Famous Cricketers No 66 - Wilfred Rhodes

672. Yorkshire v Middlesex, Bramall Lane, August 10, 11, 12 (Yorkshire won by two wickets) c and b H.W.Lee 9 345 24 6 68 6 J.W.Hearne lbw 175 E.H.Hendren lbw E.L.Kidd lbw C.A.Saville b H.R.Murrell lbw J.T.Hearne st A.Dolphin run out 7 89-8 27 6 60 1 E.L.Kidd c G.H.Hirst 255 1 673. Yorkshire v Surrey, Lord’s, August 13, 14, 15 (Surrey won by an innings and 30 runs) b P.G.H.Fender 29 204 38.5 6 134 2 T.W.Hayward c B.B.Wilson 549-6d P.G.H.Fender b b J.W.Hitch 2 315 674. Yorkshire v Sussex, Bradford, August 17, 18, 19 (Yorkshire won by an innings and 183 runs) c H.L.Wilson b J.H.Vincett 113 443 12.4 5 13 4 A.E.Relf lbw 111 M.W.Tate c M.W.Booth G.Leach c G.H.Crawford G.B.Street c A.Dolphin 10 1 24 2 E.H.Bowley lbw 149 H.L.Wilson c M.W.Booth 675. Yorkshire v Gloucestershire, Bristol, August 24, 25 (Yorkshire won by an innings and 227 runs) b B.Cranfield 27 405 94 1 84 676. Yorkshire v Somerset, Weston-super-Mare, August 27, 28 (Yorkshire won by 140 runs) c and b B.de la C.Hylton-Stewart 1 162 44 1 lbw b E.Robson 25 112 90 677. Yorkshire v Sussex, Hove, August 31, September 1, 2 (Match drawn) c N.J.Holloway b J.Vine 54 461 32 1 143 3 H.L.Wilson c E.Oldroyd 405 G.R.Cox lbw N.J.Holloway c A.Dolphin c G.B.Street b J.H.Vincett 9 123-6 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Championship 27 44 1 1176 113 27.34 1 8 35 Other Yorkshire matches 3 3 1 149 105* 74.50 1 - 1 Other matches 1 2 0 52 52 26.00 - 1 - Season 31 49 2 1377 113 29.29 2 9 36 Career 677 1005 138 25945 201 29.92 38 125 490 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m Championship 775.4 200 1965 110 7-19 17.86 5 1 Other Yorkshire matches 49 9 155 7 3-39 22.14 - - Other matches 16 5 37 1 1-37 37.00 - - Season (6-ball) 840.4 214 2157 118 7-19 18.27 5 1 Career (6-ball) 16839.1 4426 } 47360 2735 9-24 17.31 204 51 (5-ball) 2748.4 1029 1919 After spending the war working at a munitions factory and playing on Saturday afternoons for various league clubs Rhodes returned to the first-class game fully fit and refreshed. Reduced to two days the County Championship was won by Yorkshire but the performance was, perhaps, slightly devalued by the playing conditions. All told he took 164 wickets at 14.42 and stood first amongst the wicket-takers. This included a match analysis of 11-52 in the opening match against Gloucestershire at Gloucester and he also had 8-44 in the second innings against Warwickshire at Bradford. He had not bowled so well perhaps since his first four seasons and his length and spin off the wickets showed him to great advantage. Owing to his efforts in an ordinary bowling eleven his batting seemed secondary and he made only one century, 135 against Hampshire at Dewsbury. 80