Famous Cricketers No 50 - Reg Simpson

Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 75. M.C.C. v Western Province, Cape Town, October 29, 30, November 1 (M.C.C. won by nine wickets) not out 35 357-5d 386-4d did not bat - 118-1 88-4d 76. M.C.C. v Griqualand West, Kimberley, November 13, 15, 16 (M.C.C. won by an innings and 72 runs) c J.Waddington b J.Robinson 91 542-4d 258 212 77. M.C.C. v Orange Free State, Bloemfontein, November 19, 20, 22 (M.C.C. won by nine wickets) c I.Kirby b L.Tuckett 37 449-7d 251 1 c E.Warner b L.Tuckett 3 41-1 238 78. M.C.C. v North-Eastern Transvaal, Benoni, December 3, 4 (M.C.C. won by an innings and 203 runs) not out 130 484-4d 168 113 79. M.C.C. v Transvaal, Johannesburg, December 10, 11, 13 (Match drawn) b B.Mitchell 57 513-7d 560 80. ENGLAND v SOUTH AFRICA, Durban, December 16, 17, 18, 20 (England won by two wickets) c D.W.Begbie b N.B.F.Mann 5 253 161 c E.A.B.Rowan b C.N.McCarthy 0 128-8 219 81. M.C.C. v Eastern Province, Port Elizabeth, January 8, 10, 11 (Match drawn) b A.W.Hicks 40 450-9d 397 c A.R.A.Murray b J.Young 67 353-3 82. M.C.C. v Transvaal, Johannesburg, January 21, 22, 24 (Match drawn) run out 54 244-9d 254 not out 24 40-0 83. M.C.C. v Rhodesia, Bulawayo, January 30, 31, February 1 (Match drawn) c K.P.Curran b A.P.Singleton 16 193 174 lbw b H.J.Tayfield 26 117-2 166 84. M.C.C. v Natal XI, Pietermaritzburg, February 19, 21, 22 (Match drawn) b A.Tayfield 17 276 288 lbw b D.M.Dinkleman 20 260-4 257-6d 85. M.C.C. v Natal, Durban, February 25, 26, 28 (Match drawn) not out 119 237 217 1 not out 0 6-0 166 2 86. M.C.C. v Combined Universities, Cape Town, March 12, 14, 15 (M.C.C. won by an innings and 52 runs) c C.N.McCarthy b G.R.M.Bolus 47 477 274 151 1 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Test matches 1 2 0 5 5 2.50 - - - Other matches 11 17 5 783 130* 65.25 2 4 5 Tour 12 19 5 788 130* 56.28 2 4 5 Career 86 146 11 4788 201 35.46 10 27 31 1949 In 1949 Simpson batted so well that he passed 2000 runs for the first time in a season making, altogether 2525 at an average of 63.12. He regained his Test place and, at Old Trafford on his debut in a Test match in England he hit a sparkling 103 scoring his last 53 runs in just twenty seven minutes. At Kennington Oval in the Fourth Test he scored 68 helping Hutton to add 147 for the first wicket in England’s innings. In the Championship he hit 1906 runs at an average of 68.07 revelling in his new responsibilities as Walter Keeton’s opening partner in the Notts side. The pair put on more than a hundred for the first wicket in four consecutive matches in June - 174 against Yorkshire at Bramall Lane, 116 against Hampshire and 128 against Glamorgan both at Trent Bridge, and, finally, a massive 318 against Lancashire at Old Trafford. In the game against Lancashire Simpson hit 238, the highest 12