Famous Cricketers No 58 - Trevor Bailey

1954/55 - M.C.C. in Australia and New Zealand England won the Test Series in both Australia and New Zealand in the winter of 1954/55. The series in Australia was a triumph for some of the younger members of the side - Peter May and Colin Cowdrey among the batsmen and Frank Tyson and Brian Statham among the bowlers. Bailey played a vital supporting role scoring 296 in the Test Matches at an average of 37.00 and taking ten wickets at an average of 30.60. The series started badly at Brisbane where England were beaten by an innings and 154 runs, going into the match with four fast bowlers and no spinners. This was a policy that worked triumphantly for the West Indies from 1976 onwards but proved disastrous on this occasion. In a poor England first innings Bailey scored 88 out of a total of 190 in the course of which he won £100 which had been offered to the first batsman to hit a six in the match. Opening the batting with Len Hutton in the Second Test at Sydney, he failed with 0 and 6 but he played his part in the England win by taking four wickets for 59 runs including the top three in the Australian order. At Melbourne in the Third Test he reverted to number 6 scoring 30 and 24 not out. The second innings occupied nearly three hours but he stayed whilst others laid about them and helped add 106 runs with the England lower order. At Adelaide, in the Fourth Test he took 3-39 in an Australian innings of 323, including the vital wicket of Neil Harvey. He scored 38 and 15, helping Denis Compton to settle the second innings after England had lost four wickets for 49 runs chasing 94 to win. In the final Test at Sydney he scored 72 adding 134 with Compton for the fifth wicket. England won the two Tests in New Zealand easily bowling the home side out for 26 in the second innings of the Auckland Test. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 263. M.C.C. v Western Australia, Perth, October 15, 16, 18, 19 (M.C.C. won by seven wickets) c J.K.E.Munro b H.R.Gorringe 0 321 11 2 36 2 R.B.Sarre c T.G.Evans 103 R.B.Strauss c P.J.Loader did not bat - 40-3 21 6 51 1 J.K.E.Munro c T.G.Evans 255 264. M.C.C. v Combined XI, Perth, October 22, 23, 25 (M.C.C. won by an innings and 62 runs) c L.M.Sawle b I.W.Johnson 35 311 11 4 16 2 L.M.Sawle c T.G.Evans 86 R.N.Harvey c T.G.Evans 13 3 35 2 R.N.Harvey c T.G.Evans 163 1 D.K.Carmody c J.V.Wilson 265. M.C.C. v Australian XI, Melbourne, November 5, 6, (8), (9) (Match drawn) c C.C.McDonald b I.W.Johnson 4 205 17.1 3 53 4 R.E.Briggs b 167-7 J.H.de Courcy lbw R.Harvey c W.J.Edrich R.G.Archer b 266. M.C.C. v Queensland, Brisbane, November 19, 20, 22, 23 (Match drawn) b R.R.Lindwall 0 304 20.3 2 74 3 K.D.Mackay b 288 B.J.Flynn b R.G.Archer c K.V.Andrew not out 51 288 - - - - 25-2 267. ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA, Brisbane, November 26, 27, 29, 30, December 1 (Australia won by an innings and 154 runs) b W.A.Johnston 88 190 26 1 140 3 A.R.Morris c M.C.Cowdrey 601-8d 1 K.R.Miller b G.R.A.Langley b c G.R.A.Langley b R.R.Lindwall 23 257 268. M.C.C. v Victoria, Melbourne, Decembre 10, 11, 13, 14 (Match drawn) c L.V.Maddocks b S.J.E.Loxton 60 312 10 0 48 1 S.J.E.Loxton b 277 b J.F.Power 9 236-5d - - - - 88-3 269. ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA, Sydney, December 17, 18, 20, 21, 22 (England won by 38 runs) b R.R.Lindwall 0 154 17.4 3 59 4 A.R.Morris c L.Hutton 228 L.E.Favell c T.W.Graveney J.W.Burke c T.W.Graveney G.R.A.Langley b c G.R.A.Langley b R.G.Archer 6 228 6 0 21 0 184 35