Ted Tyler

Ted Tyler

Personal information
Full name	Edwin James Tyler
Born	(1864-10-13)13 October 1864 Kidderminster, England
Died	25 January 1917(1917-01-25) (aged 52) Taunton, England
Batting style	Left-handed
Bowling style	Slow left-arm orthodox
Role	Bowler
International information
National side	England
Only Test (cap 103)	21 March 1896 v South Africa
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1891–1907	Somerset
Career statistics
Competition Test 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 39,291 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/– 119/–
Source: CricketArchive, 15 October 2009

Edwin ("Ted") James Tyler (13 October 1864 in Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England – 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.

External links

• Player profile: Ted Tyler from CricketArchive
• Player profile: Ted Tyler from ESPNcricinfo
• Obituary of Ted Tyler from the 1918 Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, this obituary is now out of copyright and much of this article is based on this obituary.

Persondata
Name	Tyler, Ted
Alternative names
Short description	English cricketer
Date of birth	13 October 1864
Place of birth	Kidderminster
Date of death	25 January 1917
Place of death	Taunton