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

473. Kent v Hampshire, Canterbury, August 4, 6, 7 (Match drawn) not out 0 126 7 2 19 3 E.D.R.Eagar c A.E.Fagg 132 D.Shackleton c S.E.Leary M.D.Burden c F.Ridgway b J.R.Gray 4 142/9 7 0 36 0 139/6d 1 474. Kent v Lancashire, Canterbury, August 8, 9, 10 (Kent won by 6 wickets) b J.B.Statham 5 296 10 2 29 2 C.Washbrook c M.C.Cowdrey 258 K.J.Grieves b did not bat - 121/4 13 5 20 2 A.Wharton b 156 1 M.J.Hilton b 475. Kent v Essex, Clacton-on-Sea, August 11, 13, 14 (Match drawn) not out 2 227 15 3 55 0 249/8d did not bat - 118/4 2 0 12 0 144/8d 476. Kent v Middlesex, Lord’s, August 15, 16, 17 (Middlesex won by an innings and 73 runs) c D.Bennett b F.J.Titmus 2 110 23 5 86 2 J.D.B.Robertson c F.Ridgway 304/5d W.J.Edrich c A.E.Fagg not out 0 121 477. Kent v Gloucestershire, Cheltenham, August 18, 20, 21 (Gloucestershire won by an innings and 75 runs) not out 3 45 26 2 91 1 C.A.Milton c J.M.Allan 289/6d c W.Knightley-Smith b C.Cook 22 169 478. Kent v Warwickshire, Dover, August 22, 23 (Warwickshire won by an innings and 13 runs) not out 8 87 - - - - 188 not out 4 88 479. Kent v Yorkshire, Dover, August 25, (27), 28 (Match drawn) b F.S.Trueman 0 156 9 0 24 1 J.V.Wilson c D.J.Halfyard 158/5 480. M.C.C. v Yorkshire, Scarborough, August 29, 30, 31 (Yorkshire won by 188 runs) not out 3 113 10 2 39 2 R.Illingworth lbw 238/9d J.H.Wardle c T.G.Evans not out 3 174 10 1 28 0 237/5d 481. An England XI v Australians, Hastings, September 1, 3, (4) (Match drawn) did not bat - 222/7d 11 1 45 1 C.C.McDonald b 106/3 482. An England XI v Commonwealth XI, Hastings, September (5), 6, (7) (Match drawn) 13 1 31 1 R.G.Flockton b 171/4 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 50 Ct County Championship 20 28 13 120 22 8.00 - 8 Other matches 4 3 3 9 3* - - - Total 24 31 16 129 22 8.60 - 8 Career 482 686 218 5819 84* 12.43 16 179 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 10wm 5wi Strike Econ Championship 464.5 108 1402 48 8/30 29.20 1 1 58.10 50.26 Other matches 61 10 192 4 2/39 48.00 - - 91.50 52.45 Total 525.5 118 1594 52 8/30 30.65 1 1 60.67 50.52 Career (6-ball) 12574.4 2623 } 48193 2013 9/47 23.94 42 149 45.10 53.08 (8-ball) 1917.6 207 1956/57 - Duke of Norfolk’s XI in Jamaica Wright spent a pleasant six weeks in Jamaica with the Duke of Norfolk’s party preparing for the new season. From all points of view the tour was a great success though Wright was not able to reproduce his best form. Throughout the trip, he shared a room with Greenhough, the Lancashire leg-spinner who was anxious to learn all he could from Wright about the art. 64