Famous Cricketers No 50 - Reg Simpson

219. Gentlemen v Players, Scarborough, September 6, 8, 9 (Match drawn) c L.Hutton b D.J.Shepherd 33 270 321-7d c J.H.Wardle b A.V.Bedser 91 252-8 202-5d 220. T.N.Pearce’s XI v Indians, Scarborough, September 10,11,12, (Match drawn) lbw b D.G.Phadkar 3 68 258 lbw b D.G.Phadkar 2 116-7 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Test matches 2 4 0 129 53 32.25 - 2 - Gentlemen v Players 2 4 0 157 91 39.25 - 1 - Championship 21 36 1 1674 216 47.82 4 8 8 Other Notts matches 1 1 0 39 39 39.00 - - - Other matches 5 9 0 223 101 24.77 1 - 3 Season 31 54 1 2222 216 41.92 5 11 11 Career 220 368 28 15146 259 44.54 37 74 87 Bowling O M R W BB Ave Championship 126.2 37 412 10 3/44 41.20 Other Notts matches 6 1 30 0 - - Other matches 10 2 43 1 1/33 43.00 Season (6-ball) 142.2 40 485 11 3/44 44.09 Career (6-ball) 702.3 217 1940 52 3/22 37.30 1953 In 1953 Simpson finished in eighth place in the national averages scoring 2505 runs (third highest aggregate after Bill Edrich and Peter May), at an average of 45.54. He was disappointing in the Test series against Australia scoring only 74 runs in five innings at an average of 18.50, but he did make a useful contribution at Old Trafford when England were is some danger of following on at 149-6 before Simpson and Bailey saw them to safety. However, in the Championship for Nottinghamshire, he played outstandingly well hitting five hundreds, all at Trent Bridge, and scoring 1815 runs at an average of 56.71. The next highest Nottinghamshire average was 29.18. He made a century for the Gentlemen against the Players at Lord’s and another for MCC against Yorkshire at Scarborough where he also hit his highest innings against the Australians, 86 for T.N.Pearce’s XI. Nottinghamshire won nine Championship matches this season and worked their way up to ninth place in the table. Their revival was due to Simpson’s batting and to the bowling of the Australian, Bruce Dooland, who took 152 wickets in the Championship at 16.06. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 221. M.C.C. v Yorkshire, Lord’s May 2, 4 (Yorkshire won by an innings and 14 runs) c H.Halliday b J.H.Wardle 4 87 183 c and b J.H.Wardle 12 82 222. Nottinghamshire v Kent, Trent Bridge, May 9, 11, 12 (Match drawn) lbw b D.V.P.Wright 84 313 9 0 27 0 507-6d c F.Ridgway b B.R.Edrich 157 340-2 223. Nottinghamshire v Warwickshire, Trent Bridge, May 13, 14, (15) (Match drawn) c R.T.Spooner b K.R.Dollery 79 265 1 0 8 0 296-3 224. M.C.C. v Australians, Lord’s, May (16), 18, 19 (Match drawn) c A.K.Davidson b R.R.Lindwall 0 80 179 lbw b K.R.Miller 5 196 13-2 225. Nottinghamshire v Surrey, Trent Bridge, May 23, 25, 26 (Match drawn) b A.V.Bedser 100 318 229 2 c D.G.W.Fletcher b J.W.J.McMahon 17 108 135-5 1 23