Famous Cricketers No 60 - Ernest Tyldesley

475. Lancashire v Leicestershire, Leicester, July 13, 15, 16 (Match drawn) c H.Riley b C.A.R.Coleman 77 380 453 lbw b A.W.Shipman 0 73-4 476. Lancashire v South Africans, Liverpool, July 17, 18, 19 (Lancashire won by ten wickets) c D.P.B.Morkel b C.L.Vincent 5 384 218 did not bat - 36-0 200 477. Lancashire v Surrey, Kennington Oval, July 20, 22, 23 (Match drawn) b M.J.C.Allom 74 526-7d - - - - 210 3 3 1 8 0 258-3 478. Lancashire v Kent, Maidstone, July 24, 25, 26 (Lancashire won by 189 runs) st L.E.G.Ames b A.P.Freeman 66 347 235 c G.B.Legge b A.C.Wright 97 305-6d 228 1 479. Lancashire v Warwickshire, Edgbaston, July 27, 29, 30 (Lancashire won by ten wickets) b J.H.Mayer 138 459 249 1 did not bat - 12-0 219 480. Lancashire v Derbyshire, Old Trafford, (July 31), August 1, 2 (Match drawn) c J.M.Hutchinson b L.F.Townsend 15 200-3d 101-4 481. Lancashire v Yorkshire, Bradford, August 3, 5, (6) (Match drawn) c W.Barber b M.Leyland 12 192 285-7 482. Lancashire v Middlesex, Old Trafford, August 7, 8, 9 (Match drawn) lbw b R.W.V.Robins 2 180 163 1 lbw b R.W.V.Robins 27 143-8d 51-4 483. Lancashire v Warwickshire, Nelson, August 10, 12, 13 (Lancashire won by an innings and 53 runs) c R.E.S.Wyatt b G.A.E.Paine 0 369-9d 138 178 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Avge 100 50 Ct County Championship 24 35 4 1495 187 48.22 4 10 12 Other Lancashire matches 2 2 0 11 6 5.50 - - 1 Other matches 1 2 0 69 68 34.50 - 1 - Season 27 39 4 1575 187 45.00 4 11 13 Career 483 715 74 28328 244 44.19 70 143 205 Bowling O M R W BB Avge County Championship 4 1 16 0 - - Other Lancashire matches 3 2 3 0 - - Season 7 3 19 0 - - Career 62 9 308 6 3-33 51.33 1930 For Ernest Tyldesley the 1930 season divided itself into two quite distinct phases. By June 17th he had, the Glamorgan match apart, produced few innings of consequence; his 547 runs, scored at an average of 32, had been considerably fortified by his performance at Cardiff where his two centuries (the second undefeated) had transformed his figures; without this game, his 330 runs at just over 20 - including the ignominy of a first ball “Roses” dismissal - would have looked feeble indeed. Then, from June 21st when Lancashire entertained the touring Australians, he grew in confidence so much that from this point to the end of the season he scored a further 1,357 runs at an average in excess of 61 and, in the course of so doing, he surpassed his previous record individual score. By the end of June he was, according to Wisden , “in quite his best form” while “driving with fine power” in an innings of 117 against Championship leaders Kent; his stand of 206 for the second wicket with Frank Watson helped Lancashire to an innings win of considerable significance. Soon afterwards on July 12th at Old Trafford he batted for just over six hours against Warwickshire to make an 51