Ted Tyler

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Ted Tyler England (Eng)

Batting style	Left-handed batsman (LHB)
Bowling type	Slow left-arm orthodox
	Tests	First-class
Matches	1	185
Runs scored	0	2,952
Batting average	0.00	11.44
100s/50s	0/0	0/6
Top score	0	66
Balls bowled	145	39,309
Wickets	4	895
Bowling average	16.25	22.09
5 wickets in innings	0	77
10 wickets in match	0	22
Best bowling	3/49	10/49
Catches/stumpings	0/0	119/0
Test debut: 21 March 1896 Last Test: 23 March 1896 Source: [1]

Edwin ("Ted") James Tyler (born 13 October 1864 in Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England; died 25 January 1917 in North Town, Taunton, Somerset, England) was a cricketer who played first-class cricket for Somerset County Cricket Club between 1891 and 1907. Tyler also played one Test match for England on their tour to South Africa in 1895-96.

Tyler will always be remembered for the share he had in securing Somerset's promotion to first-class rank in 1891, and his effective bowling in the seasons that immediately followed, when Somerset, with Sammy Woods and Lionel Palairet at their best, had such a strong and attractive team. In his own style Tyler was a remarkable left-handed bowler. So slow was his pace that unless he had had a good head and great command of length first-rate batsmen would have hit him all over the field. As it was he made even the best batsmen respect him, and on occasions he did great things. Though never ranking with Wilfred Rhodes and Colin Blythe he had a highly successful career. On the question of his delivery there is no need to say very much. It was fortunate for him that he came out at a time when great laxity prevailed with regard to throwing. He was too slow to hurt anybody, and so his action, though often talked about, passed muster for many years. Had he appeared after the captains of the first-class counties had taken the matter of unfair bowling into their own hands, things might not have gone so pleasantly for him. One may say this without doing him any injustice. Many offenders, ten times worse than Tyler, were allowed to pursue their evil courses quite unchecked till the hour of reform arrived. Tyler played much of his early cricket for the Kidderminster Club, and for two years, 1885 and 1886, he was in the Worcestershire eleven, bowling with marked success in 1885. Then came his connection with Somerset and his fame as a slow bowler. Personally Tyler was very popular, his genial nature gaining him friends wherever he went.