Famous Cricketers No 51 - Don Kenyon

hours and Don lost Ron Headley when the score was 58 and was twice missed in his twenties. What happened afterwards is legend. Don was joined by 24-year-old Alan Ormrod and they added 174 in 94 minutes. Victory was secured when Don hit 21 off the last six balls with only five deliveries of the extra half-hour to spare. Against the Pakistani tourists in August he took his first and only first-class wicket when he caught and bowled Arif Butt off a skier that was in the air for what seemed a lifetime. His last appearance was at Colwyn Bay against Glamorgan when, once again with Ormrod, he shared in an unbroken second wicket partnership of 111, scoring 67 in 75 minutes in a drawn match troubled by the rain. This was his 124th century partnership for Worcestershire, still a club record. At the time of his retirement his 37,002 runs placed him 19th in the the list of batsmen with most career runs and he is currently 27th, but of all those above him he has played in fewer Test Matches. The end of a remarkable career. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 618. Worcestershire v Indians, Worcester, May 3, 4, 5 (Match drawn) b S.Guha 5 335-6d 106-8 619. Worcestershire v Lancashire, Old Trafford, May 6, 7, 8 (Match drawn) lbw b J.B.Statham 7 158 161-7d not out 5 9-1 620. Worcestershire v Yorkshire, Hull, May 10, 11, 12 (Yorkshire won by five wickets) b D.B.Close 37 187 225 c D.B.Close b F.S.Trueman 0 74 37-5 621. Worcestershire v Oxford University, The Parks, May 17, 18, 19 (Match drawn) c A.H.Barker b J.N.C.Easter 19 338-5d 15-1 622. Worcestershire v Essex, Ilford, May 24, 25, 26 (Match drawn) c B.Taylor b B.E.A.Edmeades 36 153 197 c R.N.S.Hobbs b J.K.Lever 15 101-6 129 623. Worcestershire v Leicestershire, Worcester, May (27), 29, (30) (Match drawn) b G.A.R.Lock 4 91 111 did not bat - 26-2 624. Worcestershire v Yorkshire, Kidderminster, May 31, June 1, 2 (Yorkshire won by an innings and 2 runs) c J.G.Binks b F.S.Trueman 19 119 318-4d c and b D.Wilson 29 197 625. Worcestershire v Warwickshire, Worcester, June 3, 5, 6 (Match drawn) c T.W.Cartwright b J.D.Bannister 6 298-4d 297 1 c M.J.K.Smith b J.D.Bannister 2 142-2 268-2d 626. Worcestershire v Derbyshire, Derby, June 7, 8, 9 (Match drawn) c R.W.Taylor b H.J.Rhodes 0 136 117 c M.H.Page b A.B.Jackson 72 241-8d 121-3 627. Worcestershire v Middlesex, Lord’s, June 14, 15, 16 (Match drawn) b F.J.Titmus 25 264 329-8d 1 c and b H.C.Latchman 32 128-5 174-1d 628. Worcestershire v Surrey, Kennington Oval, June 17, 19, 20 (Surrey won by an innings and 117 runs) b P.I.Pocock 56 207 401-5d b S.J.Storey 10 77 629. Worcestershire v Nottinghamshire, Trent Bridge, June 24, 25, 26 (Match drawn) c H.I.Moore b B.Stead 9 100 275-8d c B.Stead b C.Forbes 18 72-3 630. Worcestershire v Middlesex, Worcester, June 28, 29, 30 (Middlesex won by four wickets) c J.T.Murray b R.S.Herman 18 121 87 b H.C.Latchman 74 250 286-6 631. Worcestershire v Somerset, Glastonbury, July 1, 2, 3 (Match drawn) c K.E.Palmer b R.Palmer 11 123 405-8d c G.I.Burgess b B.A.Langford 30 323-6 632. Worcestershire v Essex, Worcester, July 5, 6, 7 (Worcestershire won by nine wickets) c J.K.Lever b R.N.S.Hobbs 40 325-9d 324 not out 121 232-1 229 1 50