Bob Wyatt
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| Test debut (cap 231) | 24 December 1927 v South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 3 March 1937 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1923–1939 | Warwickshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1946–1951 | Worcestershire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Robert Elliott Storey Wyatt (2 May 1901 – 20 April 1995)
A determined
Serving as Jardine's vice-captain on the 1932–1933 tour of Australia, Wyatt was in charge of an early tour match that Jardine sat out of, and became the first captain to employ the controversial Bodyline tactic against Australia. After Jardine resigned following the political and administrative fallout caused by Bodyline, Wyatt was made captain again. He played in 40 test matches, fifteen as captain. He is said to have captained "soundly if without inspiration".[2]
Wyatt was noted for sustaining several injuries during his career but he had a "bulldog spirit".
Wyatt played his last Test against Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in 1937. In his test career, he scored 1,839 runs at an average of 31.70 and took 18 wickets at an average of 35.66. In his first-class career he played 739 matches, scoring 39,405 runs at an average of 40.04, and taking 901 wickets at an average of 32.84. His highest innings in a test match was 149 against South Africa at Trent Bridge in 1935.
He captained Warwickshire from 1930 to 1937 when he was replaced by Peter Cranmer. Wyatt didn't like the way this was handled, but he nevertheless continued to play for Warwickshire through the 1938 and 1939 seasons. He served in the Royal Air Force in World War II. After the war, he transferred to Worcestershire, where he said he had six happy summers. In his penultimate match in 1951, he faced the final ball of the game against Somerset at Taunton with Worcestershire needing six to win, and "he duly drove it high into the pavilion for victory".[2]
He lived to be 93 years old and was England's oldest living Test cricketer before his death. He has a stand named after him at Warwickshire's home ground of Edgbaston. He was the cousin of politician and broadcaster Woodrow Wyatt.[3]
References
- ^ Berry, Scyld (22 April 1995). "OBITUARY: Bob Wyatt". The Independent. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
- ^ ISBN 1781311323.
- ISBN 0-85613-283-7.
External links
Media related to Bob Wyatt (cricketer) at Wikimedia Commons- Bob Wyatt at ESPNcricinfo
