Famous Cricketers No 68 - Fred Tate

not out 0 199 29 7 47 3 P.A.Perrin c H.R.Butt 93 C.P.McGahey b A.E.Russell b 273. Sussex v Kent, Hove, August 28, 29, 30 (Match drawn) did not bat - 503-7d 27 6 88 4 E.W.Dillon b 296 J.Seymour c C.L.A.Smith C.H.B.Marsham b J.R.Mason b 13 2 33 0 216-5 274. Players of England v Australians, Harrogate, September 1, 2, 3 (Australians won by an innings and 47 runs) b E.Jones 7 184 19.3 5 87 3 R.A.Duff lbw 359 A.J.Y.Hopkins b H.Carter c A.E.Trott not out 0 128 275. Kent and Sussex v Rest of England, Hastings, September 4, 5, 6 (Rest of England won by three wickets) lbw b L.C.Braund 1 184 4 0 21 0 231 not out 6 224 15 3 62 3 W.G.Grace b 180-7 C.J.B.Wood b L.C.Braund c J.R.Mason 276. South of England v Australians, Bournemouth, September (11), 12, 13 (Australians won by 61 runs) b H.Trumble 0 87 27 5 61 2 J.Darling b 123 J.V.Saunders c E.G.Hayes not out 5 66 13 2 48 6 V.T.Trumper c S.M.J.Woods 91 1 R.A.Duff b S.E.Gregory b W.W.Armstrong b A.J.Y.Hopkins b J.J.Kelly c and b SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 50 Ct Test matches 1 2 1 9 5* 9.00 - 2 Players v Gentlemen 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 - - County Championship 20 23 9 243 61* 17.35 2 16 Other Sussex matches 2 2 1 41 22* 41.00 - 2 Other matches 3 6 3 19 6* 6.33 - 1 Season 27 34 14 312 61* 15.60 2 21 Career 276 409 127 2702 84 9.58 6 202 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m Test matches 16 4 51 2 2/7 25.50 - - Players v Gentlemen 28.3 9 95 3 3/67 31.66 - - County Championship 983.2 307 2185 153 9/73 14.28 16 7 Other Sussex matches 86 24 218 8 5/51 27.25 1 - Other matches 78.3 15 279 14 6/48 19.92 1 - Season (6-ball) 1192.2 359 2828 180 9/73 15.71 18 7 Career (4-ball) 388.1 168 } (5-ball) 7513.1 2570 25355 1195 9/73 21.21 97 25 (6-ball) 3471.5 1006 1903 Sussex finished second again but Tate came nowhere near matching his 1902 record. Possibly the events at Old Trafford in the previous year still troubled him. Even so, Wisden was possibly a bit harsh in describing him as “comparatively harmless”. Yorkshire are unlikely to have concurred after he had twice bowled them out at Hove with match figures of 10-75 and Sussex had won by four wickets. He also had ten wicket match returns against a strong MCC side (10-195) and Leicestershire (10-116). Even so, with Albert Relf and George Cox doing more of the bowling he was sometimes 42