Famous Cricketers No 66 - Wilfred Rhodes

704. Yorkshire v Kent, Dover, August 25, 26 (Match drawn) run out 1 375-8d 24 9 25 2 L.P.Hedges c A.Dolphin 168 J.C.Hubble c R.Kilner 11 7 8 0 78-2 705. Yorkshire v Hampshire, Southampton, August 27, (28) (Match drawn) not out 7 242-3 18 2 60 3 E.L.Armitage lbw 201 G.N.Bignell lbw F.P.Ryan b 706. Yorkshire v Sussex, Hove, August (29), 30 (Match drawn) lbw b G.R.Cox 26 187-6d 10 0 29 3 R.A.Young c and b 100 1 M.W.Tate b A.H.H.Gilligan lbw 4 1 10 1 R.R.Relf c E.Robinson 38-2 707. Yorkshire v MCC, Scarborough, September 1, 2, 3 (Match drawn) b N.E.Haig 5 175 27 7 46 1 N.E.Haig c P.Holmes 152 2 did not bat - 95-1d - - - - 77-2 708. Players v Gentlemen, Scarborough, September 4, 5, 6 (Players won by an innings and 110 runs) b J.W.H.T.Douglas 52 397 21 6 42 4 R.H.Twining lbw 131 J.W.H.T.Douglas c A.Dolphin G.E.V.Crutchley c J.W.Hearne M.Falcon b 24.2 14 34 3 J.W.H.T.Douglas b 156 D.C.F.Burton c A.Dolphin E.R.Wilson c G.H.Hirst 709. Mr.C.I.Thornton’s England XI v A.I.F., Scarborough, September 8, 9, 10 (Mr.C.I.Thornton’s England XI won by two wickets) lbw b. C.S.Winning 24 187 3 2 6 1 J.T.Murray b 81 not out 23 191-8 20 5 50 1 H.L.Collins c R.H.Twining 296 2 710. Yorkshire v Rest of England, Kennington Oval, September 15, 16, 17, 18 (Rest of England won by ten wickets) c R.H.Spooner b F.E.Woolley 19 246 30 4 112 2 J.N.Crawford c and b 493 1 J.W.H.T.Douglas c D.C.F.Burton b A.S.Kennedy 65 286 - - - - 40-0 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Players v Gentlemen 1 1 0 52 52 52.00 - 1 - Championship 26 34 8 891 135 34.26 1 6 23 Other Yorkshire matches 5 9 1 247 90 30.87 - 2 5 Other matches 1 2 1 47 24 47.00 - - 2 Season 33 46 10 1237 135 34.36 1 9 30 Career 710 1051 148 27182 201 30.10 39 134 520 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m Players v Gentlemen 45.2 20 76 7 4-42 10.85 - - Championship 797.3 236 1764 142 8-44 12.42 11 4 Other Yorkshire matches 182.4 42 469 13 4-69 36.07 - - Other matches 23 7 56 2 1-6 28.00 - - Season (6-ball) 1048.3 305 2365 164 8-44 14.42 11 4 Career (6-ball) 17887.4 4731 } 49725 2899 9-24 17.15 215 55 (5-ball) 2748.4 1029 1920 Rhodes had another excellent season taking 161 wickets and apart from Hobbs’ 17 wickets for a better average stood top of the averages again. For Yorkshire in the Championship he took 143 wickets at 12.90 and obtained more than ten wickets in a match on five occasions, his best innings performance being 8-39 against Sussex at Headingley and match performance 11-44 against Derbyshire at Derby. In effect Rhodes and Waddington carried the team on their shoulders and it is 84