15 Facts About Ted Wainwright

Ted Wainwright was an English first-class cricketer, who played in 352 first-class matches for Yorkshire County Cricket Club between 1888 and 1902.

An all-rounder, Wainwright helped to establish the county at the top under Lord Hawke's captaincy, during the early years of County Championship cricket.

Ted Wainwright appeared in five Test matches for England, although without any real international success.

Ted Wainwright did not take a single wicket in his five Test matches against Australia.

When he arrived back in Yorkshire, Wainwright went straight to the nets and noted that the ball immediately started to spin in the manner to which he had been accustomed.

In fielding, Ted Wainwright excelled as a close catcher; along with John Tunnicliffe he gave vital support to Yorkshire's powerful bowling attacks, holding forty two catches in 1895.

Ted Wainwright first played for Yorkshire in 1888, and immediately established his place in the side, chiefly through an innings of 105 against the Australians.

Ted Wainwright developed slowly over the next couple of years, but his performance on a sticky wicket at Sheffield in 1891 was the performance that established Wainwright as a deadly soft-wicket bowler.

Ted Wainwright showed no advancement as a batsman until 1893, when he got close to doing the double and played his first Test at Lord's without success.

Ted Wainwright was Yorkshire's leading wicket-taker in 1892, though they fared only modestly, and in 1893, aided by some bad wickets due to a dry spring, he took 90 wickets for 12.55 each, to help Yorkshire win its first Championship.

In 1894, against Sussex, Ted Wainwright took five wickets in seven deliveries and finished with figures of seven for twenty.

When Mrs Rodenhurst told me of the advent to Shrewsbury of Ted Wainwright, I asked her if he was in his room, or where.

Ted Wainwright collapsed and fell on his umbrella which, though the night was hot, he had carried with him for hours neatly rolled up, and he broke it into two equal halves.

Ted Wainwright reflected; 'Ah remember as far as commin' out of t' King's Arms wi' t' sergeant and gettin' as far as t' Royal Oak, An' Ah remembers nowt else.

Ted Wainwright died in Sheffield in October 1919, at the age of 54.