Famous Cricketers No 68 - Fred Tate

(6-ball) 4116.3 1189 1904 Although still economical and finishing above the other regular bowlers in the averages, the decline continued and by the halfway stage of the season Tate was no longer a fixture in the side. Despite the rheumatism, increasing weight and growing outside interests, Sussex were perhaps a bit hasty. At Hove, his 5-40 and 4-58 was largely instrumental in the defeat of Nottinghamshire. There were echoes of the past when, on the same ground at the end of May, he ripped out the heart of the Somerset batting in the first innings, bowling unchanged with Cox. Five of his six victims were clean bowled. When recalled to the side at Bristol in August, he was the best of the bowlers with 4-52 and 5-87 including the formidable Jessop twice. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 298. Sussex v MCC, Lord’s, May 12, 13, 14 (MCC won by 241 runs) b J.T.Hearne 1 145 29 5 74 3 H.Wrathall b 213 1 J.T.Newstead b A.E.Trott c F.W.Marlow not out 7 72 21.4 4 78 2 A.E.Trott b 245 J.T.Hearne c A.E.Relf 299. Sussex v Nottinghamshire, Hove, May 16, 17, 18 (Sussex won by five wickets) not out 13 246 15.5 6 40 5 A.O.Jones b 156 G.Gunn b C.R.Morris c H.R.Butt T.W.Oates b A.W.Hallam c G.R.Cox did not bat - 96-5 23 6 58 4 A.O.Jones lbw 185 J.Iremonger c G.R.Cox J.R.Gunn b C.R.Morris c C.B.Fry 300. Sussex v Middlesex, Lord’s, May 19, 20, (21) (Match drawn) not out 0 312 9 1 52 0 339 - - - - 188-9 301. Sussex v Gloucestershire, Hove, May 23, (24), 25 (Match drawn) not out 0 309 17 4 47 2 R.T.Godsell b 171 1 G.L.Jessop c A.E.Relf did not bat - 74-7d 20 10 24 4 R.T.Godsell b 35-8 1 G.L.Jessop st H.R.Butt T.Langdon c G.R.Cox A.S.Sellick b 302. Sussex v Somerset, Hove, May 26, (27), 28 (Sussex won by ten wickets) b B.Cranfield 0 278 17 2 40 6 L.C.H.Palairet b 76 L.C.Braund b P.R.Johnson b E.Robson b H.Martyn b H.F.Montgomery c G.R.Cox did not bat - 16-0 3 1 3 0 215 303. Sussex v Derbyshire, Hove, June 6, 7, 8 (Sussex won by an innings and 65 runs) c J.Humphries b S.W.A.Cadman 5 425 18 1 58 2 W.Storer b 152 1 G.Curgenven c and b 4.3 1 7 2 E.M.Ashcroft c John Seymour 208 W.Bestwick c G.Brann 304. Sussex v Essex, Leyton, June 9, 10 (Essex won by an innings and 204 runs) b C.P.Buckenham 1 87 30 6 87 2 F.L.Fane c and b 425 1 E.H.D.Sewell b c J.W.H.T.Douglas b B.Tremlin 9 134 305. Sussex v Yorkshire, Bramall Lane, June 13, 14, 15 (Match drawn) did not bat - 440-9d 18 7 36 4 H.Wilkinson c K.S.Ranjitsinhji 220 45