Lives in Cricket No 5 - Rockley Wilson

Appendix One Some Statistics Test cricket Rockley Wilson played in one Test match, for England v Australia at Sydney in the 1920/21 season. He scored ten runs in two innings and took three wickets for 36 off 20.3 overs, five of which were maidens. He took no catches. The full score of this match is given in Appendix Two. First-class cricket: Batting and Fielding M I NO R HS Ave 100 50 Ct 1899 Eng 13 23 1 649 117* 29.50 1 3 13 1900 Eng 15 25 2 632 82 27.47 - 5 13 1901 Eng 8 15 0 469 118 31.26 1 1 12 1901 USA 2 4 0 27 9 6.75 - - 2 1901/02 WI 12 17 1 402 81 25.12 - 2 12 1902 Eng 14 25 3 438 142 19.90 1 1 17 1911/12 Arg 3 6 1 129 67* 25.80 - 1 4 1913 Eng 7 9 3 192 104* 32.00 1 - 2 1914 Eng 2 3 1 14 13* 7.00 - - 3 1919 Eng 11 12 2 165 51 16.50 - 1 5 1920 Eng 12 14 5 121 39* 13.44 - - 9 1920/21 Aus 7 8 0 124 56 15.50 - 1 2 1921 Eng 10 8 1 87 33* 12.42 - - 7 1922 Eng 11 14 7 43 13* 6.14 - - 2 1923 Eng 9 7 1 73 24 12.16 - - 3 Career 136 190 28 3565 142 22.00 4 15 106 Note: Wilson was dismissed 75 times caught (46%); 52 times bowled (32%); 19 times lbw; 10 times stumped and six times run out. Wilfred Rhodes took his wicket seven times, more often than any other bowler, mainly in matches at Fenner’s and in Scarborough Festival games. First-class cricket: Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m 1899 Eng 377.3 105 988 36 4-49 27.44 - - 1900 Eng 233.5 56 589 25 7-79 23.56 1 1 1901 Eng 358.2 91 917 37 7-37 24.78 3 1 1901 USA 52.2 12 152 8 5-100 19.00 1 - 1901/02 WI 414.1 144 767 67 7-16 11.44 5 1 1902 Eng 512.4 172 1061 58 5-46 18.29 3 - 1911/12 Arg 82 22 183 17 6-36 10.76 1 - 1913 Eng 176.5 64 354 18 6-89 19.66 1 - 1914 Eng 13 4 36 0 - - - - 1919 Eng 321.5 108 699 40 7-46 17.47 2 - 111