Famous Cricketers No 68 - Fred Tate

Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m County Championship 940.4 330 1957 72 7/62 27.18 4 1 Other Sussex matches 266.1 90 605 29 7/84 20.86 2 - Season (5-ball) 1207 420 2562 101 7/62 25.36 6 1 Career (4-ball) 388.1 168 } 12233 528 7/17 23.16 37 7 (5-ball) 5435.3 1869 1898 Although Sussex, without Ranjitsinhji, slipped back to the lower half of the table, Tate again performed well, notably in the nine-wicket victory over a full strength Lancashire at Hove where the visitors were dismissed for 64 (Tate 6-31, Parris 4-27) and, following on, 228 (Tate 5-86). He took fifteen wickets in the two victories over Hampshire. As so often, some of his best performance were in lost causes, 5-40 and 2-49 at Old Trafford, 6-50 and 3-30 against Essex at Hove. Tate’s appearance for a combined Surrey & Sussex XI in the Hastings Festival was his first for any first-class team other than Sussex. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 149. Sussex v MCC, Lord’s, May 4, 5, 6 Lord’s, (MCC won by an innings and 58 runs) b J.T.Hearne 4 61 34 15 57 3 A.N.Hornby c H.R.Butt 218 W.Gunn c W.L.Murdoch G.A.Davidson b not out 7 99 150. Sussex v Gloucestershire, Hove, May 30, 31, June 1 (Match drawn) b C.L.Townsend 0 306 27 9 52 0 228 7 1 26 0 145-4 151. Sussex v Kent, Catford, June 9, 10, 11 (Match drawn) b F.Martin 0 151 38 11 82 1 J.R.Mason c F.W.Marlow 351-5d b F.Martin 8 220 152. Sussex v Nottinghamshire, Trent Bridge, June 17, 18, 19 (Match drawn) run out 14 313 38.3 14 74 3 C.E.Dench c H.R.Butt 397 1 T.W.Oates b W.W.Henson b did not bat - 136-5 11 1 28 1 F.H.Guttridge st H.R.Butt 141-3d 153. Sussex v Yorkshire, Bradford, July 4, 5, 6 (Yorkshire won by seven wickets) b S.Haigh 0 189 46 16 81 3 F.S.Jackson b 282 Lord Hawke c C.B.Fry F.W.Milligan c C.B.Fry not out 9 218 24 7 38 2 J.T.Brown, sen. b 126-3 D.Denton b 154. Sussex v Lancashire, Old Trafford, July 7, 8, 9 (Lancashire won by five wickets) not out 3 150 16.3 7 40 5 A.Ward c F.Parris 122 J.T.Tyldesley b W.R.Cuttell c H.R.Butt W.B.Stoddart b L.Radcliffe b not out 9 152 28 9 49 2 C.R.Hartley b 183-5 A.Ward b 155. Sussex v Surrey, Hove, July 11, 12, 13 (Surrey won by ten wickets) b T.Richardson 1 216 48.3 19 75 4 D.L.A.Jephson c G.Bean 283 1 R.Abel b W.S.Lees b T.Richardson c W.Newham not out 6 105 6 2 18 0 39-0 156. Sussex v Middlesex, Lord’s, July 14, 15, 16 (Middlesex won by 235 runs) b A.E.Trott 3 197 19 7 44 0 258 1 c E.H.Bray b A.E.Trott 3 203 34 7 117 2 A.E.Trott c and b 377-8d 1 R.W.Nicholls b 25