95 runs) b S.J.Staples 11 197 104 c T.W.Oates b F.Barratt 4 145-9d 143 1 155. Lancashire v Surrey, Old Trafford, August 11, 12, 13 (Surrey won by 221 runs) c and b J.H.Lockton 24 87 163 b P.G.H.Fender 43 129 274 1 156. Lancashire v Warwickshire, Edgbaston, August 14, 16, 17 (Lancashire won by an innings and 38 runs) b F.S.G.Calthorpe 244 526 218 2 270 157. Lancashire v Gloucestershire, Cheltenham (College Ground), August (18), 19, 20 (Lancashire won by ten wickets) c M.A.Green b P.T.Mills 37 170 132 did not bat - 39-0 75 1 158. Lancashire v Worcestershire, Stourbridge, August 21, 23 (Lancashire won by an innings and 99 runs) c C.R.Preece b W.H.Taylor 106 298-9d 131 68 159. Lancashire v Essex, Leyton, August 25, 26, 27 (Lancashire won by 188 runs) c G.M.Louden b J.W.H.T.Douglas 92 271 249 c N.H.Saint b G.M.Louden 32 309 143 1 160. Lancashire v Worcestershire, Old Trafford, August 28, 30, 31 (Lancashire won by nine wickets) c F.L.Bowley b G.G.F.Greig 73 194 124 1 not out 8 100-1 168 161. The Rest of England v Middlesex (Champion County), Kennington Oval, September 13, 14, 15 (Match drawn) c H.W.Lee b F.J.Durston 66 603-5d 318 1 192-4 1 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Avge 100 50 Ct County Championship 28 42 4 1538 244 40.47 3 8 20 Other match 1 1 0 66 66 66.00 - 1 2 Season 29 43 4 1604 244 41.12 3 9 22 Career 190 244 15 7363 244 32.15 11 42 89 1921 A much improved start to the season saw him approach the end of May with 498 runs from eight completed innings and an average of over 60. His consistency was outstanding and his reward came with his first Test cap at Trent Bridge against Warwick Armstrong’s powerful Australian side. For Ernest Tyldesley, now 32, this was only his second representative game. Yet it was not a happy occasion. Beaten for pace by Gregory, he chopped the first ball he received on to his stumps. Worse was to follow; he had helped take the score from 23 for 1 to 41 for 1 in the second innings when, in trying to score from a fast long hop, the ball hit him in the face and thence rolled on to his wicket. He was helped from the field but not seriously injured. When, after a relatively moderate spell, he suffered a broken finger in the match against Middlesex at Old Trafford, it looked as if his season was disintegrating; but, resuming in style against Kent and Surrey, he was recalled for the Old Trafford Test where he produced a scintillating display in scoring 78 not out. This ensured his selection for The Oval Test also but his best performances were reserved for the closing county games. After a whirlwind 128 not out against Nottinghamshire he went down to Leyton a week later and scored a century in each innings of a match for the first time in his career. His first innings of 165 took the score from 25 for 1 to 368 for 9 and he followed it up with an undefeated 123 in the second; it was also the only occasion in his career that he bowled in both innings of a match! 23