Born 29 October 1877 at North Moor, Kirkheaton, Yorkshire, England
Died 8 July 1973 at Branksome Park, Dorset, England
Wilfred Rhodes was a Yorkshireman with extraordinary longevity in the game. He was still playing Test cricket into his fifties and is the only man to appear in over 1 000 first-class matches. As an all-rounder he was a solid right-handed batsman and skillful left-arm spinner who used variations of flight to beat the bat.
He is one of the few men to have batted in all 11 positions in the order in Tests, although many of his innings were as an opener. The 1903/04 series in Australia was his most successful with the ball, taking 31 wickets at an average of 15.74. He scored nearly 40 000 first-class runs and is the leading wicket-taker in first-class cricket with over 4 000. He went blind in later life, but would still attend games and follow them by ear.
M Runs HS Avg 100 Ct Wkts Avg BB 5I
Tests 58 2325 179 30.19 2 60 127 26.96 8-68 6
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