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

278. Kent v Lancashire, Folkestone, August 31, September 1, 2 (Kent won by 118 runs) c W.Place b W.B.Roberts 17 344 9.1 3 16 3 W.Place lbw 144 1 K.J.Grieves c and b D.H.Stone b did not bat - 202/6d 20.3 1 81 6 W.Place b 284 N.D.Howard lbw P.Greenwood c R.R.Dovey W.B.Roberts b A.Barlow b D.H.Stone c L.E.G.Ames SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 50 Ct Test Matches 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 - 2 County Championship 18 27 17 186 50* 18.60 1 8 Other matches 2 2 1 0 0* 0.00 - 1 Total 21 30 18 186 50* 15.50 1 11 Career 278 379 119 3745 84* 14.40 15 122 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 10wm 5wi Strike Econ Test Matches 28 1 114 1 1/93 114.00 - - 168.00 67.85 Championship 647.4 114 2376 111 9/51 21.40 4 10 35.00 61.14 Other matches 79.3 10 339 17 8/35 19.94 1 2 28.05 71.06 Total 755.1 125 2829 129 9/51 21.93 5 12 35.12 62.43 Career (6-ball) 6992.3 1434 } 29204 1206 9/47 24.21 29 92 45.98 52.65 (8-ball) 1688.1 190 1950 Wright bowled consistently well throughout the summer and finished with the fourth highest wicket aggregate in the country (being 42 behind the leader, Tattersall, who had bowled an additional 475.1 overs). In all matches, he averaged a wicket every six overs which was far better than the strike rate of any other major bowler. At Old Trafford in June, Wright became only the sixth Kent cricketer to have claimed 1,000 wickets for the County, his landmark taking just 213 matches. His efforts were timely for the season was set aside by the Kent Committee for his benefit and the proceeds amounted to a County record of £5,253. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 279. Kent v Gloucestershire, Bristol, May 13, 15, 16 (Match drawn) c C.Cook b J.K.R.Graveney 1 193 24.5 4 138 6 G.M.Emmett c A.E.Fagg 379 J.F.Crapp c A.E.Fagg B.O.Allen st T.G.Evans G.E.E.Lambert b J.K.R.Graveney c A.C.Shirreff T.W.J.Goddard lbw not out 11 386/9d 7 0 46 1 B.O.Allen c L.E.G.Ames 193/9 280. Kent v Northamptonshire, Northampton, May 17, 18, 19 (Northamptonshire won by 187 runs) b A.E.Nutter 6 214 25 4 62 5 W.Barron c A.E.Fagg 347 F.Jakeman b F.R.Brown c T.G.Evans R.W.Clarke lbw R.G.Garlick b b V.Broderick 1 133 6 0 33 0 187/4d 41