Famous Cricketers No 68 - Fred Tate

1893 Under a new, tactically astute, captain, the highly experienced former Australian Test skipper W.L. Murdoch, the 43-year-old lob bowler Walter Humphreys had his best ever season (122 Championship wickets at 16.53). For Tate the opposite was the case. He took only three wickets in his last six matches, 31 in all, and was dropped for the final two fixtures. As consolation, he again dismissed W.G.Grace twice in a match (caught mid-off, bowled by a “bailer”). Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 64. Sussex v Nottinghamshire, Trent Bridge, May 11, 12 (Nottinghamshire won by an innings and 67 runs) b R.J.Mee 0 121 34 6 95 2 A.Shrewsbury c H.R.Butt 386 1 W.Gunn c and b c A.Shrewsbury b R.J.Mee 11 198 65. Sussex v MCC, Lord’s, May 15, 16, 17 (Match drawn) not out 48 317 16 5 46 0 345 1 did not bat - 41-3 66. Sussex v Gloucestershire, Hove, May 22, 23, 24 (Sussex won by 3 runs) lbw b W.G.Grace 0 202 11.2 4 25 3 W.G.Grace c F.H.Guttridge 297 2 F.G.Roberts b J.H.Board c and b c G.S. De Winton b B F.G.Roberts 0 294 21 7 49 2 W.G.Grace b 196 O.G.Radcliffe c G.Bean 67. Sussex v Somerset, Hove, May 25, 26 (Sussex won by nine wickets) c G.B.Nichols b E.J.Tyler 3 354 5 0 28 0 137 did not bat - 49-1 15 6 37 2 T.Robinson b 263 G.B.Nichols b 68. Sussex v Yorkshire, Headingley, May (29), 30, 31 (Yorkshire won by four wickets) not out 6 125 19 8 28 3 A.Sellers c H.R.Butt 111 T.A.Wardall b R.Peel c W.L.Murdoch not out 0 61 12 2 42 1 E.Wainwright lbw 76-6 69. Sussex v Lancashire, Old Trafford, June 1, 2, 3 (Match drawn) c A.T.Kemble b A.W.Mold 7 446 17 5 31 0 346 7 3 11 0 236 70. Sussex v Nottinghamshire, Hove, June 8, 9, 10 (Match drawn) not out 0 221 43 16 97 3 W.Gunn b 674 W.Attewell c F.H.Guttridge C.W.Wright b did not bat - 264-6 71. Sussex v Middlesex, Hove, June 15, 16 (Middlesex won by ten wickets) b J.T.Hearne 4 76 16 8 36 0 264 c G.Macgregor b J.T.Rawlin 13 215 - - - - 28-0 72. Sussex v Cambridge University, Hove, June 22, 23, 24 (Sussex won by two wickets) not out 5 291 15 2 36 0 232 b E.C.Streatfeild 0 158-8 19 7 57 3 K.S.Ranjitsinhji b 215 C.M.Wells c sub E.Field b 73. Sussex v Oxford University, Hove, June 26, 27, 28 (Sussex won by ten wickets) not out 32 341-9d 9 3 16 1 W.H.Brain lbw 134 1 did not bat - 41-0 30 18 43 2 R.C.N.Palairet b 247 2 G.J.Mordaunt lbw 74. Sussex v Surrey, Hove, July 3, 4 (Surrey won by seven wickets) c C.Baldwin b W.H.Lockwood 7 153 11 5 19 1 C.Baldwin c G.L.Wilson 235 c J.Shuter b W.Brockwell 0 191 - - - - 110-3 1 75. Sussex v Middlesex, Lord’s, July 6, 7, 8 (Sussex won by eight wickets) not out 9 346 23 6 57 4 C.P.Foley c and b 243 1 J.T.Rawlin c W.L.Murdoch E.M.Hadow b G.Macgregor c W.Newham did not bat - 80-2 28 16 29 1 A.E.Stoddart b 182 15