Famous Cricketers No 38 - D.V.P.Wright

SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 50 Ct County Championship 14 19 4 162 30* 10.80 - 5 Career 28 39 15 213 30* 8.87 - 9 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 10wm 5wi Strike Econ Championship 460.4 106 1435 34 4/64 42.20 - - 81.29 51.91 Career (6-ball) 823.4 187 2437 65 4/26 37.49 - - 76.03 49.31 1935 Wright started the season in good form with both bat and ball, contributing a maiden first-class half-century at Portsmouth in the defeat of Hampshire. He was again stood down in July to make room for the amateurs but returned at the end of the season for three matches in which he took 10 wickets at a reasonable cost, including figures of 4 for 124 against the touring South Africans at Canterbury. The Kent Committee were encouraged by his progress during the season and reported to Members that : “Wright did enough to show that, if he could develop more stamina and accuracy without losing spin, experience would make him into a dangerous bowler.” Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 29. Kent v Leicestershire, Gravesend, May 1, 2 (Kent won by 198 runs) c H.A.Smith b G.Geary 0 242 - - - - 110 b H.A.Smith 7 159 6.5 4 6 2 P.Corrall lbw 93 1 A.G.G.Webb c L.E.G.Ames 30. Kent v Hampshire, Portsmouth, May 11, 13, 14 (Kent won by 7 wickets) lbw b W.L.Budd 65 479 31 5 114 2 A.E.Pothecary lbw 424 1 C.P.Mead c L.E.G.Ames did not bat - 100/3 18.2 4 43 3 R.H.Moore c C.Lewis 154 1 N.T.McCorkell c W.H.V.Levett O.W.Herman b 31. Kent v Essex, Gravesend, May 15, 16 (Kent won by an innings and 8 runs) lbw b A.G.Daer 28 344 13 0 41 1 J.A.Cutmore st W.H.V.Levett 97 did not bat - 25 5 91 2 J.O’Connor lbw 239 M.S.Nichols b 32. Kent v Nottinghamshire, Trent Bridge, May 18, 20, 21 (Nottinghamshire won by 189 runs) b H.J.Butler 9 189 24.1 3 81 1 G.F.H.Heane lbw 422 b A.Staples 7 268 10 1 46 0 224/7d 33. Kent v Warwickshire, Edgbaston, May 25, 27, 28 (Match drawn) lbw b W.E.Hollies 2 247 25 8 76 3 N.Kilner c L.E.G.Ames 186 A.J.W.Croom b H.E.Dollery st L.E.G.Ames did not bat - 266/6 34. Kent v Glamorgan, Cardiff, May 29, 30, 31 (Kent won by 283 runs) b G.H.Reed 0 339 9 2 27 0 207 did not bat - 280/4d 6 1 17 0 129 1 35. Kent v Yorkshire, Bradford, June 1, 3 (Yorkshire won by 2 wickets) st A.Wood b H.Verity 6 182 4 0 18 0 131 st A.Wood b H.Verity 0 140 2 0 7 0 192/8 36. Kent v Lancashire, Old Trafford, June 12, 13, 14 (Match drawn) c J.Iddon b J.L.Hopwood 7 224 15 2 57 2 J.Iddon b 338/5 C.Washbrook c F.E.Woolley 37. Kent v Glamorgan, Tunbridge Wells, June 29, July 1, 2 (Kent won by 4 wickets) not out 7 266 8 3 20 1 R.G.Duckfield 290 c J.G.W.Davies did not bat - 163/6 - - - - 137 38. Kent v Sussex, Tunbridge Wells, July 3, 4, 5 (Sussex won by 83 runs) b J.H.Parks 2 439 4.3 1 27 2 H.W.Parks c W.H.V.Levett 282 M.W.Tate c J.G.W.Davies absent hurt - 98 8 2 17 1 A.Melville b 338 10