Famous Cricketers No 58 - Trevor Bailey

55. Essex v Kent, County Ground, Chelmsford, August (11), 12, 13 (Match drawn) not out 11 196-5d 14 3 47 3 L.J.Todd b 83-3 J.G.W.Davies b A.E.Fagg b 56. Essex v Somerset, County Ground, Chelmsford, August 14, 16, 17 (Somerset won by six wickets) c J.Lawrence b H.L.Hazell 1 177 20 3 71 1 G.E.S.Woodhouse b 286 1 b A.W.Wellard 46 282 8 0 37 0 174-4 57. Essex v Derbyshire, Derby, August 18, 19, 20 (Match drawn) b H.L.Jackson 3 299 24 7 57 4 A.F.Townsend b 194 J.D.Eggar c T.P.B.Smith A.E.G.Rhodes c F.H.Vigar G.O.Dawkes c T.H.Wade b A.E.G.Rhodes 15 164-8d 10 0 31 0 138-4 58. Essex v Northamptonshire, Northampton, August 21, 23, 24 (Match drawn) not out 37 281 12 3 31 1 W.Barron c T.H.Wade 303-3 59. Gentlemen of England v Australians, Lord’s, August 25, 26, 27 (Australians won by an innings and 81 runs) c R.A.Hamence b D.T.Ring 20 245 27 4 112 2 S.G.Barnes c W.Wooller 610-5d 1 S.J.E.Loxton c S.C.Griffith not out 14 284 60. Essex v Northamptonshire, Clacton-on-Sea, August 28, 30, 31 (Match drawn) c A.W.Childs-Clarke b R.W.Clarke 37 514 33 8 97 2 P.C.Davis c T.H.Wade 481 E.White b not out 17 181-7 61. South of England v Australians, Hastings, September 1, 2, 3 (Match drawn) c R.R.Lindwall b R.N.Harvey 25 298 21 0 125 2 S.G.Barnes c S.C.Griffith 522-7d D.G.Bradman c F.G.Mann 62. South of England v North of England, Hastings, September 4, 6 (South of England won by five wickets) b R.T.D.Perks 22 199 9 2 28 1 G.M.Emmett c and b 182 2 did not bat - 101-5 4 0 22 0 115 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Championship 10 16 5 324 60* 29.45 - 1 8 Other Essex matches 1 - - - - - - - - Cambridge University 10 14 2 295 66* 24.58 - 2 5 Other matches 3 4 1 81 25 27.00 - - 3 Season 24 34 8 700 66* 26.92 - 3 16 Career 62 94 20 2409 205 32.55 3 11 43 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m Strike RunR Championship 228 41 705 18 4-57 39.16 - - 76.00 51.53 Other Essex matches 21 1 128 2 2-128 64.00 - - 63.00 101.50 Cambridge Univ 336.4 82 864 38 5-61 22.73 2 - 53.15 42.77 Other matches 61 6 287 5 2-112 57.40 - - 73.20 78.41 Season 646.4 130 1984 63 5-61 31.49 2 - 61.58 51.13 Career 1685.1 324 5168 184 6-52 28.08 11 2 54.95 51.11 1949 Bailey made great strides in 1949, achieving the double for the first time, scoring 1380 runs at an average of 35.38 and taking 130 wickets at an average of 24.20, including a career-best 10-90 against Lancashire at Clacton-on-Sea. His early season form, he took twelve wickets in the MCC v Surrey match at Lord’s in May, earned him selection for the game between MCC and the touring New Zealand team at Lord’s. Five wickets in the New Zealand team’s innings helped win him a place in the England team for the Test Series. He played in all four Test Matches scoring 219 runs and taking 16 wickets. At Headingley in the first Test he took 6-118. At Lord’s, though he took no wickets, he scored 93 in a partnership of 189 with Denis Compton after England had lost five wickets for 112. 12