Career
Tate was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm roundarm fast. Tate made his first-class debut for Hampshire in 1870 against Lancashire. On debut Tate took his only first-class five wicket haul, taking career best figures of 6/63 in Lancashire"s first innings.
Tate played two matches in 1870, with his second coming against Lancashire.
In 1872, Tate played two non first-class matches for Huntingdonshire, both against Bedfordshire, where in the first fixture, Tate took five wickets in Bedfordshire"s first innings. During this period, Tate was a cricket coach at Trinity College, Cambridge.
In 1873, Tate began a long engagement with Richmond Cricket Club, Surrey. Six years after his final appearance for Hampshire, Tate returned in 1876 to play for the county in two first-class matches against Derbyshire and finally Kent.
In his four first-class matches, Tate took 13 wickets at a bowling average of 11.30.
Tate stood as an umpire in a single first-class match between Sussex and Hampshire. He died at Lyndhurst, Hampshire on 24 April 1935. Tate"s brother, Henry Tate also represented Hampshire in first-class cricket.