Famous Cricketers No 66 - Wilfred Rhodes

lbw b F.M.Sibbles 43 314-6 1003. Yorkshire v Leicestershire, Aylestone Road, Leicester, August 3, 4, 5 (Match drawn) c N.F.Armstrong b G.Geary 4 282 38 13 61 1 G.H.S.Fowke c E.Robinson 276 did not bat - 139-4 1004. Yorkshire v Leicestershire, Bramall Lane, August 6, (8), (9) (Match drawn) not out 10 292-4 1005. Yorkshire v Derbyshire, Hull, August 10, 11, 12 (Match drawn) c L.F.Townsend b T.S.Worthington 16 228 1 0 5 0 81 did not bat - 32-0 43.2 18 63 4 G.R.Jackson lbw 252 1 T.S.Worthington c R.Kilner L.F.Townsend c and b J.A.Cresswell st A.Dolphin 1006. Yorkshire v Derbyshire, Chesterfield, August 17, (18), (19) (Match drawn) not out 6 92-5 16 3 30 2 G.M.Lee st A.Wood 157 L.F.Townsend c P.Holmes 1007. Yorkshire v Surrey, Kennington Oval, August (20), 22, 23 (Match drawn) did not bat - 143-1 29 8 72 4 T.F.Shepherd c M.Leyland 341-8d E.R.T.Holmes c R.Kilner R.J.Gregory lbw H.A.Peach b 1008. Yorkshire v Essex, Leyton, August 24, 25, 26 (Match drawn) not out 41 249-5d 12 3 23 0 128-5 1009. Yorkshire v Sussex, Hove, August 27, 29, 30 (Yorkshire won by nine wickets) lbw b M.W.Tate 0 302 26 9 32 1 A.H.H.Gilligan c E.Robinson 221 1 did not bat - 43-1 15 7 18 0 120 1010. Yorkshire v MCC, Scarborough, August 31, September 1, 2 (Yorkshire won by eight wickets) c L.G.Crawley b N.E.Haig 2 212 5 2 9 0 199 did not bat - 138-2 1 0 1 0 147 1011. Players v Gentlemen, Scarborough, September 3, 5, 6 (Match drawn) not out 15 513-9d 20 9 19 1 H.J.Enthoven c G.Geary 271 3 0 30 0 204-3 1012. Mr.C.I.Thornton’s XI v MCC South African Team, Scarborough, September 7, 8, 9 (Match drawn) b R.E.S.Wyatt 4 364-9d 19 6 31 1 W.R.Hammond lbw 205 7 0 16 1 E.W.Dawson c J.B.Hobbs 145-1 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Players v Gentlemen 1 1 1 15 15* - - - - Championship 30 32 6 481 44 18.50 - - 7 Other Yorkshire matches 3 3 0 77 73 25.66 - 1 1 Other matches 1 1 0 4 4 4.00 - - - Season 35 37 7 577 73 19.23 - 1 8 Career 1012 1433 207 38166 267* 31.13 57 188 715 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m Players v Gentlemen 23 9 49 1 1-19 49.00 - - Championship 811.3 265 1546 77 6-20 20.07 2 - Other Yorkshire matches 47 18 89 5 4-29 17.80 - - Other matches 26 6 47 2 1-16 23.50 - - Seaosn (6-ball) 907.3 298 1731 85 6-20 20.36 2 - Career (6-ball) 25220.2 7230 } 63852 3977 9-24 16.05 268 64 (5-ball) 2748.4 1029 1928 Having turned fifty years of age the previous October Rhodes, owing to the death of Roy Kilner and the more or less breakdown of Macaulay, was given a great deal of work to do and rose to the occasion splendidly. Although mediocre in batting he made his last century - 100* against Worcester at 115