Famous Cricketers No 68 - Fred Tate

84. Sussex v Cambridge University, Hove, June 21, 22, 23 (Sussex won by eight wickets) b F.Mitchell 0 236 34 13 49 5 F.Mitchell b 114 1 P.H.Latham b T.T.N.Perkins b H.E.Symes-Thompson b W.G.Grace, jun. c F.W.Marlow did not bat - 205-2 38 15 69 2 P.H.Latham st H.R.Butt 323 T.T.N.Perkins c C.A.Smith 85. Sussex v Oxford University, Hove, June 25, 26, 27 (Match drawn) b C.B.Fry 4 327 17 4 52 1 H.D.G.Leveson-Gower c H.R.Butt 258 1 did not bat - 173-5 28 7 82 2 H.D.G.Leveson-Gower b 343 2 H.K.Foster c H.R.Butt SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 50 Ct County Championship 1 2 1 12 7 12.00 - 1 Other Sussex matches 3 4 0 11 7 2.75 - 5 Season 4 6 1 23 7 4.60 - 6 Career 85 144 50 550 48* 5.85 - 52 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m County Championship 11 3 43 2 2/15 21.50 - - Other Sussex matches 133 42 300 14 5/49 21.42 1 - Season (5-ball) 144 45 343 16 5/49 21.43 1 - Career (4-ball) 388.1 168 } 5638 260 7/17 21.68 16 2 (5-ball) 2375 828 1895 Following a pre-season engagement at Oxford bowling in the nets to the likes of Charles Fry, Pelham Warner and H.K.Foster, Tate returned to his best form in 1895 with 85 wickets at 19.54, an excellent performance in a season of dry wickets. Picked for only three of the first eight matches, Tate secured his place with 11-143 at Catford when Sussex won after following on and for the second half of the season he was the backbone of the Sussex attack. Parris and Humphreys were both relatively ineffective in the predominantly dry conditions while the veteran Shaw, not suprisingly, decided to give up county cricket after being called on to bowl 100.1 overs against his old county in bitterly cold weather at Trent Bridge and another 58.4 (unchanged) two days later at Old Trafford. Among Tate’s best performances were at Lord’s against Middlesex when, in addition to 6-55 (unchanged) and 4-85, he held on with George Brann to steer Sussex home by two wickets, 10-81 at Southampton and 6-64 against Kent when Sussex won on a typical flat Hove wicket. Sussex lost twice to neighbours Surrey. At the Oval where they were beaten by ten wickets, Tate bowled unchanged for 43 overs and finished with 7-94. At Hove where Surrey won by an innings he bowled 61overs for his 7-132. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 86. Sussex v Nottinghamshire, Trent Bridge, May 16, 17, 18 (Nottinghamshire won by an innings and 378 runs) b A.Wilkinson 0 170 36 8 99 1 A.O.Jones b 726 c W.Gunn b W.Attewell 5 178 87. Sussex v Lancashire, Old Trafford, May 20, 21, 22 (Lancashire won by seven wickets) c A.W.Mold b J.Briggs 14 194 36 9 98 3 A.Ward c A.Shaw 293 F.H.Sugg c K.S.Ranjitsinhji A.G.Paul c H.R.Butt c C.Smith b J.Briggs 5 157 - - - - 59-3 88. Sussex v Cambridge University, Hove, June 20, 21, 22 (Sussex won by an innings and 100 runs) c and b N.F.Druce 12 592 8 2 20 0 236 17.3 7 42 3 H.H.Marriott c G.R.Cox 256 W.M.Hemingway c A.W.Hilton W.W.Lowe c W.A.Humphreys 17