Lives in Cricket No 18 - FR Foster

1912 858.3 273 2019 116 17.40 7-21 12 3 1913 839.3 198 2345 92 25.48 6-62 7 - 1914 879.4 215 2272 122 18.62 6-18 9 1 Total 5548.5 1336 14879 717 20.75 9-118 53 8 Notes: Overs were of six balls throughout Foster’s first-class career. He took his wickets at the rate of one per 46.43 balls and conceded runs at the rate of 2.68 per over. Of his 717 wickets, 407 (57%, an exceptional proportion) were bowled; 250 (35%) were caught; 44 (6%) were lbw, 16 (2%) were stumped and one hit wicket. Among top pace bowlers, I have found only C.J.Kortright (65%), A.W.Mold (60%), Schofield Haigh (59%) and Tom Richardson (57%) to beat or equal Foster, in the proportion of his ‘bowled’ dismissals. He took the wickets of nine batsmen eight or more times; these were G.H.Hirst , C.P.Mead and F.E.Wooley (10); Wilfred Rhodes (nine); and Warren Bardsley, F.L.Bowley, S.W.A.Cadman, J.W.H.Makepeace and Arthur Morton (eight). First-class cricket: Centuries (7) Score For Opponent Venue Season 105 Warwickshire¹ Yorkshire Edgbaston 1911 200 Warwickshire¹ Surrey Edgbaston 1911 101 Warwickshire² Yorkshire Harrogate 1911 158 MCC¹ South Australia Adelaide 1911/12 101 MCC¹ Victoria Melbourne 1911/12 111 Warwickshire² Hampshire Southampton 1913 305* Warwickshire¹ Worcestershire Dudley 1914 Note: His triple century took 257 minutes and included 44 fours and 1 five. First-Class cricket: Five wickets or more in an innings (53) Bowling For Opponent Venue Season 17-6-36-5 Warwickshire Lancashire¹ Blackpool 1908 20-6-46-6 Warwickshire Gloucestershire¹ Edgbaston 1909 24-3-95-5 Warwickshire Worcestershire¹ Worcester 1910 26-5-58-6 Warwickshire Sussex¹ Leamington Spa 1910 22-2-87-5 Warwickshire Leicestershire² Coventry (Bulls Head) 1910 29.2-7-64-5 Warwickshire Gloucestershire² Gloucester (Spa) 1910 28.1-10-62-5 Warwickshire Derbyshire¹ Blackwell 1910 31-12-65-6 Warwickshire Derbyshire¹ Edgbaston 1910 22.2-3-51-6 Warwickshire Derbyshire² Edgbaston 1910 24-4-83-5 Gentlemen Players¹ Scarborough 1910 15.3-3-40-6 Warwickshire Sussex¹ Coventry (Bulls Head) 1911 29.3-4-118-9 Warwickshire Yorkshire¹ Edgbaston 1911 16-5-31-5 Warwickshire Indians¹ Edgbaston 1911 31.3-3-76-7 England The Rest¹ Lord’s 1911 11.4-4-25-5 Warwickshire Northamptonshire² Edgbaston 1911 15-3-52-5 Warwickshire Sussex² Chichester 1911 22.2-5-76-5 Warwickshire Gloucestershire¹ Edgbaston 1911 22-8-37-6 Warwickshire Derbyshire² Edgbaston 1911 13.2-6-18-5 Warwickshire Northamptonshire¹ Northampton 1911 25-6-63-6 Warwickshire Northamptonshire² Northampton 1911 19-9-31-6 MCC Queensland² Brisbane (Gabba)1911/12 31.3-5-92-5 England Australia² Sydney 1911/12 38-9-91-6 England Australia² Melbourne 1911/12 26-9-36-5 England Australia¹ Adelaide 1911/12 122 Career Statistics