Famous Cricketers No 50 - Reg Simpson

Championship, Simpson scored 1382 runs at an average of 47.65. He played in three of the season’s Test matches against South Africa scoring 137 in his first innings of the series at Trent Bridge and playing at Lord’s and Old Trafford before being left out of the last two games. He hit double centuries against Essex at Clacton-on-Sea and against Oxford University at The Parks and he also made hundreds against Kent and Warwickshire at Trent Bridge. His overall aggregate for the season of 1899 runs at 43.15 put him in nineteenth place in the national averages, not as dominant as he had been in 1950. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 160. Nottinghamshire v Kent, Gillingham, May 5, 7, 8 (Match drawn) c L.E.G.Ames b F.Ridgway 9 134 169 c D.G.Clark b B.R.Edrich 79 207-2 161. Nottinghamshire v Surrey, Trent Bridge, May 12, 14, 15 (Surrey won by ten wickets) run out 58 119 385 1 lbw b A.V.Bedser 26 273 8-0 162. Nottinghamshire v Hampshire, Bournemouth, May 16, 17, 18 (Hampshire won by 16 runs) lbw b V.H.D.Cannings 7 176 - - - - 204 c R.A.Dare b V.H.D.Cannings 95 261 7 2 21 0 249-5d 163. M.C.C. v South Africans, Lord’s, May 19, 21, 22 (Match drawn) hit wicket b G.W.A.Chubb 12 271 190 97-2 164. Nottinghamshire v Essex, Trent Bridge, May (23), 24, 25 (Match drawn) b R.Smith 16 93 5 1 8 0 243-6 165. Nottinghamshire v South Africans, Trent Bridge, May 26, 28, 29 (Match drawn) lbw b C.N.McCarthy 10 297 - - - - 304 5 2 4 1 E.A.B.Rowan st E.A.Meads 176-2 166. Nottinghamshire v Oxford University, The Parks, May 30, 31, June 1 (Match drawn) c R.H.Wollocombe b T.S.Penny 201 578-7 11 0 38 0 428 1 167. Nottinghamshire v Leicestershire, Trent Bridge, June 2, 4, 5 (Match drawn) c J.E.Walsh b V.E.Jackson 41 402-6 401-9d 168. ENGLAND v SOUTH AFRICA, Trent Bridge, June 7, 8, 9, 11, 12 (South Africa won by 71 runs) c J.H.B.Waite b C.N.McCarthy 137 419-9d 483-9d c and b A.M.B.Rowan 7 114 121 169. Nottinghamshire v Leicestershire, Leicester, June 13, 14, 15 (Match drawn) c V.S.Munden b J.Sperry 0 389 - - - - 384-9d 4 3 1 1 G.L.Berry lbw 118-8 170. Nottinghamshire v Warwickshire, Trent Bridge, June 16, 18, 19 (Warwickshire won by 95 runs) not out 148 239-5d 387 1 c A.Townsend b W.E.Hollies 28 225 172-3d 171. ENGLAND v SOUTH AFRICA, Lord’s, June 21, 22, 23 (England won by ten wickets) lbw b C.N.McCarthy 26 311 115 did not bat - 16-0 211 172. Nottinghamshire v Glamorgan, Trent Bridge, June 30, July 2, 3 (Match drawn) c P.B.Clift b W.Wooller 8 172 1 0 2 0 330 1 b A.J.Watkins 30 260-7 173. ENGLAND v SOUTH AFRICA, Old Trafford, July 5, (6), 7, 9, 10 (England won by nine wickets) st J.H.B.Waite b N.B.F.Mann 11 211 158 not out 4 142-1 191 174. Nottinghamshire v Hampshire, Trent Bridge, July 11, 12, 13 (Nottinghamshire won by 80 runs) b D.Shackleton 47 279 2 1 2 0 300-8d 1 b V.H.D.Cannings 22 309-7d 3 0 17 0 208 2 175. Gentlemen v Players, Lord’s, July 18, 19, 20 (Players won by 21 runs) b J.B.Statham 6 301-9d 361 b R.Tattersall 16 227 188-3d 19