Famous Cricketers No 58 - Trevor Bailey

325. Essex v Hampshire, Portsmouth, August 15, 16, 17 (Essex won by 37 runs) b M.B.Heath 30 241 14.3 6 34 4 L.Harrison c sub 208 M.B.Heath c M.J.Bear D.Shackleton c B.Taylor V.H.D.Cannings c B.Taylor b D.Shackleton 1 151-7d 15.5 3 41 2 A.W.H.Rayment b 147 D.Shackleton c C.C.P.Williams 326. Essex v Australians, Southend-on-Sea, August 18, 20, 21 (Australians won by an innings and 12 runs) b R.G.Archer 0 154 35.4 9 67 2 J.W.Burke c T.C.Dodds 349 I.W.Johnson lbw b I.W.Johnson 37 183 327. Essex v Leicestershire, Grace Road, Leicester, August 25, (27), 28 (Match drawn) c M.R.Hallam b V.S.Munden 40 203-7d 4.1 2 4 0 17-0 328. Gentlemen of England v Australians, Lord’s, August 29, (30), (31) (Match drawn) 9 4 22 0 226-8 329. Gentlemen v Players, Scarborough, September 1, 3, 4 (Players won by seven wickets) c V.S.Munden b D.J.Shepherd 53 342-9d 16 3 43 0 344-8d 1 c D.C.S.Compton b D.J.Shepherd 0 184 8 0 30 0 185-3 330. T.N.Pearce’s XI v Australians, Scarborough, September 5, 6, 7 (Australians won by five wickets) st L.V.Maddocks b A.K.Davidson 12 272-9d - - - - 280-7d 1 c L.V.Maddocks b I.W.Johnson 31 200-7d - - - - 193-5 1 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Test matches 4 5 1 117 33* 29.25 - - 6 Gentlemen v Players 2 3 1 75 53 37.50 - 1 1 Championship 15 24 7 888 141* 52.23 3 3 12 Other Essex matches 2 4 2 63 37 31.50 - - 1 Other matches 2 2 0 43 31 21.50 - - 2 Season 25 38 11 1186 141* 43.92 3 4 22 Career 330 509 106 13944 205 34.60 14 73 201 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m Strike RunR Test matches 108.5 39 223 6 4-4 37.16 - - 108.83 34.15 Gentlemen v Players 47.4 7 139 4 4-66 34.75 - - 71.50 48.60 Championship 442.2 109 1188 63 6-46 18.85 4 1 42.12 44.76 Other Essex matches 64.4 17 125 5 2-37 25.00 - - 77.60 32.21 Other matches 9 4 22 0 - - - - - 40.74 Season 672.3 176 1697 78 6-46 21.75 4 1 51.73 42.05 Career (6-ball) 9089.4 2101 } 25482 1040 10-90 24.50 57 7 55.44 44.18 (8-ball) 391.1 66 1956/57 - M.C.C. in South Africa M.C.C. toured South Africa in the winter of 1956/57. They played another close series against the host nation which ended in a 2-2 draw with the Third Test drawn. Bailey was pressed into service as an opening batsman on this tour. Colin Cowdrey had opened against Australia in 1956 but had not enjoyed the experience and no other openers had appeared since Len Hutton’s retirement in 1955. Bailey shared with Peter Richardson in Test opening partnerships of 28, 11, 76, 74, 115, 45, 25, 10, 1 and 15. He scored 259 runs at an average of 25.90 with a top score of 80 and finished in fourth place in the England batting averages. As a bowler he headed the Test averages with 19 wickets at 12.21 including a match winning 5-20 in 15.4 overs in the First Test. In the provincial matches Bailey scored two centuries, against Border and Rhodesia, and took ten more wickets. In a number of easy 42