Lives in Cricket No 18 - FR Foster

19.3-6-36-7 MCC New South Wales¹ Sydney 1911/12 24-7-55-5 Warwickshire Sussex¹ Edgbaston 1912 26.2-4-72-6 Warwickshire Worcestershire¹ Dudley 1912 22-6-59-5 Warwickshire Worcestershire² Dudley 1912 34-10-94-7 Warwickshire Australians¹ Edgbaston 1912 13.1-7-16-5 England South Africa¹ Lord’s 1912 16.5-4-71-5 Warwickshire Leicestershire¹ Nuneaton (CC) 1912 19.2-11-21-7 Warwickshire Leicestershire² Nuneaton (CC) 1912 14-4-22-5 Warwickshire Northamptonshire¹ Edgbaston 1912 34-18-58-5 Warwickshire Middlesex¹ Edgbaston 1912 21.4-12-29-6 Warwickshire Middlesex² Edgbaston 1912 19.5-8-42-7 Warwickshire Yorkshire¹ Hull 1912 16.5-3-53-6 Warwickshire Surrey¹ Edgbaston 1912 20-5-54-5 Warwickshire Derbyshire¹ Derby 1913 25.3-4-95-5 Warwickshire Hampshire¹ Southampton 1913 29-8-62-6 Warwickshire Kent¹ Tonbridge 1913 25.1-6-69-5 Warwickshire Yorkshire¹ Sheffield (Bramall Lane) 1913 27.2-4-76-6 Warwickshire Worcestershire¹ Edgbaston 1913 22.5-2-75-6 Warwickshire Gloucestershire² Cheltenham College 1913 31-9-73-5 Warwickshire Northamptonshire¹ Northampton 1913 28.2-6-69-5 Warwickshire Leicestershire¹ Edgbaston 1914 18-6-18-6 Warwickshire Derbyshire¹ Edgbaston 1914 14-5-19-5 Warwickshire Lancashire² Edgbaston 1914 24.5-3-72-5 Warwickshire Sussex¹ Nuneaton (CC) 1914 27-10-63-6 Warwickshire Hampshire¹ Edgbaston 1914 24-4-78-5 Warwickshire Hampshire² Edgbaston 1914 23-8-47-5 Warwickshire Derbyshire¹ Derby 1914 26-11-53-5 Warwickshire Kent² Gravesend 1914 27.4-7-48-5 Warwickshire Surrey² Edgbaston 1914 Note: The index figures ¹ and ² in this and the preceding table indicate the innings in which the feat was achieved. Warwickshire Captain Warwickshire won 35 (39.77%) of the 88 matches in which Foster led them. Among regular skippers only D.A.Reeve (43% of 60 matches) exceeds him. H.E.Dollery’s record was 36.27% of victories in 215 matches. Foster’s record of 70% of results in his 88 matches is best of all. Among irregular captains, with a qualification of 40 games, bottom of the list is D.L.Amiss, who won only five of his 44 matches. Sources: www.cricketarchive.com and Wisden’s Cricketers’ Almanack . Career Statistics 123