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

225. South of England v Sir Pelham Warner’s XI, Hastings, September 6, 8, 9 (Sir Pelham Warner’s XI won by 26 runs) b T.E.Bailey 5 199 21 3 66 3 J.D.B.Robertson lbw 306 1 M.Tompkin lbw J.C.Laker b not out 4 265 22 2 64 4 W.J.Edrich b 184 B.H.Valentine lbw W.Barron c G.Cox V.Broderick b 226. Rest of England v Middlesex, Kennington Oval, September 13, 15, 16, 17 (Middlesex won by 9 wickets) lbw b J.A.Young 0 246 23 2 97 1 F.G.Mann st T.G.Evans 543/9d c J.M.Sims b L.H.Gray 29 317 4.2 2 9 1 J.D.B.Robertson lbw 21/1 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 50 Ct Test Matches 4 2 1 18 14 18.00 - - Players 1 1 1 0 0* - - 1 County Championship 17 25 12 268 36 20.61 - 9 Other Matches 5 9 2 62 29 8.85 - 1 Total 27 37 16 348 36 16.57 - 11 Career 226 316 91 3268 84* 14.52 14 103 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 10wm 5wi Strike Econ Test Matches 183.2 50 484 19 5/80 25.47 1 2 57.89 44.00 Players 23.2 2 73 2 2/40 36.50 - - 70.00 52.14 Championship 792 181 2528 136 8/119 18.58 7 15 34.94 53.19 Other matches 177.1 19 654 20 5/124 32.70 - 1 53.15 61.52 Total 1175.5 252 3739 177 8/119 21.12 8 18 39.85 52.99 Career (6-ball) 5622.5 1178 } 22892 949 9/47 24.12 20 69 46.59 51.77 (8-ball) 1310 137 1948 Wright did not enjoy the best of fortunes this year, with a bout of lumbago ruling him out of the first Test against Australia at Trent Bridge and a chipped finger bone (incurred whilst fielding against Essex at Maidstone at the end of July) bringing his summer to a premature end. His season had started well with 38 wickets being claimed by June 1 st ; and with a haul of 4 for 36 in the Test Trial at Edgbaston, a place in the Test side for the summer looked assured. During the match against Northamptonshire at Tunbridge Wells in June/July, Wright claimed his 1,000 th wicket in first-class cricket. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 227. Kent v Lancashire, Gillingham, May 8, 10, 11 (Kent won by 23 runs) not out 20 258 26 8 71 6 W.Place b 212 J.T.Ikin c L.J.Todd G.A.Edrich c A.E.Fagg N.D.Howard lbw A.Wharton c B.H.Valentine P.Greenwood c A.E.Fagg c K.Cranston b W.B.Roberts 8 80 23 6 49 3 J.T.Ikin b 103 N.D.Howard st T.G.Evans A.Wharton c T.G.Evans 228. Kent v Hampshire, Southampton, May 15, 17, 18 (Hampshire won by 2 wickets) b C.J.Knott 37 256 34 5 142 1 E.D.R.Eagar lbw 443/6d not out 4 310/7d 3 0 26 1 G.Hill st T.G.Evans 127/8 34