Famous Cricketers No 50 - Reg Simpson

Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 364. Nottinghamshire v Somerset, Trent Bridge, June 5, 6, 7 (Match drawn) c P.B.Wight b J.W.J.McMahon 78 250 154 b B.Lobb 0 239 65-1 365. Nottinghamshire v Surrey, Trent Bridge, June 8, 10, 11 (Surrey won by an innings and 119 runs) c D.G.W.Fletcher b A.V.Bedser 5 125 303-4d b A.V.Bedser 5 59 366. Nottinghamshire v Yorkshire, Bradford, June 12, 13 (Yorkshire won by eight wickets) b J.H.Wardle 18 113 152 c W.H.H.Sutcliffe b F.S.Trueman 2 135 0.2 0 4 0 97-2 1 367. Nottinghamshire v Cambridge University, Trent Bridge, June 15, 17, 18 (Match drawn) b O.S.Wheatley 0 364 259 hit wkt b C.S.Smith 12 180-6d 138-7 1 368. Nottinghamshire v Middlesex, Trent Bridge, June 19, 20, 21 (Nottinghamshire won by two wickets) c and b W.J.Edrich 113 394-9d 348-8d c W.J.Edrich b D.Bennett 2 233-8 277-5d 369. Nottinghamshire v Hampshire, Cowes, I.O.W., June 22, 24, 25 (Hampshire won by 80 runs) c M.D.Burden b D.Shackleton 3 259 286-5d lbw b D.Shackleton 0 114 167-5d 370. Nottinghamshire v Glamorgan, Trent Bridge, June 26, 27, 28 (Glamorgan won by 27 runs) c D.J.Shepherd b W.Wooller 31 354 161 c W.G.A.Parkhouse b H.D.Davies 5 75 295 1 371. Nottinghamshire v Northamptonshire, Kettering, June 29, July 1, 2 (Northamptonshire won by five wickets) c L.Livingston b M.H.J.Allen 11 159 191 lbw b F.H.Tyson 1 104 73-5 372. Nottinghamshire v Worcestershire, Worcester, July 3, 4, 5 (Match drawn) c R.G.Broadbent b L.J.Coldwell 1 265 292-6d c R.Berry b M.J.Horton 30 242-8d 373. Nottinghamshire v Glamorgan, Llanelli, July 6, 8 (Glamorgan won by an innings and 120 runs) c A.J.Watkins b J.E.McConnon 0 166 387-8d c and b H.D.Davies 1 101 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Championship 9 18 0 306 113 17.00 1 1 2 Other Notts matches 1 2 0 12 12 6.00 - - 1 Season 10 20 0 318 113 15.90 1 1 3 Career 373 628 36 23731 259 40.08 54 118 141 Bowling O M R W BB Ave Season (6-ball) 0.2 0 4 0 - - Career (6-ball) 737.1 218 } 2079 58 3/22 35.84 (8-ball) 3.4 1 1958 In 1958 Simpson played a full season for Nottinghamshire and was their leading run scorer in the Championship with 1218 runs at an average of 25.91. He did not make a century but he did score nine half centuries including the one at Gloucester referred to in the Introduction. In the second innings of that match he made his highest score of the season, 84. He also hit fifties in both innings against 35