Famous Cricketers No 51 - Don Kenyon

SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Championship 28 51 0 1653 201 32.41 5 6 15 Other matches 3 5 0 97 38 19.40 - - - Season 31 56 0 1750 201 31.25 5 6 15 Career 450 814 45 27868 259 36.23 63 134 241 Bowling O M R W BB Ave Championship 0.1 0 4 0 - - Career 6.1 0 39 0 - - 1961 Worcestershire made great strides in 1961,winning 16 matches in the Championship and finishing in fourth place, their best position since 1951. Don had a superbly balanced attack at his disposal with Jack Flavell (158), top of the national averages, Len Coldwell (140), Norman Gifford (133) and Martin Horton (101) all taking over 100 wickets for the county. One of the highlights of the season was another double-century partnership between Don and Ron Headley, this time at Gravesend against Kent. They scored their runs, 205, at a run a minute with Headley scoring 147, 100 of them in boundaries, and Don 114, his 60th century for the county. He finished the season with 1,350 runs for Worcestershire at an average of 25.47 with a top score of 152 at Dudley against Somerset in three hours and fifty minutes with 21 fours. He shared in another fine partnership with Headley of 170 after Worcestershire had been put in to bat by Harold Stephenson, a decision he was to regret when a first innings total of 394-5 declared was reached and a 233-run defeat followed. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 451. Worcestershire v Australians, Worcester, April 29, May 1, 2 (Match drawn) c B.C.Booth b R.A.Gaunt 2 155 177 1 b F.M.Misson 8 56-4 141 452. Worcestershire v Hampshire, Bournemouth, May 3, (4), 5 (Match drawn) b M.D.Burden 21 208 217-5 1 453. Worcestershire v Surrey, Kennington Oval, May 6, 8, 9 (Match drawn) c M.D.Willett b D.Gibson 12 152 128 b D.Gibson 14 143-7 340 1 454. Worcestershire v Nottinghamshire, Worcester, May 10, 11 (Worcestershire won by ten wickets) lbw b J.Cotton 13 231 138 1 did not bat - 21-0 113 1 455. Worcestershire v Kent, Worcester, May 13, 15, 16 (Kent won by 35 runs) lbw b A.Brown 33 242 325 c M.C.Cowdrey b A.L.Dixon 50 174 126 456. Worcestershire v Essex, Worcester, May 20, 22, 23 (Worcestershire won by four wickets) c B.Taylor b K.C.Preston 79 295 142 c B.Taylor b B.R.Knight 5 131-6 281 457. Worcestershire v Derbyshire, Derby, May 24, 25 (Worcestershire won by an innings and 15 runs) c G.O.Dawkes b H.J.Rhodes 20 235 148 72 458. Worcestershire v Kent, Gravesend, May 27, 29, 30 (Match drawn) c A.H.Phebey b D.J.Halfyard 114 387-5d 364-9d c R.M.Prideaux b S.E.Leary 46 184-6 245-7d 459. Worcestershire v Sussex, Worcester, May 31, June 1, 2 (Sussex won by 112 runs) b N.I.Thomson 7 89 299 c A.S.M.Oakman b R.V.Bell 37 293 195 37