Famous Cricketers No 60 - Ernest Tyldesley

SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Avge 100 50 Ct Test matches 3 3 0 198 122 66.00 1 1 - Players v Gentlemen 1 2 1 112 81 112.00 - 1 - County Championship 25 33 6 2130 242 78.88 8 7 9 Other Lancashire matches 4 7 2 337 84 67.40 - 2 2 Other matches 2 3 1 247 160* 123.50 1 1 - Season 35 48 10 3024 242 79.57 10 12 11 Career 444 660 68 26244 244 44.33 66 127 188 1928/29 – M.C.C. in Australia Despite the fact that he would celebrate his 40th birthday whilst away, Tyldesley was selected for the arduous Australian tour of 1928/29; yet he was by no means the senior professional since Hobbs had his 46th birthday and Mead his 42nd on the same tour. Though he began well at Perth there followed an indifferent spell which cost him an England place and ended his best ever run of eight consecutive England caps. In fact he only appeared in the final Test; it was to be his last Test on his last overseas tour. He started with a beautiful innings of 66 against Western Australia but it was another month before he produced another good performance, top scoring with 69 against a select eleven at Sydney. He shared a stand of 102 in 110 minutes with Philip Mead. Then another failure at Brisbane led to his non-appearance in first-class fixtures for over six weeks (a period which encompassed the first three Tests) though he did make a dashing 115 against a Queensland Country XI at Warwick on December 8th. He shared in a 156 fourth wicket stand with Wally Hammond. It was mid-February before he began to “come good” when his 68 not out was the major contribution to M.C.C. obtaining a first innings lead against New South Wales. He had already helped towards this by catching Don Bradman at square leg off John White for 15. He followed this up with two good performances against Victoria; coming in at 49 for 2 in the first innings he batted for over three hours for 81, adding 151 in 145 minutes with Wally Hammond, while his second innings 68 not out contributed to useful stands of 79 with Douglas Jardine and 61 (unbroken) with Patsy Hendren. This form, coupled with three injured players being unavailable, led to his selection for the Melbourne Test; though Ernest did not quite fail in either innings, Wally Hammond had by now laid an indisputable claim to the Number Three spot. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 445. M.C.C. v Western Australia, Perth, October 18, 19, 20 (Match drawn) b R.A.Halcombe 66 406 257 did not bat - 26-0 446. M.C.C. v South Australia, Adelaide, October 26, 27, 29, 30 (Match drawn) c A.T.Hack b C.V.Grimmett 8 528 524 1 st A.T.Hack b C.V.Grimmett 21 341-4 447. M.C.C. v New South Wales, Sydney, November 9, 10, 12, 13 (Match drawn) c W.A.S.Oldfield b C.Kelleway 1 734-7d 349 364-3 448. M.C.C. v An Australian XI, Sydney, November 16, 17, 19, 20 (M.C.C. won by eight wickets) lbw b O.E.Nothling 69 357 231 did not bat - 118-2 243 449. M.C.C. v Queensland, Brisbane, November 24, 26, 27 (M.C.C. won by an innings and 17 runs) c P.M.Hornibrook b O.E.Nothling 8 293 116 160 450. M.C.C. v Tasmania, Launceston, January 12, 14, 15 (M.C.C. won by an innings and 116 runs) st P.G.Henty b A.C.Newton 1 482-8d 229 137 48