Famous Cricketers No 58 - Trevor Bailey

368. Essex v Warwickshire, Southend-on-Sea, August 17, 19, 20 (Match drawn) b R.G.Carter 80 223 16 2 51 1 F.C.Gardner b 197 c R.T.Spooner b W.E.Hollies 21 204-9d 14 2 35 4 N.F.Horner lbw 215-9 1 A.Townsend b C.W.Leach c W.T.Greensmith R.T.Spooner c G.Barker 369. ENGLAND v WEST INDIES, Kennington Oval, August 22, 23, 24 (England won by an innings and 237 runs) run out 0 412 - - - - 89 - - - - 86 370. M.C.C. v Yorkshire, Scarborough, August 31, September 2, 3 (Yorkshire won by eight wickets) b R.Appleyard 4 173 12 1 27 1 D.E.V.Padgett b 267 lbw b R.Appleyard 7 170 - - - - 78-2 371. Gentlemen v Players, Scarborough, September 4, 5, 6 (Players won by six wickets) not out 31 214-7d 20 6 38 4 R.A.Gale lbw 206 1 T.W.Graveney b D.W.Richardson b B.Taylor lbw did not bat - 226-5d 17 2 62 0 235-4 372. T.N.Pearce’s XI v West Indians, Scarborough, September 7, 9, 10 (Match drawn) b R.Gilchrist 31 355-9d 9 3 25 0 323-7d 1 c C.L.Walcott b G.St A.Sobers 7 186-7d 13 2 38 2 E.De C.Weekes c P.B.H.May 151-8 T.D.Dewdney c T.G.Evans 373. Rest of England v Surrey, Scarborough, September 11, 12, 13 (Surrey won by six wickets) b P.J.Loader 0 210 17 2 72 3 T.H.Clark c F.H.Tyson 369-7d 1 K.F.Barrington c G.E.Tribe E.A.Bedser c T.G.Evans b E.A.Bedser 35 239 3.1 0 18 1 E.A.Bedser c T.G.Evans 82-4 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Test matches 4 4 1 5 3* 1.66 - - 3 Gentlemen v Players 1 1 1 31 31* - - - 1 Championship 17 28 6 1094 132 49.72 2 8 16 Other Essex matches 2 3 0 108 66 36.00 - 1 2 Other matches 3 6 0 84 35 14.00 - - 2 Season 27 42 8 1322 132 38.88 2 9 24 Career 373 576 116 15969 205 34.71 18 83 235 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m Strike RunR Test matches 117 37 277 12 7-44 23.08 1 1 58.50 39.45 Gentlemen v Players 37 8 100 4 4-38 25.00 - - 55.50 45.04 Championship 442.1 127 1020 70 8-49 14.57 7 1 37.90 38.44 Other Essex matches 88.1 27 194 11 6-37 17.63 1 - 48.09 36.67 Other matches 54.1 8 180 7 3-72 25.71 - - 46.42 55.38 Season 738.3 207 1771 104 8-49 17.02 9 2 42.60 39.96 Career (6-ball) 9828.1 2308 } 27714 1173 10-90 23.62 67 9 54.67 43.21 (8-ball) 645.6 142 1958 New Zealand were the tourists in 1958. They were generally outclassed by an England team that had not lost a Test Series since 1950/51 and which triumphed 4-0 in the 1958 rubber. Bailey played in four of the Tests missing the fourth game at Old Trafford when, with the series already won, the selectors chose a few prospects with the winter tour of Australia in mind. He batted only four times scoring 39 runs and bowled only 66 overs in the Series to take seven wickets at 13.28. Really the Series was a mismatch and poor preparation for the sterner examination that awaited England in Australia. In the 47