Famous Cricketers No 58 - Trevor Bailey

270. ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA, Melbourne, December 31, January 1, 3, 4, 5 (England won by 128 runs) c L.V.Maddocks b W.A.Johnston 30 191 9 1 33 0 231 not out 24 279 3 0 14 0 111 271. M.C.C. v Combined XI, Hobart, January 8, 10, 11 (Match drawn) c R.Benaud b A.K.Davidson 53 242 8 0 29 3 R.N.Harvey b 221 1 A.K.Davidson c T.W.Graveney B.Brownlow c K.V.Andrew did not bat - 99-2 6 0 19 2 E.E.Rodwell b 184-6d A.K.Davidson c R.T.Simpson 272. ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA, Adelaide, January 28, 29, 31, February 1, 2 (England won by five wickets) c A.K.Davidson b W.A.Johnston 38 341 12 3 39 3 R.N.Harvey c W.J.Edrich 323 1 A.K.Davidson c T.G.Evans I.W.Johnson c J.B.Statham lbw b W.A.Johnston 15 97-5 - - - - 111 273. M.C.C. v Victoria, Melbourne, February (11), 12, (14), (15) (Match drawn) did not bat - 90-1 10 4 22 3 J.H.Shaw lbw 113 1 L.V.Maddocks lbw K.H.D.Kendall c K.V.Andrew 274. ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA, Sydney, February (25), (26), (28), March 1, 2, 3 (Match drawn) b R.R.Lindwall 72 371-7d - - - - 221 - - - - 118-6 275. ENGLAND v NEW ZEALAND, Dunedin, March 11, 12, (14), (15), 16 (England won by eight wickets) lbw b J.R.Reid 0 209-8d 12.2 6 19 2 B.Sutcliffe c J.B.Statham 125 A.R.MacGibbon c T.G.Evans did not bat - 49-2 8 4 9 0 132 276. M.C.C. v Wellington, March 19, 21, 22 (M.C.C. won by 187 runs) b B.D.Morrison 15 207 14 5 17 1 J.E.F.Beck c T.W.Graveney 127 c T.G.McMahon b K.F.H.Smith 10 201 1 0 1 0 94 277. ENGLAND v NEW ZEALAND, Auckland, March 25, 26, 28 (England won by an innings and 20 runs) c I.A.Colquhoun b H.B.Cave18 246 13 2 34 0 200 2 - - - - 26 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Test matches v Australia 5 9 1 296 88 37.00 - 2 2 Test matches v New Zealand 2 2 0 18 18 9.00 - - 2 Other matches 8 10 1 237 60 26.33 - 3 3 Tour 15 21 2 551 88 29.00 - 5 7 Career 277 421 83 11329 205 33.51 8 64 167 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m Strike RunR Test matches v Australia (8b) 73.4 8 306 10 4-59 30.60 - - 58.80 52.04 Test matches v N.Zealand (6b) 33.2 12 62 2 2-19 31.00 - - 100.00 31.00 Other Matches (8b) 127.4 24 } 401 24 4-53 16.70 - - 46.25 36.12 (6b) 15 5 Tour (6-ball) 48.2 17 } 769 36 4-53 21.36 - - 52.72 40.51 (8-ball) 201 32 Career (6-ball) 7581.4 1727 } 21656 873 10-90 24.80 48 6 55.69 44.54 (8-ball) 391.1 66 1955 The South Africans were the tourists in the summer of 1955 and the Test Series against them was one of the most exciting of the decade with England taking a 2-0 lead, being pegged back to 2-2 and 36