Famous Cricketers No 51 - Don Kenyon

SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Championship 6 10 1 171 90 19.00 - 1 7 Other matches 6 9 1 172 107 21.50 1 - 2 Season 12 19 2 343 107 20.17 1 1 9 1947 Demobilisation from the RAF was celebrated with a regular place in the Worcestershire side and his first Championship hundred at Dudley, just four miles from his birthplace, on June 10 against Warwickshire. Opening brothers Eddie and Fred Cooper were both out and Bob Wyatt joined Don with the total at 22. They added 183 before Wyatt was out for 71, Don then went up a gear and, with Dick Howorth, won the game without further loss with just 15 minutes to spare. His 152 not out was scored in four and a half hours. His liking for the fine Dudley pitch, now sadly a building site for a business park, was shown with his next three figure innings, 102 when Nottinghamshire were the visitors in August. He went on to complete 1000 runs, the first of his Worcestershire record nineteen such performances in a season and was awarded his cap. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 13. Worcestershire v South Africans, Worcester, April 30, May 1, 2 (Worcestershire won by 39 runs) c J.D.Lindsay b L.Tuckett 2 202 167 b A.M.B.Rowan 3 111 107 14. Worcestershire v Leicestershire, Kidderminster, May 10, 12, 13 (Worcestershire won by 150 runs) b J.E.Walsh 21 169 171 c P.Corrall b V.E.Jackson 20 245-8d 93 2 15. Worcestershire v Nottinghamshire, Trent Bridge, May 14, 15, 16 (Match drawn) b H.J.Butler 39 267 242 1 did not bat - 17-0 214-4d 16. Worcestershire v Derbyshire, Chesterfield, May 17, 19, 20 (Derbyshire won by two wickets) c D.Smith b F.E.Marsh 43 235 234 c D.Smith b C.Gladwin 5 116 118-8 17. Worcestershire v Middlesex, Lord’s, May 21, 22, 23 (Middlesex won by 234 runs) c J.A.Young b W.J.Edrich 21 134 207 c L.H.Compton b W.J.Edrich 3 153 314-7d 18. Worcestershire v Essex, Worcester, May 24, 26, 27 (Essex won by one wicket) lbw b T.P.B.Smith 31 371 260 1 b F.Appleyard 14 172 286-9 19. Worcestershire v Cambridge University, Fenner’s, May 31, June 2, 3 (Match drawn) c N.M.Mischler b M.R.G.Earls-Davis 64 267 276 lbw b M.R.G.Earls-Davis 51 250-6d 113-2 1 20. Worcestershire v Surrey, Kennington Oval, June 4, 5, 6 (Match drawn) c A.J.W.McIntyre b A.R.Gover 2 274 263 c A.V.Bedser b A.R.Gover 3 67-4 152-4d 21. Worcestershire v Warwickshire, Dudley, June 7, 9, 10 (Worcestershire won by seven wickets) lbw b C.W.C.Grove 6 153 167 not out 152 272-3 256 22. Worcestershire v Sussex, Horsham, June 11, 12, 13 (Worcestershire won by six wickets) c G.Cox b P.A.H.Dobree-Carey 39 406 301 1 c S.C.Griffith b J.H.Cornford 43 124-4 228 1 23. Worcestershire v Gloucestershire, Worcester, June 18, 19, 20 (Gloucestershire won by six wickets) b C.J.Barnett 4 172 248 c sub b C.J.Barnett 1 221 149-4 7