not out in the first innings, and held two catches in Yorkshire's second. Wheldon played in 14 matches in total that season, scoring 541 runs at an average of 33.81 including three half-centuries. The following season Wheldon had a rather thinner year, averaging under 20 despite making exactly 100 against Hampshire and in the process sharing in a sixth-wicket stand of 186 with William Lowe. 1901 was worse still, as he did not pass 51 in 26 innings, and 1902 was little better, but he returned to form at last in 1903 with 969 runs – the most of his career – including 112 against Somerset. He also collected his only first-class stumping that year, against Yorkshire: Thomas Straw had been due to keep wicket, but was delayed in arriving at the ground, so Wheldon replaced him both in the team and behind the stumps. Wheldon passed 900 runs again in 1904; he also collected 40 catches, by far the most in a season in his career, and scored a century before lunch on the second day of the match against Leicestershire. Thereafter his form fell away rapidly, and in 1905 he recorded a disastrous aggregate of 237 runs in 18 innings, dropping out of the team in late July. He did return for 1906, but again his form was poor and though he made an unbeaten 89 batting at number nine against Warwickshire (out of 633; again Wheldon kept wicket) his next highest score was 31 and he played no more first-class cricket after the end of the season. He did appear in the Minor Counties Championship for Worcestershire Second XI in 1907 and for Carmarthenshire in 1910. Wheldon's grandson John Spilsbury played a single first-class match for Worcestershire in 1952. References Sources External links 1869 births 1924 deaths People from Oldbury, West Midlands Cricketers from Worcestershire Footballers from Worcestershire English cricketers Worcestershire cricketers Carmarthenshire cricketers English footballers England international footballers Association football inside forwards Birmingham City F.C. players Aston Villa F.C. players West Bromwich Albion F.C. players Queens Park Rangers F.C. players Portsmouth F.C. players Worcester City F.C. players Football Alliance players English Football League players Southern Football League players Western Football League players English Football League representative players First Division/Premier League top scorers FA Cup Final players British publicans