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

By innings Wright’s bowling record by innings can be summarised as follows : O M R W BB Ave 5wi Strike Econ 1st Innings (6-ball) 8521.2 1805 } 31919 1297 9/47 24.60 96 46.97 52.38 (8-ball) 1218.3 133 2nd Innings (6-ball) 4415 921 } 17388 759 9/51 22.90 54 42.19 54.29 (8-ball) 699.3 74 Economical bowling Wright’s most inexpensive analyses (expressed as runs conceded per 100 balls bowled, subject to a minimum of 100 balls bowled in an innings) were as follows : Match Balls Runs Rp100b M.C.C. v Orange Free State Bloemfontein 1948/9 104 16 15.384 Kent v Leicestershire Tunbridge Wells 1953 156 26 16.666 Kent v Glamorgan Canterbury 1956 120 23 19.166 ENGLAND v SOUTH AFRICA Headingley 1947 120 24 20.000 Kent v Derbyshire Buxton 1938 144 32 22.222 Kent v Worcestershire Gravesend 1933 103 23 22.330 Kent v Warwickshire Gravesend 1946 114 28 24.561 Expensive bowling Wright’s most expensive analyses (expressed as runs conceded per 100 balls bowled, subject to a minimum of 100 balls bowled in an innings) were as follows : Match Balls Runs Rp100b South of Eng v Australians Hastings 1953 114 118 103.508 Kent v Yorkshire Dover 1949 102 105 102.941 Kent v Somerset Gravesend 1950 102 96 94.117 Kent v Gloucestershire Bristol 1950 149 138 92.617 Kent v Nottinghamshire Gillingham 1952 114 102 89.473 Kent v Hampshire Canterbury 1947 140 123 87.857 Kent v Worcestershire Dover 1949 162 142 87.654 Kent v Gloucestershire Gillingham 1953 180 156 86.666 Milestones 500 th wicket 141 st match v Gloucestershire Bristol July 1939 1,000 th wicket 236 th match v Northamptonshire Tunbridge Wells June/July, 1948 1,500 th wicket 345 th match v Leicestershire Leicester (GR) August 1951 2,000 th wicket 473 rd match v Hampshire Canterbury August 1956 FIELDING Catches Wright claimed 182 catches during his first-class career, assisting 34 different bowlers to dismiss 158 different batsmen. Those bowlers benefiting most from his assistance were : Instances Bowler 70 D.V.P.Wright (i.e. caught and bowled) 11 R.R.Dovey, A.E.Watt 10 L.J.Todd 7 N.W.Harding 6 J.G.W.Davies, A.P.Freeman, F.Ridgway 91