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Frank Woolley
English
Athlete
About the author
I was not depressed when they got me out. I have always taken my dismissals as part of the game.
Frank Woolley,
English
Athlete
We always had to play the game and play for the team. It is a Kent tradition.
Frank Woolley,
English
Athlete
#Play
#Tradition
Those were the great days when plenty of amateurs could spare time for cricket.
Frank Woolley,
English
Athlete
#Time
#Cricket
Still, I believe it is only a passing phase and cricket will one day produce an abundance of great players.
Frank Woolley,
English
Athlete
#Will
#Day
#Abundance
#Cricket
Square cuts which ordinarily would have flashed to the boundary earned only two, and I believe that those two innings would have been worth 150 apiece in a county match.
Frank Woolley,
English
Athlete
#Worth
Lots of times I was out through forcing the game.
Frank Woolley,
English
Athlete
It was never a policy of the Kent team that the pitch must be occupied all day after winning the toss.
Frank Woolley,
English
Athlete
#Policy
#Day
#Winning
In the old days we were probably educated in cricket in a far more serious way than now.
Frank Woolley,
English
Athlete
#Now
#Old
#Cricket
I don't think I ever worked harder at any match during my career to get runs as I did then, nor did I ever have to face in one game such consistently fast bowlers as the Australian pair, Gregory and McDonald.
Frank Woolley,
English
Athlete
#Career
I cannot let this opportunity pass without placing on record how much I have enjoyed my cricket with Kent.
Frank Woolley,
English
Athlete
#Opportunity
#Cricket
It is amazing how the public steadfastly refuse to attend the third day of a match when so often the last day produces the best and most exciting cricket.
Frank Woolley,
English
Athlete
#Public
#Day
#Cricket