Famous Cricketers No 50 - Reg Simpson

score of his career to date, hitting one six and twenty two fours. He hit a hundred in each innings against Leicestershire at Trent Bridge, 200 not out with twenty seven fours against Surrey at Trent Bridge and 125 against Sussex at Hove. He finished the season in fourth place in the national averages and was chosen as one of Wisden ‘s ‘Five Cricketers of the Year’. He bowled more, too, taking sixteen wickets at 31.93. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 87. Nottinghamshire v Middlesex, Lord’s, May 7, 9, 10 (Match drawn) b J.M.Sims 45 304 309-7d c L.H.Compton b J.M.Sims 10 226 197-9 88. Nottinghamshire v Gloucestershire, Trent Bridge, May 14, 16, 17 (Match drawn) c T.W.J.Goddard b C.J.Scott 53 402 334-5 89. Nottinghamshire v Hampshire, Southampton, May 18, 19, 20 (Hampshire won by 36 runs) b C.J.Knott 2 197 5 0 14 0 311 c E.D.R.Eagar b G.Hill 2 226 - - - - 148-8d 1 90. M.C.C. v New Zealanders, Lord’s, May 21, 23, 24 (Match drawn) b T.B.Burtt 51 379 313 not out 5 34-1 91. Nottinghamshire v Northamptonshire, Trent Bridge, May 28, 30, 31 (Nottinghamshire won by three wickets) b V.Broderick 29 225-7d 211 c D.Brookes b R.W.Clarke 18 245-7 256-4d 92. North v South, Edgbaston, June 1, 2, 3 (Match drawn) b F.Ridgway 69 250 85 not out 5 32-1 310-6d 93. Nottinghamshire v Surrey, Trent Bridge, June 4, 6, 7 (Nottinghamshire won by eight wickets) not out 200 302-2d 298 1 run out 46 209-2 209-5d 94. Nottinghamshire v Essex, Brentwood, June 8, 9 (Essex won by ten wickets) b R.Smith 30 144 11 5 27 2 T.C.Dodds lbw 336 T.N.Pearce b c T.H.Wade b T.E.Bailey 8 202 1 0 7 0 11-0 95. Nottinghamshire v Leicestershire, Loughborough, June 11, 13, 14 (Leicestershire won by an innings and 24 runs) c and b J.E.Walsh 46 175 6 3 13 0 455-8d b J.E.Walsh 54 256 96. Nottinghamshire v Leicestershire, Trent Bridge, June 15, 16, 17 (Nottinghamshire won by nine wickets) b J.Sperry 143 308 292 not out 102 279-1 294-3d 97. Nottinghamshire v Lancashire, Trent Bridge, June 18, 20, 21 (Match drawn) b W.B.Roberts 96 366 7 3 26 0 423-3d not out 63 117-6 98. Nottinghamshire v Yorkshire, Bramall Lane, June 25, 27, 28 (Match drawn) b H.Halliday 80 492-5d - - - - 252 10 8 5 0 197-5 99. Nottinghamshire v Hampshire, Trent Bridge, July 2, 4, 5 (Nottinghamshire won by five wickets) c E.D.R.Eagar b J.Arnold 54 335-5d - - - - 291 run out 7 226-5 7 1 24 0 268-4d 100. Nottinghamshire v Glamorgan, Trent Bridge, July 6, 7, 8 (Match drawn) c and b N.G.Hever 59 481 21 10 27 2 A.J.Watkins c E.A.Meads 488-8 J.T.Eaglestone b 101. Nottinghamshire v Lancashire, Old Trafford, July 9, 11, 12 (Match drawn) b R.Pollard 238 504-5d 17 6 41 1 R.Berry c E.A.Meads 337 did not bat - 75-1d 11 1 56 0 119-1 102. Gentlemen v Players, Lord’s, July 13, 14, 15 (Players won by four wickets) lbw b H.L.Jackson 6 105 234 1 c J.G.Langridge b D.B.Close28 267 139-6 103. Nottinghamshire v Yorkshire, Trent Bridge, July (16), 18, 19 (Match drawn) b E.P.Robinson 2 146 7 1 21 0 150-2d 1 did not bat - 138-2 13