Famous Cricketers No 42 - Gary Sobers

Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 338. Nottinghamshire v Somerset, Trent Bridge, May 17, 18, 19 (Match drawn) c D.J.S.Taylor b H.R.Moseley 20 175 21 4 51 2 M.J.Kitchen c D.A.Pullan 302 G.I.Burgess c D.A.Pullan c H.R.Moseley b T.W.Cartwright 19 135/6 25 9 30 2 G.I.Burgess b 107 K.J.O’Keefe c M.J.Harris 339. Nottinghamshire v Middlesex, Lord’s, May 24, 25, 26 (Match drawn) c F.J.Titmus b J.S.E.Price 71 289/7d 14 0 53 1 P.H.Parfitt c J.B.Bolus 394 1 did not bat - 209/4 340. Nottinghamshire v Leicestershire, Trent Bridge, May 27, 29, 30 (Leicestershire won by 105 runs) c J.Birkenshaw b B.F.Davison 27 143 20 5 54 2 J.F.Steele c D.A.Pullan 248 1 R.R.Haywood c and b c R.W.Tolchard b B.F.Davison 7 137 - - - - 137/4d 1 341. Nottinghamshire v Essex, Trent Bridge, May 31, June 1, 2 (Match drawn) lbw S.Turner 32 277 15 4 39 2 G.J.Saville b 119 B.Ward lbw 9 2 24 1 R.E.East b 236/7 342. Nottinghamshire v Northamptonshire, Northampton, June 17, 19, 20 (Northamptonshire won by nine wickets) c P.Willey b R.M.H.Cottam 33 136 24 10 37 3 A.Tait lbw 148 G.Cook lbw D.S.Steele c J.B.Bolus b B.S.Bedi 7 119 10 6 21 0 109/1 343. Nottinghamshire v Kent, Nottingham, Trent Bridge, June 21, 22, 23 (Match drawn) retired hurt 6 214/8d 19 5 42 2 D.A.Laycock c D.A.Pullan 263 1 D.Nicholls c and b did not bat - 165/7 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct County Championship 6 9 1 222 71 27.75 - 1 4 Career 343 544 84 25752 365* 55.98 79 107 366 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m County Championship 157 45 351 15 3/37 23.40 - - Career (6-ball) 8300.4 2365 } 26723 967 9/49 27.63 36 1 (8-ball) 1921 243 1972/73 Injury prevented Sobers from representing Barbados more than once in the Caribbean territorial championship this season. The West Indian selectors refused to invite him to play in any of the Tests against the touring Australians even though, towards the end of the series, he had pronounced himself fit and ready to play. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 344. Barbados v Trinidad & Tobago, Port-of-Spain, February 23, 24, 25, 26 (Trinidad & Tobago won by eight wickets) lbw R.R.Jumadeen 23 236 8 3 23 0 360 c D.L.Murray b Inshan Ali 20 214 8 1 17 0 92/2 62