Oldring recorded only one hit in 17 plate appearances in that series, and he explained that he had been going through difficulties in his personal life. After his engagement to Hannah Thomas had been announced in the newspaper, a woman surfaced who said she was Helen Oldring, his common-law wife.
Oldring's performance was marked by only one success in 17 plate appearances during that series, and he attributed it to personal turmoil. The news of his engagement to Hannah Thomas sparked the emergence of a woman claiming to be Helen Oldring, his informal partner.