Famous Cricketers No 66 - Wilfred Rhodes

the weather. At least it can be said that it was the forerunner of the very successful triangular tournaments which started some seventy years later. Although in county matches Rhodes was a good second to David Denton, whose form outshone any of his previous years, he was indebted to two big innings as the rest were somewhat mediocre. He made 176 against Nottinghamshire at Harrogate and 107 against Leicestershire at Bradford. He was well down the bowling list this year taking only 37 wickets for Yorkshire. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 557. England v The Rest, Kennington Oval, May 6, 7, 8 (England won by an innings and 13 runs) c James Seymour b W.C.Smith 12 352 5 1 14 1 J.W.H.T.Douglas lbw 119 1 3 0 15 0 220 558. Yorkshire v Leicestershire, Aylestone Road, Leicester, May 9, 10, 11 (Yorkshire won by nine wickets) c A.W.Shipman b W.E.Astill78 344 4 2 3 1 J.H.King c G.H.Hirst 143 not out 67 117-1 13 3 45 2 H.Whitehead c G.H.Hirst 317 1 W.Shipman st A.Dolphin 559. Yorkshire v Hampshire, Bramall Lane, May 13, 14, 15, (Match drawn) b J.A.Newman 46 471 - - - - 80 18 8 35 0 260-4 560. Yorkshire v South Africans, Huddersfield, May 16, 17, 18 (Match drawn) c C.P.Carter b S.J.Pegler 3 317 5 0 31 2 R.Beaumont b 170 S.J.Pegler c A.Drake not out 7 10-1 29 2 102 6 H.W.Taylor c J.Tasker 288 A.W.Nourse b G.C.White c M.W.Booth R.O.Schwarz lbw R.Beaumont b T.A.Ward b 561. Yorkshire v Kent, Headingley, May (20), 21, (22) (Match drawn) c F.E.Woolley b C.Blythe 8 96 9 0 29 0 103-2 562. MCC Australian XI v The Rest, Lord’s, May 23, 24, 25 (MCC Australian XI won by an innings and 10 runs) c H.Strudwick b E.Humphreys 55 509 237 262 1 563. Yorkshire v Lancashire, Bradford, May 27, 28 (Yorkshire won by ten wickets) c P.M.Fairclough b W.Huddleston 107 226 3 0 8 0 76 1 not out 2 17-0 18 4 49 2 J.T.Tyldesley b 165 J.Sharp c S.Haigh 564. Yorkshire v Somerset, Dewsbury, May 30, (31), June 1 (Match drawn) c W.T.Greswell b E.Robson 14 146 73 c L.C.L.Sutton b E.Robson 16 111-8d 45-3 565. Yorkshire v Essex, Huddersfield, June (6), 7, 8 (Match drawn) b C.P.Buckenham 20 242 14 2 27 1 W.Reeves c J.Tasker 103 566. ENGLAND v SOUTH AFRICA, Lord’s, June 10, 11, 12 (England won by an innings and 62 runs) b A.W.Nourse 36 337 58 217 567. Yorkshire v Middlesex, Lord’s, June 13, 14, 15 (Middlesex won by four wickets) c J.T.Hearne b F.A.Tarrant 25 157 12 0 38 2 E.H.Hendren b 185 R.Anson b c and b A.R.Litteljohn 84 166 4 0 23 0 139-6 568. Yorkshire v Gloucestershire, Headingley, June 17, 18, 19 (Yorkshire won by 74 runs) c A.E.Dipper b C.W.L.Parker 2 82 - - - - 68 1 c E.G.Dennett b G.L.Jessop 12 170 14.4 3 39 2 C.W.L.Parker hit wkt 110 A.E.North c B.B.Wilson 569. Yorkshire v Nottinghamshire, Trent Bridge, June 20, 21, 22 (Yorkshire won by five wickets) c T.W.Oates b A.O.Jones 11 145 8.4 1 23 2 W.Riley b 261 T.G.Wass c A.Drake c T.W.Oates b J.Iremonger 4 249-5 - - - - 132 1 70