Famous Cricketers No 50 - Reg Simpson

280. Nottinghamshire v Leicestershire, Trent Bridge, July 28, 29, 30 (Nottinghamshire won by 18 runs) c C.T.Spencer b B.S.Boshier 4 224 126 c and b V.S.Munden 57 247-6d 327 281. Nottinghamshire v Surrey, Kennington Oval, July 31, August 2, (Surrey won by ten wickets) c R.Subba Row b A.V.Bedser 46 73 168 1 c K.F.Barrington b P.J.Loader 24 113 21-0 282. Nottinghamshire v Lancashire, Old Trafford, August (4), 5, 6 (Match drawn) b J.B.Statham 30 144 160 63-4 283. Nottinghamshire v Yorkshire, Bradford, August 7, (9), (10) (Match drawn) 302-5 284. ENGLAND v PAKISTAN, Kennington Oval, August 12, 13, 14, 16, 17 (Pakistan won by 24 runs) c A.H.Kardar b Mahmood Hussain 2 130 133 c and b Zulfiqar Ahmed 27 143 164 285. Nottinghamshire v Derbyshire, Trent Bridge, August 21, 23, (24) (Match drawn) 186-6 286. Nottinghamshire v Northamptonshire, Trent Bridge, August 28, 30, 31 (Nottinghamshire won by six wickets) c J.Webster b V.Broderick 37 261 333 c D.W.Barrick b J.Webster 46 166-4 93 2 287. M.C.C. v Yorkshire, Scarborough, September 1, 2, 3 (Yorkshire won by six wickets) b N.W.D.Yardley 15 143 165 c F.A.Lowson b J.H.Wardle 71 225 207-4 288. Gentlemen v Players, Scarborough, September 4, 6, 7 (Players won by 50 runs) c J.V.Wilson b R.Appleyard 9 198-6d 346-8d c W.Watson b A.E.Moss 6 176 78-2d 289. T.N.Pearce’s XI v Pakistanis, Scarborough, September 8, 9, 10 (T.N.Pearce’s XI won by nine wickets) c Alim-ud-Din b Mahmood Hussain 15 396 234 did not bat - 27-1 188 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Test matches 3 4 0 170 101 42.50 1 - - Gentlemen v Players 2 4 0 33 17 8.25 - - - Championship 17 25 0 758 147 30.32 1 2 8 Other Notts matches 1 2 0 18 9 9.00 - - - Other matches 4 7 0 266 126 38.00 1 1 - Season 27 42 0 1245 147 29.64 3 3 8 Career 289 484 33 19646 259 43.56 49 96 115 1954/55 - M.C.C. in Australia and New Zealand Simpson did not have an outstanding tour of Australia and New Zealand in 1954/55. He played in only one Test match against Australia, the first at Brisbane when England lost heavily. His own contrubution only amounted to two single figure scores although he was unlucky enough to be run out in the second innings. After this he lost the opener’s spot to Trevor Bailey, Bill Edrich and finally Tom Graveney over the rest of the Australian series. He won his place back in the Tests in New Zealand although he batted down the order in the first Test. He had two innings scoring 21 and 23 as England won both games handsomely. They were his last Test appearances. In the Australian State games Simpson hit a good hundred against Queensland and 74 against an Australian XI but they were his only scores over 40 and he finished a personally disappointing tour with a total of 644 runs at an average of 26.83. On the bowling front he took 2 wickets for five runs against Queensland, the only time he was asked to turn an arm over. 28