Famous Cricketers No 68 - Fred Tate

40. Sussex v Gloucestershire, Clifton College Ground, Bristol, August 6, 7, 8 (Sussex won by 55 runs) b F.G.Roberts 1 91 13.2 5 17 7 W.G.Grace c G.L.Wilson 37 1 W.W.F.Pullen b J.L.Painter b H.V.Page c W.Newham W.H.Murch b W.A.Woof b F.G.Roberts b not out 2 131 24 9 44 5 W.G.Grace b 130 O.G.Radcliffe b H.V.Page b W.H.Murch b W.A.Woof b 41. Sussex v Kent, Hove, August 10, 11, 12 (Sussex won by 84 runs) c L.Wilson b A.Hearne 3 328 19.4 8 37 2 W.H.Patterson c and b 267 1 W.S.Wright b not out 0 77 12.3 6 23 6 A.Hearne lbw 54 W.H.Patterson b L.Wilson b F.M.Atkins b W.S.Wright b F.Martin b 42. Sussex v Middlesex, Lord’s, August 13, 14 (Middlesex won by eight wickets) b J.T.Hearne 0 130 13 2 42 1 A.E.Stoddart b 216 not out 0 162 11.2 2 23 0 78-2 1 43. Sussex v Yorkshire, Hove, August 17, 18 (Yorkshire won by an innings and 55 runs) not out 0 139 43 16 85 3 G.Ulyett c H.R.Butt 351 1 L.Hall c H.R.Butt T.A.Wardall c C.A.Smith not out 9 157 44. Sussex v Lancashire, Hove, August 24, 25 (Lancashire won by an innings and 43 runs) not out 3 88 28 17 29 1 J.Briggs b 176 1 not out 0 45 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 50 Ct County Championship 14 23 9 68 16 4.85 - 10 Other Sussex matches 3 4 1 19 13* 6.33 - - Season 17 27 10 87 16 5.11 - 10 Career 44 75 25 257 26 5.14 - 23 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m County Championship 527.4 210 1024 60 7/17 17.06 6 1 Other Sussex matches 165 49 372 20 7/33 18.60 2 1 Season (5-ball) 692.4 259 1396 80 7/17 17.45 8 2 Career (4-ball) 388.1 168 } 2621 134 7/17 19.55 9 2 (5-ball) 994.2 354 1892 Wisden considered, a touch unfairly, that Tate did not “increase his reputation” in 1892. He contributed almost a third of the overs bowled for the county and his first innings 6-50 (25.3 overs unchanged) against Gloucestershire at Hove was a major factor in the only Sussex Championship win of the season. He also bowled unchanged (6-21) with F.Parris and J.B.Hide to dismiss Lancashire for 55 at Old Trafford and again at Bramall Lane (4-25), once more with Parris and Hide when Yorkshire collapsed for 81. That Sussex lost both matches was due largely to fragile batting. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 45. Sussex v MCC, Lord’s May 5, 6 (MCC won by 70 runs) c A.E.Leatham b J.T.Hearne 0 66 16 4 40 0 127 12