Famous Cricketers No 68 - Fred Tate

With the bat Tate wrote himself into the record books when hitting 61* from a weary Surrey attack at Hove. His unbroken partnership of 160 with Ranjitsinhji (234*) remains the Sussex 9th wicket record. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 250. Sussex v Yorkshire, Headingley, May 12, 13, 14 (Match drawn) not out 8 232 35 10 81 5 F.S.Jackson b 302 T.L.Taylor b D.Denton b W.A.I.Washington c A.Cordingley Lord Hawke c A.Cordingley did not bat - 126-3 34 12 62 3 J.Tunnicliffe c J.Vine 182-5d T.L.Taylor c C.H.G.Bland D.Denton c R.B.Heygate 251. Sussex v Lancashire, Old Trafford, May 15, 16, 17 (Match drawn) 36.4 15 63 6 A.C.Maclaren b 169 J.Hallows b A.Eccles b J.I’Anson lbw S.Webb b R.Thomas b 252. Sussex v Gloucestershire, Hove, May 19, 20, 21 (Gloucestershire won by 211 runs) not out 0 90 27.5 6 97 5 W.H.Hale b 179 G.L.Jessop c A.E.Relf H.F.Bateman-Champain b J.H.Board b A.J.Paish c H.R.Butt c J.H.Board b H.J.Huggins 2 142 28 5 103 4 W.S.A.Brown c H.B.Heygate 264 H.Wrathall b W.H.Hale b G.L.Jessop c H.B.Heygate 253. Sussex v Somerset, Hove, May 22, 23, 24 (Sussex won by three wickets) not out 34 138 32 8 53 7 L.C.H.Palairet b 103 4 L.C.Braund c and b A.E.Lewis c F.W.Marlow S.M.J.Woods lbw P.R.Johnson c and b J.Daniell c and b G.C.Gill c H.R.Butt not out 7 124-7 25 5 82 5 L.C.H.Palairet c R.Kenward 156 R.C.N.Palairet b S.M.J.Woods c C.H.G.Bland G.C.Gill b A.E.Newton b 254. Sussex v Worcestershire, Hove, May 29, 30, 31 (Sussex won by ten wickets) not out 52 399-7d 36.2 19 50 4 F.L.Bowley c G.Brann 197 1 G.F.Wheldon c and b F.A.Pearson c C.H.G.Bland R.D.Burrows c A.E.Relf did not bat - 39-0 32.4 16 55 5 W.H.W.Wilkes c A.E.Relf 240 1 C.F.Corden b G.H.T.Simpson-Hayward b F.A.Pearson lbw G.A.Wilson c H.R.Butt 255. Sussex v Nottinghamshire, Trent Bridge, June 2, 3 (Sussex won by eight wickets) lbw b T.G.Wass 2 90 13.1 6 18 5 A.O.Jones b 46 2 J.R.Gunn c F.W.Marlow H.Anthony b G.Anthony c J.Vine T.G.Wass b did not bat - 107-2 41 17 58 7 A.O.Jones c K.S.Ranjitsinhji 150 J.Iremonger c J.Vine A.Shrewsbury c C.H.G.Bland C.E.Dench c W.Newham G.Gunn b H.Anthony st H.R.Butt G.Anthony c J.Vine 39