Famous Cricketers No 80 - E.G.Wynyard

21. Hampshire v Leicestershire, Grace Road, Leicester, July 29, 30, 31 (Hampshire won by 342 runs) b A.D.Pougher 53 229 147 1 c H.H.Marriott b F.W.Stocks 44 334-7d 74 22. Hampshire v Yorkshire, Bramall Lane, Sheffield, August 1, 2 (Hampshire won by two wickets) lbw b R.Peel 15 127 110 b R.Peel 5 96-8 111 1 23. Hampshire v Derbyshire, Derby, August 5, 6, 7 (Derbyshire won by an innings and 50 runs) c T.H.Richardson b G.Porter 25 135 8 2 27 0 277 1 b G.Porter 43 92 24. Hampshire v Warwickshire, Edgbaston, August 8, 9, 10 (Warwickshire won by five wickets) run out 15 151 148 1 b H.J.Pallett 12 201 207-5 3 25. Hampshire v Sussex, Southampton, August 15, 16 (Sussex won by 148 runs) b F.W.Tate 13 108 85 1 c F.Parris b F.W.Tate 9 89 260 26. Hampshire v Warwickshire, Southampton, August 19, 20, 21 (Warwickshire won by six wickets) c A.F.A.Lilley b S.Santall 32 197 1 1 0 0 214 c A.C.S.Glover b S.Santall 5 114 6 1 22 2 W.Quaife b 98-4 1 H.W.Bainbridge c and b 27. Hampshire v Leicestershire, Portsmouth, August 22, 23, 24 (Hampshire won by three wickets) * c A.D.Pougher b F.Wright 18 152 212 2 c J.P.Whiteside b A.D.Pougher 19 179-7 117 1 28. Hampshire v Surrey, Kennington Oval, September 2, 3 (Surrey won by an innings and 20 runs) * c J.M.Read b T.Richardson 21 182 2 0 6 0 374 c A.E.Street b T.Richardson 1 172 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 0 Ct St County Championship 11 22 0 465 69 21.13 - 2 - 17 - Other matches 2 4 0 116 56 29.00 - 2 - 2 - Season 13 26 0 581 69 22.34 - 4 - 19 - Career 28 52 2 1025 91* 21.25 - 6 4 38 - Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5wI County Championship 17 4 55 2 2-22 27.50 - Other matches 5 2 22 0 - - - Season (5-ball) 22 6 77 2 2-22 38.50 - Career (4-ball) 46 7 } 196 4 2-22 49.00 - (5-ball) 22 6 1896 Wynyard became captain of Hampshire in 1896, a role he filled alongside that of club president and the season was a complete triumph for him. He finished second to Ranjitsinhji in the national batting averages, hit the highest score of his first-class career, led Hampshire to eighth place in the Championship and won a Test call-up for England against Australia at Kennington Oval. He signalled his good form in his opening match when he scored 121 (sixteen 4s and five 3s) for C.I.Thornton’s Team against Cambridge University at Fenner’s. Against a strong Australian side he hit 37 and 68 even though Hampshire were thrashed by an innings and starred in a seven-wicket success over Sussex with 112. The following match against the powerful Yorkshire team was sensational. Wynyard made 268 in a total of 515 and the northerners hung on grimly for a draw. His innings took just over six hours, was made up of two 6s, 38 4s, five 3s, 23 2s and 43 singles and took in two century partnerships, 100 for the second wicket with Herbert Ward (53) and 184 for the third with Francis Quinton (57). Wynyard gave only two chances and batted while 402 runs were added, thus hitting two-thirds of the runs made while he was at the crease. It was Hampshire’s highest individual first-class score, beating the 211 by Francis Lacey against Kent in 1884 though not Lacey’s 323* 16