Famous Cricketers No 68 - Fred Tate

S.Haigh c C.B.Fry Lord Hawke c G.R.Cox W.Ringrose b 17 3 52 1 J.Tunnicliffe b 218-2 306. Sussex v Lancashire, Old Trafford, June 16, 17, 18 (Match drawn) not out 27 252 7 0 37 0 389 1 did not bat - 234-2 2 0 22 0 223-2d 307. Sussex v Leicestershire, Hove, June 30, July 1, 2 (Sussex won by an innings and 92 runs) not out 22 487 16 6 23 0 277 - - - - 118 308. Sussex v Essex, Hove, July 7, 8, 9 (Match drawn) not out 0 450 11 2 32 0 307 did not bat - 144-5d 3 0 10 0 150-4 309. Sussex v Kent, Nevill Ground, Tunbridge Wells, July 11, 12, 13 (Match drawn) c R.N.R.Blaker b A.Fielder 0 206 - - - - 211 1 did not bat - 383-8d 17.1 2 56 3 E.Humphreys c C.L.A.Smith 234-4 James Seymour c G.Leach K.L.Hutchings lbw 310. Sussex v Derbyshire, Derby, July 25, 26, (27) (Match drawn) did not bat - 363-4d 11 4 14 1 C.A.Ollivierre b 25-2 311. Sussex v Somerset, Bath, July 28, (29), (30) (Match drawn) did not bat - 93-2 17 4 54 0 216 1 312. Sussex v Gloucestershire, Ashley Down, Bristol, August 1, 2, 3 (Gloucestershire won by 108 runs) b H.J.Huggins 13 90 21 3 52 4 C.L.Townsend b 172 C.O.H.Sewell b G.L.Jessop lbw F.H.Bateman-Champain c A.E.Relf c G.L.Jessop b W.S.A.Brown 11 141 36 6 87 5 W.S.A.Brown b 227 C.O.H.Sewell c sub G.L.Jessop b J.H.Board b F.H.Bateman-Champain b 313. Sussex v Hampshire, Hove, August 4, 5, 6 (Susses won by an innings and 81 runs) did not bat - 508-9d 2 1 1 0 195 13 3 40 1 W.T.Langford b 232 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 50 Ct County Championship 15 13 6 101 27* 14.42 - 7 Other Sussex matches 1 2 1 8 7* 8.00 - 1 Season 16 15 7 109 27* 13.62 - 8 Career 313 447 145 2895 84 9.58 6 230 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m County Championship 348.3 79 932 46 6/40 20.36 3 - Other Sussex matches 50.4 9 152 5 3/74 30.40 - - Season (6-ball) 399.1 88 1084 51 6/40 21.25 3 - Career (4-ball) 388.1 168 } (5-ball) 7513.1 2570 28091 1318 9/73 21.31 104 28 (6-ball) 4515.4 1277 1905 As so often in cricket, the final season was a sad anti-climax with Tate finishing bottom of the national bowling averages as published in Wisden . Nevertheless, even though he took only 13 wickets, no fewer than eight were past, present or future Test cricketers including four of his most frequently 46