Famous Cricketers No 66 - Wilfred Rhodes

209. Yorkshire v Mr.C.I.Thornton’s XI, Scarborough, September 3, 4, (5) (Match drawn) c B.J.T.Bosanquet b F.A.Tarrant 13 183 30 7 63 3 J.R.Gunn b 189 G.J.Thompson c G.H.Hirst C.Headlam b not out 35 187-4 210. Lancashire and Yorkshire v Rest of England, Hastings, September 7, 8, 9 (Lancashire and Yorkshire won by 87 runs) lbw b W.W.Odell 31 255 32 12 72 6 T.W.Hayward lbw 173 2 G.W.Beldam c and b K.S.Ranjtisinhji c Lord Hawke A.O.Jones c and b W.G.Grace b W.W.Odell c J.T.Tyldesley did not bat - 125-4d 22 6 46 7 T.W.Hayward c D.Denton 120 J.Vine c D.Hunter K.S.Ranjitsinhji c A.Eccles L.C.Braund c W.R.Cuttell A.E.Relf c E.Smith W.W.Odell c Lord Hawke H.Strudwick c J.T.Tyldesley 211. Players v Gentlemen, Hastings, September 10, 11, 12 (Match drawn) not out 16 352-6d 16 2 45 1 Lord Hawke c T.W.Hayward 172-7 212. Rest of England v Middlesex, Kennington Oval, September 14, 15, 16 (Match drawn) b J.T.Hearne 36 184 14 5 27 0 230 2 did not bat - 229-5 16 1 58 4 P.F.Warner c E.G.Arnold 254-8d J.Douglas c G.H.Hirst B.J.T.Bosanquet lbw J.H.Hunt st H.Strudwick SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Players v Gentlemen 3 4 1 123 82 41.00 - 1 3 Championship 26 37 6 751 79 24.22 - 5 12 Other Yorkshire matches 5 8 2 196 98* 32.66 - 1 1 Other matches 2 2 0 67 36 33.50 - - 4 Season 36 51 9 1137 98* 27.07 - 7 20 Career 212 274 68 4125 105 20.02 1 16 115 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m Players v Gentlemen 84.3 18 190 7 27.14 2-31 - - Championship 1061.4 333 2105 143 14.72 8-61 12 3 Other Yorkshire matches 147.5 50 315 26 12.11 6-24 2 - Other matches 84 24 203 17 11.94 7-46 2 1 Season (6-ball) 1378 425 2813 193 14.57 8-61 16 4 Career (6-ball) 5802.4 1790 } 18328 1251 14.65 9-24 108 32 (5-ball) 2748.4 1029 1903/04 - MCC in Australia Rhodes made the first of his overseas tours this winter when he was selected for the first Test playing side deemed the M.C.C. Previously all tours had been private ventures led by a plethora of players and entrepreneurs. He found the Australian wickets to his liking and in the second Test at Melbourne took 15-124 to help England win by 185 runs. He also captured 31 wickets in the series which was won by England by three Tests to two. Outside the Tests he had the greatest successes on the Melbourne wickets which he found much to his liking. He had 8-84 against Victoria in the first game in November, then came the second Test and he followed this with 11-68 (which included 6-5 in the second innings) when Victoria were put out for 15 runs. He never achieved that amount of success on any other ground during the tour. 33