Famous Cricketers No 66 - Wilfred Rhodes

296. Yorkshire v MCC & Ground, Scarborough, August 31, September 1 (Yorkshire won by three wickets) b W.Mead 6 110 15 3 53 6 C.E.de Trafford c D.Denton 108 J.H.King c H.Myers J.E.Raphael c Lord Hawke C.L.Townsend c F.S.Jackson W.Findlay c J.Tunnicliffe H.D.G.Leveson-Gower c D.Hunter not out 22 97-7 - - - - 98 297. North v South, Scarborough, September 4, 5, (6) (Match drawn) c G.R.Cox b B.J.T.Bosanquet 56 418 28 6 88 4 J.E.Raphael c D.Hunter 215 F.A.Tarrant st D.Hunter G.J.Thompson c J.T.Tyldesley G.R.Cox c J.T.Tyldesley did not bat - 125-2 298. Mr.C.I.Thornton’s England XI v Australians, Scarborough, September 7, 8, 9 (Match drawn) b F.J.Laver 4 282 27 2 86 2 V.T.Trumper lbw 392 J.Darling c D.Denton did not bat - 176-5 299. Yorkshire v Rest of England, Kennington Oval, September 14, 15, 16 (Yorkshire won by 65 runs) c T.W.Hayward b J.N.Crawford 15 190 34.1 7 99 6 L.G.Wright b 172 J.T.Tyldesley b A.F.A.Lilley c S.Haigh J.N.Crawford c H.Myers E.G.Arnold c E.Smith W.S.Lees c J.W.Rothery b C.Blythe 42 213 25 3 59 5 T.W.Hayward st D.Hunter 166 1 E.G.Hayes c and b J.T.Tyldesley b J.N.Crawford b W.S.Lees st D.Hunter SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Test matches 4 5 2 146 39* 48.66 - - 6 Players v Gentlemen 1 1 0 22 22 22.00 - - - North v South 1 1 0 56 56 56.00 - 1 - Championship 25 35 4 1117 201 36.03 2 9 35 Other Yorkshire matches 5 9 2 236 70 33.71 - 1 3 Other matches 1 1 0 4 4 4.00 - - - Season 37 52 8 1581 201 35.93 2 11 44 Career 299 391 87 7482 201 24.61 5 35 195 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m Test matches 110.3 21 314 10 3-36 31.40 - - Players v Gentlemen 52 14 119 8 5-71 14.87 1 - North v South 28 6 88 4 4-88 22.00 - - Championship 842.5 232 1986 126 8-90 15.76 10 3 Other Yorkshire matches 181.1 35 492 32 6-16 15.37 4 1 Other matches 27 2 86 2 2-86 43.00 - - Season (6-ball) 1241.3 310 3085 182 8-90 16.95 15 4 Career (6-ball) 8686 2566 } 25297 1629 9-24 15.52 139 41 (5-ball) 2748.4 1029 1906 Rhodes had by his standards a very ordinary year although he played in thirty-six matches in the season - all bar three for Yorkshire - and made 1618 runs, his wicket tally falling to 128 this being his lowest total for nine seasons. Wisden put this down to improvement as a batsmen and stated that ‘his great advancement as a batsman did not compensate for his marked decline as a bowler’. Although 43