Editing Fred Root (section)

== Later years  ==

In 1927, Root took 145 Championship wickets as the County won only one of thirty fixtures. The batsman's pitches of 1928 resulted in an expensive yield though he did achieve the double for the only time in his career. Root's 146 wickets in 1929 was almost triple the next best return by his teammates. In 1931, he took 9 for 23 against [[Lancashire County Cricket Club|Lancashire]], representing the best bowling ever achieved for Worcestershire.

Root declined rapidly in 1932 and lost his place. Apart from one match for Sir L Parkinson's XI in 1933, Root retired from first-class cricket after this. He spent some time as coach to [[Leicestershire County Cricket Club|Leicestershire]], and also continued to play [[club cricket]] in the Lancashire League. He also remained a keen observer of the international game, and was unimpressed by Australian protests against [[Bodyline]], saying that their players should stick to playing with tennis balls if they could not learn how to play it. Root also wrote a well-known book about the life of professional cricketers, ''A Cricket Pro's Lot'' (1937).