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

SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 50 Ct Test Matches 1 2 1 10 6* 10.00 - - Players 1 2 2 8 6* - - - County Championship 25 38 12 214 43* 8.23 - 7 Other matches 1 2 2 7 7* - - - Total 28 44 17 239 43* 8.85 - 7 Career 306 423 136 3984 84* 13.88 15 129 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 10wm 5wi Strike Econ Test Matches 53 16 141 5 5/141 28.20 - 1 63.60 44.33 Players 34 4 154 5 3/103 30.80 - - 40.80 75.49 Championship 823.3 165 2761 141 7/84 19.58 3 14 35.04 55.87 Other matches 19 2 84 0 - - - - - 73.68 Total 929.3 187 3140 151 7/84 20.79 3 15 36.93 56.30 Career (6-ball) 7922 1621 } 32344 1357 9/47 23.83 32 107 44.97 52.99 (8-ball) 1688.1 190 1950/51 - M.C.C. in Australia and New Zealand Wright again experienced mixed fortunes on tour. Regular bouts of fibrositis generally hindered his play and a thigh strain incurred during the Third Test at Sydney proved a further setback. The tour had started promisingly with excellent figures at Perth against Western Australia but his performances in the Test Matches in Australia were slightly disappointing as he found it difficult to pitch his googly on a good enough length for it to be troublesome. The second leg of the Tour, in New Zealand, saw Wright at the top of his game. At Christchurch he achieved the highest score of his Test Match career, a performance which was followed by first innings figures of 5 for 48 at Wellington (his final appearance in Test cricket) which were instrumental in England’s victory. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 307. M.C.C. v Western Australia, Perth, October 20, 21, 23, 24 (Match drawn) not out 0 434/9d 20.5 5 60 7 L.Charlesworth c D.B.Close 236 A.R.Edwards c D.B.Close T.M.Outridge c T.G.Evans B.A.Rigg b J.K.E.Munro c D.C.S.Compton M.U.Herbert c A.V.Bedser W.P.Dunn c A.V.Bedser did not bat - 121/3d 7 1 34 0 207/4 308. M.C.C. v South Australia, Adelaide Oval, October 27, 28, 30, 31 (M.C.C. won by 7 wickets) not out 5 351/9d 28 3 103 4 G.B.Hole c T.E.Bailey 350 P.L.Ridings lbw B.L.Bowley c L.Hutton J.W.Wilson c T.G.Evans did not bat - 186/3 8 1 33 0 185/3d 309. M.C.C. v New South Wales, Sydney, November 10, 11, 13, 14 (Match drawn) b W.A.Johnston 0 339 16 0 93 0 509/3d did not bat - 143/2 - - - - 140/2d 310. ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA, Brisbane, December 1, (2), 4, 5 (Australia won by 70 runs) did not bat - 68/7d 16 0 81 1 K.R.Miller c A.J.W.McIntyre 228 c R.R.Lindwall b J.B.Iverson 2 122 - - - - 32/7d 311. ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA, Melbourne, December 22, 23, 26, 27 (Australia won by 28 runs) lbw b W.A.Johnston 2 197 8 0 63 0 194 lbw b W.A.Johnston 2 150 9 0 42 1 A.R.Morris lbw 181 45