Wilfred Rhodes was an English professional cricketer who played 58 Test matches for England between 1899 and 1930. In Tests, Rhodes took 127 wickets and scored 2,325 runs, becoming the first Englishman to complete the double of 1,000 runs and 100 wickets in Test matches. He holds the world records both for the most appearances made in first-class cricket, and for the most wickets taken (4,204). He completed the double of 1,000 runs and 100 wickets in an English cricket season a record 16 times. Rhodes played for Yorkshire and England into his fifties, and in his final Test in 1930 was, at 52 years and 165 days, the oldest player who has appeared in a Test match.
Wilfred Rhodes bowling in a photograph taken by George Beldam in 1906
Wilfred Rhodes early in his career, around 1900
From left to right: Schofield Haigh, George Hirst and Rhodes. The Yorkshire teammates at Marsden, 1905.
Before and after pictures of Rhodes playing a drive, photographed by George Beldam in 1906
The England men's cricket team represents England and Wales in international cricket. Since 1997, it has been governed by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), having been previously governed by Marylebone Cricket Club since 1903. England, as a founding nation, is a Full Member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) with Test, One Day International (ODI) and Twenty20 International (T20I) status. Until the 1990s, Scottish and Irish players also played for England as those countries were not yet ICC members in their own right. England are the current ICC Men's T20 World Cup champions.
The All-England Eleven in 1846
The 1859 English team in North America
The first England team to tour southern Australia in 1861–62
The death notice printed on The Sporting Times newspaper which first named the Ashes
