Famous Cricketers No 50 - Reg Simpson

485. Nottinghamshire v Glamorgan, Trent Bridge, August 15, 16, (17) (Match drawn) not out 104 230 259-4d 486. Nottinghamshire v Kent, Trent Bridge, August 25, 27, 28 (Kent won by 184 runs) c A.W.Catt b D.M.Sayer 72 196 338-8d 1 run out 7 100 142-5d SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Championship 10 18 4 791 105 56.50 2 5 2 Other Notts matches 1 2 0 76 76 38.00 - 1 - Season 11 20 4 867 105 54.18 2 6 2 Career 486 838 55 30276 259 38.66 64 159 181 Bowling O M R W BB Ave Championship (6-ball) 0.3 0 10 0 - - Career (6-ball) 770.1 224 } 2212 59 3/22 37.49 (8-ball) 3.4 1 1963 Simpson’s last first-class season saw him making eight Championship appearances for Nottinghamshire and one for the County against the West Indian tourists at Trent Bridge in August which was his final first-class match. Again, his only away match was against Surrey at Kennington Oval. He did not enjoy the same success as in 1962 scoring only 254 runs in twelve Championship innings at an average of 21.16 and 270 runs in all matches at 19.28. His highest score was 47 against Gloucestershire at Trent Bridge but he also batted well in his final home appearance against Surrey making 37 in each innings as Nottinghamshire won by 115 runs. He was, by now, 43 years old and his future efforts for the County Club were to be from the Committee Room. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 487. Nottinghamshire v Sussex, Trent Bridge, May 25, 27, 28 (Sussex won by 108 runs) c R.V.Bell b D.L.Bates 29 193 179 c R.J.Langridge b R.V.Bell 20 176 298-7d 488. Nottinghamshire v Surrey, Trent Bridge, June 1, 3, 4 (Nottinghamshire won by 115 runs) run out 37 375-8d 151 1 c A.Long b R.Harman 37 127-8d 236 1 489. Nottinghamshire v Lancashire, Trent Bridge, June 5, 6, 7 (Nottinghamshire won by three wickets) c P.Lever b K.Higgs 6 204 242 1 c G.Clayton b P.T.Marner 3 245-7 203 490. Nottinghamshire v Worcestershire, Trent Bridge, June 15, 17, 18 (Nottinghamshire won by ten wickets) b R.G.M.Carter 10 347-9d 132 did not bat - 40-0 254 491. Nottinghamshire v Glamorgan, Trent Bridge, June 22, 24, 25 (Match drawn) st D.L.Evans b J.S.Pressdee 22 303-7d 283-9d 40-1 492. Nottinghamshire v Yorkshire, Trent Bridge, June 29, July 1, 2 (Match drawn) c J.H.Hampshire b A.G.Nicholson 16 267 126 1 did not bat - 8-0 493. Nottinghamshire v Gloucestershire, Trent Bridge, July 27, 29, 30 (Gloucestershire won by five wickets) b J.K.Graveney 47 353 354-9d c C.A.Milton b A.S.Brown 13 204-8d 207-5 494. Nottinghamshire v Surrey, Kennington Oval, August 3, 5, 6 (Match drawn) c R.Harman b K.F.Barrington 14 217 314-5d 18-1 44