Famous Cricketers No 68 - Fred Tate

c C.Smith b A.W.Mold 3 246 22.3 7 32 4 A.C.Maclaren b 85-6 A.G.Paul b J.T.Tyldesley c F.Parris C.H.Benton b 99. Sussex v Hampshire, Southampton, August 15, 16 (Sussex won by 148 runs) c E.G.Wynyard b H.Baldwin 5 85 17.2 4 42 5 H.W.R.Bencraft b 108 C.Robson b E.G.Wynyard b A.J.L.Hill b J.Wootton b not out 47 260 20 8 39 5 C.Robson b 89 E.G.Wynyard c F.Parris A.J.L.Hill c H.R.Butt H.Baldwin b J.Wootton lbw 100. Sussex v Kent, Hove, August 22, 23, 24 (Sussex won by nine wickets) b A.Hearne 0 200 36 13 64 3 A.Hearne b 141 2 H.C.Stewart c K.S.Ranjitsinhji J.W.Easby c W.L.Murdoch did not bat - 110-1 36 11 64 6 R.O.Livesay c G.Bean 168 W.Rashleigh c H.R.Butt J.R.Mason c G.Brann H.C.Stewart c E.H.Killick F.Marchant c G.Bean M.C.Kemp b 101. Sussex v Surrey, Hove, August 29, 30, 31 (Surrey won by an innings and 44 runs) c R.Abel b W.H.Lockwood 0 178 61 15 132 7 J.M.Read c H.R.Butt 433 T.W.Hayward c C.B.Fry W.Brockwell c E.H.Killick W.W.Read c G.Bean F.C.Holland c K.S.Ranjitsinhji W.H.Lockwood c E.H.Killick H.Wood c G.Bean c W.H Lockwood b G.A.Lohmann 19 211 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 50 Ct County Championship 15 26 8 201 47* 11.16 - 7 Other Sussex matches 1 1 0 12 12 12.00 - - Season 16 27 8 213 47* 11.21 - 7 Career 101 171 58 763 48* 6.75 - 59 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m County Championship 716.2 217 1599 82 7/94 19.50 9 3 Other Sussex matches 25.3 9 62 3 3/42 20.66 - - Season (5-ball) 742 226 1661 85 7/94 19.54 9 3 Career (4-ball) 388.1 168 } 7299 345 7/17 21.15 25 5 (5-ball) 3117 1054 1896 Although in Ranjitsinhji they had the best batsman in England, Sussex won only twice and slid back to the bottom of the table. Bowling 1111 overs, Tate had his hardest season in terms of workload and with 82 wickets at 28.92 one of his most expensive. Even so, he finished top of the Sussex averages, which says much about the overall weakness of the attack. Not for the first time, Tate did well at Tonbridge bowling unchanged with Parris in Kent’s first innings and ending with match figures of 9-87. He also batted usefully, scoring 33 and adding 71 for the ninth wicket with Murdoch to give his side a vital 22 run first innings lead. Against Hampshire at Southampton he finished on the losing side despite match figures of 12-99. Tate was unable to repeat his earlier successes against W.G.Grace. At Hove when Grace carried his bat for 243* Tate missed a difficult caught and bowled when the great 19