Famous Cricketers No 66 - Wilfred Rhodes

SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Players v Gentlemen 1 2 0 81 50 40.50 - 1 - North v South 2 3 1 176 93 88.00 - 2 2 Championship 26 35 2 1082 196 32.78 2 4 16 Other Yorkshire matches 5 5 1 169 85* 42.25 - 1 3 Other matches 2 2 0 29 29 14.50 - - 1 Season 36 47 4 1537 196 35.74 2 8 22 Career 262 339 79 5901 196 22.69 3 24 151 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m Players v Gentlemen 16 3 40 0 - - - - North v South 42.1 6 161 8 5-88 20.12 1 - Championship 917.3 276 2070 104 6-27 19.90 8 3 Other Yorkshire matches 173.4 49 456 14 4-41 32.57 - - Other matches 48 17 102 5 3-66 20.40 - - Season (6-ball) 1197.2 351 2829 131 6-27 21.59 9 3 Career (6-ball) 7444.3 2256 } 22212 1447 9-24 15.35 124 37 (5-ball) 2748.4 1029 1905 Rhodes continued the improvement with his batting and made his first double century, 201 against Somerset at Taunton, and 108 against the same opponents at Harrogate. He increased his wicket total to 182 at 16.95. He played in four Tests against the Australians missing out on one through injury. This being Jackson’s year - never losing the toss in all the five Tests - it is not surprising that England won the series although Rhodes had a poor return of only ten wickets. In the Championship he was ‘par excellence’. Forty-seven wickets in May contained 8-60 against Warwickshire at Edgbaston and he also had 6-87 against Worcestershire at Worcester. A quiet June culminated with 10-74 against Warwickshire at Dewsbury and he had 8-119 for the Players at Lord’s in July. He ran riot in August with 9-115 in the ‘Roses’ match at Sheffield, 10-115 against Surrey at Headingley, 10-145 against Middlesex at Bradford and 11-158 against the Rest of England in September at the Oval. All told he was, as Wisden said, challenging Hirst as the best all-round man in England. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 263. Yorkshire v Somerset, Taunton, May 1, 2, 3 (Yorkshire won by an innings and 224 runs) c E.Robson b F.P.Hardy 201 549-9d 25 9 42 3 A.E.Lewis b 98 L.C.Braund b S.M.J.Woods c H.Myers 17.3 4 59 4 L.C.Braund b 227 2 S.M.J.Woods lbw H.S.Burrington c I.Grimshaw B.Cranfield b 264. Yorkshire v Gloucestershire, Bristol, May 8, 9 (Yorkshire won by an innings and 55 runs) c J.H.Board b E.G.Dennett 6 338 19.2 6 36 5 E.E.Barnett b 96 G.L.Jessop b F.E.Thomas b H.J.Huggins c D.Hunter F.G.Roberts c I.Grimshaw 16 4 59 2 W.H.Hale c D.Hunter 187 1 J.H.Board lbw 265. Yorkshire v Worcestershire, Worcester, May 11, 12, 13 (Yorkshire won by 65 runs) b E.G.Arnold 12 225 - - - - 97 2 b J.A.Cuffe 4 232 52.5 21 87 6 F.L.Bowley c G.H.Hirst 295 F.A.Pearson st D.Hunter J.A.Cuffe c D.Hunter W.B.Burns c J.Tunnicliffe R.D.Burrows c D.Hunter G.A.Wilson c D.Denton 39