Famous Cricketers No 66 - Wilfred Rhodes

545. MCC v New South Wales, Sydney, November 24, (25), 27, (28) (Match drawn) c A.Cotter b H.V.Hordern 15 238 198 546. MCC v Queensland, Brisbane, December 1, 2, 4 (MCC won by seven wickets) not out 64 275 290 1 b J.W.McLaren 26 140-3 124 547. MCC v Australian XI, Brisbane, December 8, 9, 11 (Match drawn) c J.N.Crawford b J.W.McLaren 0 267 10 2 45 0 347 b W.W.Armstrong 34 279-4 548. ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA, Sydney, December 15, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21 (Australia won by 146 runs) c C.Hill b H.V.Hordern 41 318 8 0 26 0 447 c V.T.Trumper b H.V.Hordern 0 291 3 1 4 0 308 1 549. ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA, Melbourne, December 30, January 1, 2, 3 (England won by eight wickets) c V.T.Trumper b A.Cotter 61 265 - - - - 184 c H.Carter b A.Cotter 28 219-2 2 1 3 0 299 550. ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA, Adelaide, January 12, 13, 15, 16, 17 (England won by seven wickets) lbw b A.Cotter 59 501 - - - - 133 1 not out 57 112-3 1 0 6 0 476 551. MCC v Tasmania, Launceston, January 23, 24, 25 (MCC won by eight wickets) c T.H.Elliott b M.S.McKenzie 14 332 11 2 40 0 217 not out 13 56-2 - - - - 165 552. MCC v Tasmania, Hobart, January 26, 27, 29 (MCC won by an innings and 95 runs) b C.W.B.Martin 102 574-4d 124 355 2 553. MCC v Victoria, Melbourne, February 2, 3, 5, 6 (MCC won by eight wickets) c W.W.Armstrong b W.J.Scott 16 467 - - - - 195 not out 22 43-2 7 0 31 0 314 554. ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA, Melbourne, February 9, 10, 12, 13 (England won by an innings and 225 runs) c H.Carter b R.B.Minnett 179 589 2 1 1 0 191 2 173 555. MCC v New South Wales, Sydney, February 16, 17, 19, 20 (MCC won by eight wickets) c C.Kelleway b G.R.Hazlitt 119 315 - - - - 106 c H.L.Collins b C.Kelleway109 195-2 11 1 45 0 403 556. ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA, Sydney, February 23, 24, (26), 27, 28, (29), March 1 (England won by 70 runs) b C.G.Macartney 8 324 - - - - 176 lbw b W.W.Armstrong 30 214 2 0 17 0 292 1 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Test matches 5 9 1 463 179 57.87 1 3 5 Other matches 9 15 3 635 119 52.91 3 2 6 Tour 14 24 4 1098 179 54.90 4 5 11 Career 556 810 124 20277 201 29.55 29 97 366 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m Test maches 18 3 57 0 - - - - Other matches 44 6 177 0 - - - - Tour (6-ball) 62 9 234 0 - - - - Career (6-ball) 14637.1 3880 } 41494 2447 9-24 16.95 193 49 (5-ball) 2748.4 1029 1912 Rhodes opened the innings with Hobbs and played in all six Test matches in a disappointing year when the triangular series of Test matches was an abject failure mostly because of abnormally bad weather and the poor form shown by the South Africans who were on a ‘hiding to nothing’ whatever 69