Famous Cricketers No 50 - Reg Simpson

360. Gentlemen of England v Australians, Lord’s, August 29, (30), (31) (Match drawn) 226-8 361. Nottinghamshire v Hampshire, Bournemouth, September 1, 3, 4 (Match drawn) c H.Horton b D.Shackleton 11 143-6d 259-5d 27-5d SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Gentlemen v Players 1 1 0 18 18 18.00 - - - Championship 25 40 0 1398 150 34.95 1 12 7 Other Notts matches 2 2 0 56 36 28.00 - - 1 Other matches 2 1 0 13 13 13.00 - - 1 Season 30 44 0 1485 150 33.75 1 12 9 Career 361 604 36 23316 259 41.04 53 117 138 Bowling O M R W BB Ave Season (6-ball) 1 0 4 1 1/4 4.00 Career (6-ball) 736.5 218 } 2075 58 3/22 35.77 (8-ball) 3.4 1 1956/57 C.G.Howard’s XI in India Simpson played in two matches in the Bengal Silver Jubilee celebrations, playing for C.G.Howard’s XI first against a Chief Minister’s XI and then against a Cricket Club of India President’s XI. He played four innings scoring 97 runs with a top score of 37. The opposition were virtually a full strength Indian Test XI and Howard’s team contained many Test players including Tom Graveney, Alec Bedser, Bill Edrich, Freddie Trueman, George Tribe and Bruce Dooland. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 362. C.G.Howard’s XI v Chief Minister’s XI, Calcutta, December 30, 31, January 1, 2 (Chief Minister’s XI won by 142 runs) c and b Ghulam Ahmed 24 227-9d 149 c P.Sen b M.H.Mankad 9 158 378-8d 363. C.G.Howard’s XI v Cricket Club of India President’s XI, Bombay, January 5, 6, 7, 8 (C.G.Howard’s XI won by 152 runs) c R.S.Modi b G.S.Ramchand27 319 171 b M.H.Mankad 37 313-7d 309 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Tour 2 4 0 97 37 24.25 - - - Career 363 608 36 23413 259 40.93 53 117 138 1957 Simpson had an unhappy season in 1957. Plagued by back trouble he was only able to appear for Nottinghamshire in ten matches between 5th June and 8th July. He made only 318 runs and his average fell to 15.90. He scored a century against Middlesex and played a fine innings of 78 against Somerset, both at Trent Bridge but there were 12 single figure innings amongst the twenty he played and the season must have been a miserable experience for him. 34