Famous Cricketers No 60 - Ernest Tyldesley

260. Players v Gentlemen, Scarborough, September 6, 7, 8 (Match drawn) b A.E.R.Gilligan 3 220 128 st F.W.Gilligan b P.G.H.Fender 20 297-7d 264-7 261. Lancashire v The Rest of England, Blackpool, September 10, 11, 12 (The Rest of England won by 189 runs) lbw b J.W.Hitch 14 252 265 b A.S.Kennedy 4 83 259 1 262. The Rest of England v Yorkshire (Champion County), Kennington Oval, September 14, 15, 17 (Match drawn) c G.G.Macaulay b R.Kilner 26 273 430-4d 26-1 263. Capped v Uncapped, Hastings, September 19, 20, 21 (Uncapped won by eight wickets) lbw b M.W.Tate 2 165 315 b M.W.Tate 30 197 49-2 264. Rest of England v Lord Cowdray’s XI, Hastings, September 22, 24, 25 (Match drawn) run out 4 289 274 c G.E.Livock b C.W.L.Parker 13 150-6 166-5d 1 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Avge 100 50 Ct Players v Gentlemen 1 2 0 23 20 11.50 - - - County Championship 28 40 5 1509 236 43.11 3 8 17 Other Lancashire matches 4 7 1 276 105 46.00 1 1 3 Other matches 6 11 0 232 97 21.09 - 1 2 Season 39 60 6 2040 236 37.77 4 10 22 Career 264 407 34 13451 244 36.06 24 74 127 1924 Despite a rain-ruined season - especially at home - Ernest Tyldesley improved on his 1923 average and earned recognition with his selection in the England twelves against South Africa at Edgbaston, Headingley and Old Trafford; only at Headingley did he make the team, however, and there he was unfortunately run out for 15. Nor did he have much luck with his benefit match which immediately preceded the Edgbaston Test. He chose the game when Middlesex visited Old Trafford during the celebration of the Lancashire club’s Diamond Jubilee (1864-1924) but the weather precluded any cricket on the opening day and restricted play on the second to a mere 80 minutes. In the circumstances he did well to collect £2,458, a tidy sum at the time. After another fairly modest start to the season his fortunes picked up with a useful 75 at Lord’s and then blossomed with an outstanding game against Kent. His undefeated second innings 148 occupied five hours during which he hit 16 fours and gave but a solitary chance at 67; he shared a stand of 135 with Frank Watson for the third wicket. The “purple patch” came towards the end of June, his 433 runs in 10 days encompassing hundreds against Leicestershire and Sussex. In the former game he shared in a magnificent stand of 185 in two hours with Charlie Hallows, who himself recorded two undefeated centuries in the match. Two 70s and a 50 earned his Test cap but August was a barren month save for 100 against Warwickshire (on an outfield slow from heavy rain) and a 72 at Hove. By contrast with his earlier performances against Kent the fixture at Dover provided him with his second and last “pair” of his career - the other instance back in 1913 was against the same opposition! Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 265. Lancashire v Derbyshire, Old Trafford, May 3, 5, (6) (Match drawn) b S.W.A.Cadman 15 116 81 not out 11 59-4 31