Famous Cricketers No 80 - E.G.Wynyard

Own Team O M R W Opp Ct St Total Total 139. MCC v Auckland, Auckland, December 14, 15, 17 (Match drawn) * not out 11 172 195 1 not out 48 241 131-5 140. MCC v Wellington, Wellington, December 25, 26, 27 (Match drawn) * not out 27 204 211 absent hurt - 259 148-5 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 0 Ct St Other matches 2 3 3 86 48* - - - - 1 - Career 140 250 17 7960 268 34.16 13 40 16 149 6 1907 From 1896 to 1906 inclusive Wynyard had been at his peak and always averaged above 30 in each English season during this period with a total of 6,131 runs average 38.08. After his injury in New Zealand, however, he became just an occasional first-class player though he still appeared in a huge number of minor matches. Before the First World War he regularly turned out for MCC against the Public Schools and made 109 retired in this season’s match. Wynyard did reach double figures in each of his three first-class innings in 1907. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct St Total Total 141. MCC v Cambridge University, Lord’s, June 24, 25, 26 (Cambridge University won by eight wickets) b G.G.Napier 29 176 298 b A.F.Morcom 15 209 89-2 142. MCC v Oxford University, Lord’s, June 27, 28 (MCC won by an innings and one run) c G.N.Foster b J.C.M.Lowe 38 359 189 169 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 0 Ct St Other matches 2 3 0 82 38 27.33 - - - - - Career 142 253 17 8042 268 34.07 13 40 16 149 6 1907 - MCC in North America Wynyard failed completely for MCC in the two matches in Philadelphia in September when the great American bowler Bart King and Australian googly expert Bert Hordern proved too much for him. He did, though, hammer 145 (1 six and 24 fours) for the tourists in their opening match against All New York (not first-class). Own Team O M R W Opp Ct St Total Total 143. MCC v Gentlemen of Philadelphia, Manheim, September 20, 21 (Match drawn) b H.V.Hordern 13 162 157 b J.B.King 4 64-3 144. MCC v Gentlemen of Philadelphia, Haverford, September 27, 28, 30 (MCC won by 59 runs) b H.V.Hordern 3 222 227 1 b H.V.Hordern 2 124 60 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 0 Ct St Other matches 2 4 0 22 13 5.50 - - - 1 - Career 144 257 17 8064 268 33.60 13 40 16 150 6 30