Famous Cricketers No 58 - Trevor Bailey

lbw b R.R.Lindwall 4 249 19 1 50 0 253-2 222. Essex v Warwickshire, Clacton-on-Sea, August 29, 31, September 1 (Essex won by two wickets) not out 15 127-5d 13 6 20 1 F.C.Gardner c and b 120 1 b T.L.Pritchard 23 200-8 20 3 60 4 F.C.Gardner c D.J.Insole 203-6d N.F.Horner c P.A.Gibb A.V.G.Wolton c F.H.Vigar J.R.Thompson b 223. M.C.C. v Yorkshire, Scarborough, September 2, 4, 5 (Match drawn) c C.W.Foord b H.Halliday 80 362 26.5 4 75 0 391-4d 1 not out 8 255-6d 6 1 24 2 H.Halliday b 184-7 J.V.Wilson b 224. Gentlemen v Players, Scarborough, September 5, 7, 8 (Gentlemen won by five wickets) c R.Smith b J.H.Wardle 1 447-8d 24 2 96 1 L.Hutton c W.J.Edrich 532-5d did not bat - 252-5 10 3 28 0 165-6d 1 225. T.N.Pearce’s XI v Australians, Scarborough, September 9, 10, 11 (Australians won by two wickets) lbw b R.Benaud 35 320 15 2 74 1 A.L.Hassett c N.W.D.Yardley 317 not out 24 316-8d 7 1 23 0 325-8 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Test matches 5 7 0 222 71 31.71 - 2 3 Gentlemen v Players 2 3 0 27 16 9.00 - - 3 Championship 14 19 6 647 84 49.76 - 5 9 Other Essex matches 1 2 0 20 11 10.00 - - - Other matches 6 11 3 362 80 45.25 - 3 3 Season 28 42 9 1278 84 38.72 - 10 18 Career 225 342 71 9088 205 33.53 7 50 141 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m Strike RunR Test matches 143 33 387 8 3-71 48.37 - - 107.25 45.10 Gentlemen v Players 52.4 9 155 4 3-14 38.75 - - 79.00 49.05 Championship 535.3 135 1315 61 6-39 21.55 3 1 52.67 40.92 Other Essex matches 18 1 71 2 2-71 35.50 - - 54.00 65.74 Other matches 125.5 21 357 11 3-35 32.45 - - 68.63 47.28 Season 875 199 2285 86 6-39 26.56 3 1 61.04 43.52 Career (6-ball) 6417.2 1431 } 18115 714 10-90 25.37 42 6 56.05 45.25 (8-ball) 190.1 34 1953/54 - M.C.C. in the West Indies Bailey went to the West Indies in the winter of 1953/54 as vice-captain of the M.C.C. side led by Len Hutton. It was a tour beset with problems both on and off the field, indifferent umpiring and a riot in the Test at Georgetown contributing to the difficulties encountered. On the cricket field England recovered from a 2-0 deficit after the Second Test to square the series 2-2. In the First Test, at Sabina Park, Bailey batted for three and a half hours without being dismissed but the England batting failed in the first innings as it did again in the first innings of the Second Test at Bridgetown. England never recovered from these batting collapses and the side found themselves 2-0 down with three to play. They found their form at Georgetown where the Third Test was won by nine wickets. Bailey contributed 49 to a first innings score of 435. In the Fourth Test at Port-of-Spain, Bailey opened the batting with Hutton, facing a West Indian score of 681-8d. He made 46 towards a total of 537 helping to ensure a drawn match. In the final Test at Sabina Park he produced one of his greatest performances. On a wicket where the groundsman predicted that the side winning the toss should make 700, he destroyed the powerful West Indies batting line-up taking seven wickets for 34 runs. West Indies were dismissed for 139. Bailey then proceeded to open the England innings as well as opening the bowling and contributed 23 runs as England built up a lead of 275 runs, leading to an eventual nine-wicket victory. Bailey finished in fifth place in the England batting averages and in second place in the bowling. 30