Famous Cricketers No 51 - Don Kenyon

289. Worcestershire v Glamorgan, Swansea, August 3, 4, 5 (Glamorgan won by an innings and 23 runs) lbw b A.J.Watkins 8 107 264 1 lbw b A.J.Watkins 2 134 290. Worcestershire v Somerset, Worcester, August 6, 8, 9 (Match drawn) b B.Lobb 35 413-9d 239 did not bat - 20-0 316 291. Worcestershire v Northamptonshire, Stourbridge, August 10, 11, 12 (Northamptonshire won by an innings and 51 runs) c K.V.Andrew b J.Webster 7 210 361 b V.Broderick 19 100 292. Worcestershire v Derbyshire, Buxton, August 13, 15, 16 (Derbyshire won by seven wickets) b H.L.Jackson 7 116 229 run out 41 240 129-3 293. Worcestershire v Kent, Dover, August 17, 18, 19 (Worcestershire won by 52 runs) lbw b D.V.P.Wright 21 119 50 c A.W.Catt b G.Smith 28 186 203 294. Worcestershire v Yorkshire, Worcester, August 20, 22, 23 (Yorkshire won by nine wickets) b F.S.Trueman 20 203 378 b J.H.Wardle 10 236 63-1 295. Worcestershire v Gloucestershire, Worcester, August 24, 25, 26 (Worcestershire won by seven wickets) c P.Rochford b B.D.Wells 27 334 108 c F.P.McHugh b C.Cook 108 219-3 444-9d 1 296. Worcestershire v Leicestershire, Leicester, August 27, 29, 30 (Leicestershire won by five wickets) c V.E.Jackson b C.H.Palmer 131 292-7d 194 b C.T.Spencer 0 123 222-5 297. Worcestershire v Hampshire, Bournemouth, August 31, September 1, 2 (Hampshire won by 79 runs) c D.Shackleton b M.D.Burden 58 255 294 not out 103 215 255-7d 1 298. North v South, Torquay, September 3, 5, 6 (South won by 109 runs) c R.E.Marshall b F.J.Titmus 78 435-9d 431 1 c M.F.Tremlett b P.J.Loader 4 222 335-9d 299. England XI v Commonwealth XI, Torquay, September 7, 8, 9 (Commonwealth XI won by 3 runs) c F.M.M.Worrell b M.H.Mankad 117 382-8d 361 1 c B.A.Barnett b M.H.Mankad 1 304-9 328-9d 2 300. The Rest v Surrey, Kennington Oval, September 10, 12, 13, 14 (The Rest won by two wickets) c E.A.Bedser b P.J.Loader 1 299 165 c K.F.Barrington b A.V.Bedser 9 164-8 297 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Test matches 3 5 0 96 87 23.00 - 1 3 Players 1 2 0 71 39 35.50 - - - Championship 24 45 3 1637 131 38.96 4 8 10 Other matches 6 12 0 492 117 41.00 1 4 5 Season 34 64 3 2296 131 37.63 5 13 18 Career 300 541 37 18842 258* 37.38 41 96 177 1956 A damp end of season robbed Don of his customary 2000 runs, finishing with 1,994 runs from all Worcestershire first-class matches. Rain brought an end to play at Worcester in the last Championship match of the season, where Surrey were the visitors, when he was 13 not out and in September he was selected for an England X1 at Torquay against a Commonwealth X1 but the match was abandoned without a ball being bowled. At Kidderminster in July he scored a career best 259, the highest score against Yorkshire this century, and inspired Worcestershire to their first ever innings 26