Ted Peate
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| Batting style | Left-hand bat | |
| Bowling type | Slow left-arm orthodox | |
| Tests | First-class | |
| Matches | 9 | 209 |
| Runs scored | 70 | 2,384 |
| Batting average | 11.66 | 13.49 |
| 100s/50s | 0/0 | 0/3 |
| Top score | 13 | 95 |
| Balls bowled | 2,096 | 47,116 |
| Wickets | 31 | 1,076 |
| Bowling average | 22.03 | 10.64 |
| 5 wickets in innings | 2 | 94 |
| 10 wickets in match | 0 | 27 |
| Best bowling | 6/85 | 8/5 |
| Catches/stumpings | 2/0 | 132/0 |
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Test debut: 31 December 1881 |
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Edmund ("Ted") Peate (Holbeck, Leeds, Yorkshire, 2 March 1855 – 11 March 1900 in Newlay, Horsforth, Yorkshire) was an English professional cricketer who played for Yorkshire and England. Peate was one of the most famous slow bowlers of his day.
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[edit] Overview
His career, which lasted from 1879 to 1890, was exceptionally brilliant while it lasted, but very short. Earning a place in the Yorkshire team in 1879 he rose in the following season to the top of the tree, and there he remained till the end of 1884, succeeding Alfred Shaw as the representative slow-bowler of England. There ought to have been many more years of good work before him, but he put on weight to a great extent, and in the summer of 1886 it became evident that his day was over. Without using a harsh word, it may fairly be said that he would have lasted longer if he had ordered his life more carefully. He never entirely lost his skill, as a bowler, and even up to the last year or two he was successful in club cricket in and around Leeds. He was reckoned by Wisden to be, without a doubt, a great bowler when he was at his bear, though it is true that he was fortunate at the outset of his career in playing in very wet seasons. He did not set store on a big break, but on most wickets he could make the ball do enough to beat the bat, and his pitch was a marvel of accuracy. He has had brilliant successors in the Yorkshire eleven in Bobby Peel and Wilfred Rhodes, but many batsmen- Billy Murdoch among the number-who met him in his prime are of opinion that as a left-handed slow bowler he has never been equalled. The immediate cause of his death was pneumonia, but his health had been in a bad state for some time.
[edit] Best performances
Some of his best performances with the ball were-6 wickets for 14 runs, Yorkshire against Middlesex at Huddersfield, 1879:
- 5 wickets 11 for runs, Yorkshire v. Derbyshire, at Derby, 1880.
- 14 wickets 130 for runs, Yorkshire v. Sussex, at Brighton, 1881.
- 14 wickets 77 for runs, Yorkshire v. Surrey, at Huddersfield.
- 8 wickets 71 for runs, England v. Australia, at the Oval, 1882.
- 8 wickets 57 for runs, Shaw and Shrewsbury"s XI. at Sydney, 1882.
- 6 wickets 12 for runs, Yorkshire v. Derbyshire, at Derby, 1882.
- 8 wickets 32 for runs, Yorkshire v. Middlesex, at Sheffield, 1882.
- 8 wickets 5 for runs, Yorkshire v. Surrey, at Holbeck, 1883.
- 5 wickets 17 for runs, Yorkshire v. Notts, at Sheffield, 1883.
- 6 wickets 13 for runs, Yorkshire v. Gloucestershire, at Moreton-in-Marsh, 1884.
- 10 wickets 51 for runs, North of England v. the Australians, at Manchester, 1884.
- 10 wickets 45 for runs, Yorkshire v. Derbyshire, at Huddersfield, 1885.
- 6 wickets 17 for runs, England v. Shaw's Australian XI., at Lord"s, 1885.
- 9 wickets 21 for runs, Yorkshire v. Sussex, at Huddersfield, 1886.
His best in all first-class matches in 1882 he obtained 214 wickets at a cost of 2466 runs.
He first represented the Players against the Gentlemen in 1881, and took part in the matches for six years, bowling in 11 matches (21 innings), 3227 balls for 996 runs, and 39 wickets, average 25.53. At birth he was registered as Edmund Peat.
[edit] References
- Wisden, this article is heavily based on Ted Peate's Wisden obituary, which is now out of copyright.
- Cricinfo page on Ted Peate
- CricketArchive page on Ted Peate
