Lives in Cricket No 5 - Rockley Wilson

1920 Eng 531 210 886 64 6-29 13.84 5 1 1920/21 Aus 134.3 39 290 8 2-18 36.25 - - 1921 Eng 370 170 571 51 7-32 11.19 3 1 1922 Eng 259 106 412 26 5-91 15.84 1 - 1923 Eng 200 90 329 12 3-46 27.41 - - Career 5-b 377.3 105 } 8234 467 7-16 17.63 26 5 6-b 3659.3 1288 Notes: Overs in 1899 were of five balls: in all other seasons six. Wilson took his wickets at the rate of one per 51.05 balls and conceded runs at the rate of 2.07 runs per six-ball over. Of his 467 wickets, 288 (62%) were caught; 103 (22%) were bowled; 51 lbw and 25 stumped. He secured a higher proportion of his wickets through catches than many comparable contemporaries. He took the wicket of F.T.Mann eleven times, more than any other batsman who faced him. First-class cricket: Fifties (19) Score For Opponent Venue Season 117* A.J.Webbe’s XI¹ v Cambridge Univ Fenner’s 1899 70 A.J.Webbe’s XI² v Cambridge Univ Fenner’s 1899 55 Yorkshire¹ v Somerset Hull 1899 79 Yorkshire¹ v Warwickshire Edgbaston 1899 65 Cambridge Univ¹ v London County Fenner’s 1900 80 Cambridge Univ¹ v Surrey Fenner’s 1900 59 Cambridge Univ² v Sussex Fenner’s 1900 60 Cambridge Univ¹ v London County Crystal Palace 1900 82 Cambridge Univ² v Sussex Hove 1900 57 Cambridge Univ¹ v MCC Lord’s 1901 118 Cambridge Univ¹ v Oxford Univ Lord’s 1901 81 R.A.Bennett’s XI¹ v Jamaica Kingston 1901/02 71 R.A.Bennett’s XI¹ v Combined Jamaica and United Services XI Kingston 1901/02 142 Cambridge Univ² v MCC Lord’s 1902 63 Yorkshire¹ v Worcestershire Worcester 1902 67* MCC¹ v Argentina Hurlingham 1911/12 104* Yorkshire¹ v Essex Bradford 1913 51 Yorkshire¹ v Leicestershire Leicester 1919 56 MCC¹ v Australian XI Brisbane 1920/21 First-class cricket: Five Wickets in an Innings (26) Bowling For Opponent Venue Season 33.3-6-79-7 Cambridge U v MCC² Lord’s 1900 22-6-37-7 Cambridge U v Worcestershire¹ Fenner’s 1901 34.2-13-38-7 Cambridge U v Worcestershire² Fenner’s 1901 45-20-71-5 Cambridge U v Oxford U¹ Lord’s 1901 17.3-5-100-5 B.J.T.Bosanquet’s XI v Gentlemen of Philadelphia¹ Manheim 1901 30.3-10-39-6 R.A.Bennett’s XI v Combined Jamaica and United Services XI¹ Kingston 1901/02 31-16-64-5 R.A.Bennett’s XI v Trinidad¹ Port of Spain 1901/02 26.2-9-30-6 R.A.Bennett’s XI v British Guiana¹ Georgetown 1901/02 23-7-46-7 R.A.Bennett’s XI v West Indies¹ Georgetown 1901/02 13.2-8-16-7 R.A.Bennett’s XI v West Indies² Georgetown 1901/02 43-12-114-5 Cambridge U v H.D.G.Leveson Gower’s XI² Fenner’s 1902 39.3-20-46-5 Cambridge U v Surrey¹ The Oval 1902 112 Some Statistics