FAMOUS CRICKETER DIES IN ENGLAND.
GREAT PROFESSIONAL BATSMAN, J. T. TYLDESLEY (United Press Assn.—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) (Received November 28, 10.30 a.m.) LONDON, November 27. The death is announced of John Thomas Tyldesley, a famous professional cricketer. J. T. Tyldesley was one of the greatest of professional batsmen. He was fifty-seven years of age. Tyldesley retired at the end of the 1919 season, when he was declared as good as ever. In first-class cricket, he made 37,962 runs, with an average of 40.6, including eighty-six centuries, seventythree of which he made for Lancashire. He set a world’s record in scoring over 200 on thirteen occasions, his highest score being 295, against Kent at Manchester in 1906. In Test matches he scored 1661 runs, including four centuries, with an average of 30, and during his career scored over 1000 runs each season except his first two—lß9s and 1896. In 1901 he made 3041. with an average of 55.2, having the distinction of scoring over 3000 runs in a season with Tom Hayward and Ranjitsinhji (twice each) and C. B. Fry and Robert Abel (once each). He visited Australia in 1901-2 and 1903-4.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 19239, 28 November 1930, Page 1
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