Famous Cricketers No 80 - E.G.Wynyard

1878 Wynyard made his first-class debut at the age of 17 years and 66 days when he turned out for Hampshire v MCC at Lord’s. It was not an auspicious occasion as Hampshire were bowled out for 24 and 65 to lose by an innings and 66 runs. Judged strictly in the context of 24 all out, Wynyard’s score of just one run batting at No.8 can hardly be called failure but he followed up with a duck in his second innings and was not called on by the county again this season. It is worth noting that Wynyard was dismissed by Arnold Rylott in each innings, thus initiating a remarkable feature of his career. In the 106 matches in which he was dismissed twice, he fell to the same bowler in each innings in 35 of them, that is in one third of the games! Own Team O M R W Opp Ct St Total Total 1. Hampshire v MCC, Lord’s, June 6, 7 (MCC won by an innings and 66 runs) c G.F.Vernon b A.Rylott 1 24 155 1 c G.F.Vernon b A.Rylott 0 65 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 0 Ct St Other Hampshire match 1 2 0 1 1 0.50 - - 1 1 - 1879 As a county Hampshire were moribund this season which is a pity as Wynyard was in such outstanding form at St Edward’s School. In all matches involving the school he totalled 1,022 runs average 53.78 which included his first recorded century of 101 not out for the Football XI v the School XI. After Russell Bencraft took over as Hampshire secretary halfway through the season he did arrange a match between the Gentlemen of Hampshire and MCC at Southampton (not first-class) in which Wynyard’s scores were c E.A.Parke b A.Rylott 3 and b J.West 12. Earlier, in June, he also played for 22 of Southampton and District against the United South of England Eleven, making the highest score in the match of 30 (c and b A.Watson). Though he was out for a duck, c A.Watson b James Lillywhite, jun., second time round, his first innings runs played a major part in the 12-wicket victory of the Southampton 22. 1880 Wynyard’s return to first-class cricket duplicated his debut match as he scored one and nought for Hampshire v MCC at Lord’s though this time his county won easily by nine wickets. He produced better form in the return when he registered his highest first-class score to date of 24. Against Sussex at Southampton he again fell victim to the same bowler in each innings, this time the Rev. Frederick Greenfield. He was in good form for his county in games not first-class against Somerset and Devon to finish with a total Hampshire record of 247 runs in ten innings, average 24.70. Against Devon at Southampton he was b Watts 75; in the return at Torquay his details were st H.B.Kingscote b W.A. Thornton 49 and b W.A.Thornton 17; while against Somerset at Bournemouth he scored c E.P.Bailey b A.H.Evans 52 and b A.H.Evans 8. Wynyard also turned out for Southampton club side St Luke’s and registered a batting average of 48.1. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct St Total Total 2. Hampshire v MCC, Lord’s, July 15, 16 (Hampshire won by nine wickets) b F.Steele 1 171 47 1 c and b W.E.Midwinter 0 18-1 141 1 3. Hampshire v MCC (12-a-side), Antelope Ground, Southampton, August 25, 26 (Hampshire won by an innings and 38 runs) c R.O.Clayton b J.West 24 181 100 43 11