Famous Cricketers No 51 - Don Kenyon

1959 During the winter Peter Richardson, the Worcestershire captain since 1956, defected to Kent and Don was appointed as his replacement. He immediately had problems when Derek Pearson was no-balled five times on the opening day of the tourist match with the Indians by umpire Syd Buller but he persevered with him and he had the best figures of 4-40 in a total of 219. Don led the side in all the Championship matches finishing 14th with six wins but was beginning to mould a title-winning side. At Portsmouth in June he completed his sixth double-century with 229 against Hampshire in six and a half hours, hitting 2 sixes and 33 fours, and by the end of the season had lifted his centuries total to 58, 54 of them for the county. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 390. Worcestershire v Indians, Worcester, April 29, 30, May 1 (Match drawn) c N.S.Tamhane b R.B.Desai 3 305 219 1 157-3 391. Worcestershire v Glamorgan, Swansea, May 13, 14, 15 (Glamorgan won by six wickets) run out 55 190 114 2 b J.E.McConnon 2 186 263-4 392. Worcestershire v Essex, Worcester, May 16, 18, 19 (Essex won by six wickets) b L.H.R.Ralph 8 266 319 c G.J.Smith b K.C.Preston 12 207 155-4 393. Worcestershire v Sussex, Dudley, May 20, 21, 22 (Match drawn) c J.M.Parks b N.I.Thomson 20 182 173-7 394. Worcestershire v Derbyshire, Chesterfield, May 23, 25, 26 (Derbyshire won by nine wickets) c G.O.Dawkes b G.W.Richardson 8 72 305 c A.Hamer b D.B.Carr 17 276 47-1 395. Worcestershire v Gloucestershire, Stroud, May 27, 28, 29 (Worcestershire won by seven wickets) b A.S.Brown 2 362 150 b D.R.Smith 14 68-3 276 1 396. Worcestershire v Cambridge University, Fenner’s, May 30, June 1, 2 (Match drawn) c M.J.L.Willard b A.Hurd 40 345-5d 208-6d c D.G.Du B.Dew b A.Hurd 15 168-4d 148-2 397. Worcestershire v Surrey, Kennington Oval, June 3, 4, 5 (Surrey won by nine wickets) b A.V.Bedser 1 99 235 c R.Swetman b D.Gibson 74 222 87-1 398. Worcestershire v Nottinghamshire, Worcester, June 6, 8, 9 (Match drawn) c J.D.Springall b J.Cotton 107 350-9d 300 lbw b C.J.Poole 77 177-3 399. Worcestershire v Middlesex, Lord’s, June 10, 11, 12 (Match drawn) c J.T.Murray b J.J.Warr 0 145 262-9d 1 lbw b F.J.Titmus 7 257 164-9 400. Worcestershire v Warwickshire, Dudley, June 13, 15, 16 (Warwickshire won by eight wickets) lbw b O.S.Wheatley 6 149 298 1 c M.J.K.Smith b R.G.Thompson 1 278 130-2 401. Worcestershire v Sussex, Hove, June 17, 18, 19 (Worcestershire won by 63 runs) c A.S.M.Oakman b N.I.Thomson 5 370-7d 228 c J.M.Parks b N.I.Thomson 5 182 261 402. Worcestershire v Hampshire, Portsmouth, June 20, 22, 23 (Match drawn) c A.C.D.Ingleby-Mackenzie b M.B.Heath 229 390 230 not out 13 42-0 260 403. Worcestershire v Kent, Worcester, June 24, 25, 26 (Match drawn) b F.Ridgway 12 286 160 b A.L.Dixon 42 119-7d 215-7 404. Worcestershire v Somerset, Bristol, July 1, 2, 3 (Match drawn) b J.H.Harris 4 195 291 b W.E.Alley 0 293-5d 79 33