Famous Cricketers No 58 - Trevor Bailey

SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Gentlemen v Players 1 2 0 1 1 0.50 - - - Championship 10 17 4 630 205 48.46 1 3 2 Other Essex matches 1 2 0 14 8 7.00 - - 1 Cambridge University 12 18 5 566 123* 43.53 2 3 9 Other matches 2 4 0 66 22 16.50 - - 1 Season 26 43 9 1277 205 37.55 3 6 13 Career 38 60 12 1709 205 35.60 3 8 27 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m Strike RunR Gentlemen v Players 25 3 83 3 3-83 27.66 - - 50.00 55.33 Championship 281.2 46 907 25 5-83 36.28 2 1 67.52 53.73 Other Essex matches 28 7 84 2 2-21 42.00 - - 84.00 50.00 Cambridge Univ 361.2 73 985 49 6-52 20.10 5 1 44.24 45.43 Other matches 32 3 119 3 2-22 39.66 - - 64.00 61.97 Season 727.4 132 2178 82 6-52 26.56 7 2 53.24 49.88 Career 1038.3 194 3184 121 6-52 26.31 9 2 51.49 51.09 1948 Bailey had a comparatively indifferent season in 1948. His aggregate dropped from 1277 to 700 runs, admittedly in nine fewer innings, and he took nineteen fewer wickets at a higher cost than in 1947. He played on four occasions against the all conquering Australian team of 1948, scoring a dogged 66 not out against them for Cambridge University at Fenner’s. At Southend-on-Sea, Essex were on the wrong end of a fearful hammering by the Australian batsmen - 721 runs in 129 overs in a single day. Bailey’s figures were 2-128 in 21 overs. He took the wickets of Bill Brown and Keith Miller with consecutive deliveries although reports suggest that Miller made little attempt to stop the ball that bowled him. His other appearances against the Australians were for the Gentlemen of England at Lord’s and for the South of England at Hastings, fielding out to two more enormous Australian scores of 610-5d and 522-7d, although he did have the satisfaction of dismissing Don Bradman at Hastings. In the University match he scored 55 and 18 and took 5-110 as Cambridge lost by an innings. His only other five-wicket haul was for Cambridge University against Gloucestershire at Bristol. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 39. Cambridge University v Lancashire, Fenner’s, May (1), 3, (4) (Match drawn) c A.Barlow b W.B.Roberts 3 386 3 1 12 0 16-0 40. Cambridge University v Sussex, Fenner’s, May 5, 6, 7 (Match drawn) run out 4 414 34.1 9 78 3 H.W.Parks lbw 411 C.Oakes c F.B.Barnes H.T.Bartlett c F.B.Barnes b J.Y.Oakes 0 141-7d - - - - 41-3 41. Cambridge University v Leicestershire, Fenner’s, May 8, 10 (Leicestershire won by an innings and 115 runs) not out 12 92 32 4 105 3 G.Lester c D.J.Insole 304 3 A.Riddington b G.S.Watson b b J.E.Walsh 38 97 42. Cambridge University v Australians, Fenner’s, May 12, 13, 14 (Australians won by an innings and 51 runs) run out 16 167 15 1 43 0 414-4d not out 66 196 43. Essex v Australians, Southend-on-Sea, May 15, 17 (Australians won by an innings and 451 runs) absent hurt - 83 21 1 128 2 W.A.Brown c R.Horsfall 721 K.R.Miller b absent hurt - 187 10