Famous Cricketers No 66 - Wilfred Rhodes

did not bat - 68-2 6.1 3 6 5 P.A.McAlister st H.Strudwick 15 1 W.W.Armstrong c H.Strudwick G.H.S.Trott c E.G.Arnold F.J.Laver b H.J.Fry c B.J.T.Bosanquet 223. MCC v New South Wales, Sydney, February 12, 13, 15 (MCC won by 278 runs) not out 2 190 19 7 50 3 A.J.Y.Hopkins b 232 A.J.Bowden b A.Cotter b not out 49 461 10 3 20 0 141 2 224. ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA, Sydney, February 26, 27, (29), March 1, 2, 3 (England won by 157 runs) st J.J.Kelly b M.A.Noble 10 249 11 3 33 4 P.A.McAlister c E.G.Arnold 131 C.E.McLeod b S.E.Gregory c R.E.Foster H.Trumble c A.F.A.Lilley c P.A.McAlister b A.Cotter 29 210 11 7 12 0 171 225. ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA, Melbourne, March 5, 7, 8 (Australia won by 218 runs) c D.R.A.Gehrs b A.Cotter 3 61 12 1 41 1 C.Hill c L.C.Braund 247 1 not out 16 101 15 2 52 2 R.A.Duff c P.F.Warner 133 M.A.Noble st A.F.A.Lilley 226. MCC v South Australia, Adelaide, March 12, 14, 15 (MCC won by nine wickets) b H.J.Hill 4 154 5 0 18 0 259 did not bat - 184-1 - - - - 77 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Test matches 5 9 2 126 40* 18.00 - - 5 Other matches 9 9 5 113 49* 28.25 - - 9 Tour 14 18 7 239 49* 21.72 - - 14 Career 226 292 75 4364 105 20.11 1 16 129 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m Test matches 172 36 488 31 8-68 15.74 3 1 Other matches 272.3 79 567 34 6-55 16.67 4 1 Tour (6-ball) 444.3 115 1055 65 8-68 16.23 7 2 Career (6-ball) 6247.1 1905 } 19383 1316 9-24 14.72 115 34 (5-ball) 2748.4 1029 1904 Yorkshire came a poor second to Lancashire in the Championship this year. An unprecedented decision of a match being declared void was occasioned by the pitch being tampered with at Harrogate against Kent which deprived Rhodes of another seven wickets and Haigh of a hat-trick which he accomplished bowling slow leg-breaks, dismissing Hubble, Fairservice and Blythe. As if to show he was becoming a genuine all-rounder Rhodes’ batting improved out of all recognition and he made over 1500 runs with a highest score of 196 against Worcestershire at Worcester. His bowling fell off slightly - which is not surprising - but he still took 131 wickets. It wasn’t until the Essex match at Leyton in June that he had 5-68 in each innings for 10-136 in the match. He quickly followed this with 10-39 in 23 overs against Hampshire at Headingley and 12-128 against Warwickshire at Edgbaston in the next match. After this he fell away a little but all told had a satisfactory season. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 227. MCC Australian Team v Rest of England, Lord’s, May 9, (10), 11 (Match drawn) b S.Hargreave 0 300 31 13 62 3 William Quaife c A.F.A.Lilley 247 D.Denton c P.F.Warner A.C.MacLaren c R.E.Foster did not bat - 34-1 35