Famous Cricketers No 58 - Trevor Bailey

415. ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA, Melbourne, February 13, 14, 15, 17, 18 (Australia won by nine wickets) c A.K.Davidson b R.R.Lindwall 0 205 14 2 43 0 351 b R.R.Lindwall 0 214 - - - - 69-1 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Test matches 5 10 0 200 68 20.00 - 1 1 Other matches 8 12 3 301 71* 33.44 - 2 4 Tour 13 22 3 501 71* 26.36 - 3 5 Career 415 642 123 17374 205 33.34 18 91 264 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m Strike RunR Test matches 75 7 259 4 3-35 64.75 - - 150.00 43.16 Other matches 106 24 257 6 2-36 42.83 - - 141.33 30.30 Tour 181 31 516 10 3-35 51.60 - - 144.80 35.63 Career (6-ball) 10704.1 2545 } 30148 1296 10-90 23.26 72 10 54.65 42.55 (8-ball) 826.6 173 1959 There were no Test calls for Trevor Bailey in 1959 despite the fact that he scored more than 2000 runs for the first, and only, time in his career including six hundreds. He also took 100 wickets to perform the double for the fifth time in his career. He finished in second place in the Essex batting and bowling averages and twelfth in the national batting averages. His best all-round performance came at Clacton-on-Sea against Warwickshire when he scored 138 and took seven wickets for 90 runs. He also took part in a tied match against Gloucestershire at Leyton. He took 83 wickets for Essex at 23.36 each taking five wickets or more in an innings on six occasions. His highest score was the 146 he made against Hampshire at Bournemouth. He played for Gentlemen v Players at Lord’s and for the Rest of England against Yorkshire (Champion County). Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 416. Essex v Cambridge University, Fenner’s, May 2, 4, 5 (Essex won by 266 runs) c C.B.Howland b P.D.Brodrick 118 366-7d 4 2 3 0 77 1 did not bat - 146-4d 13 5 32 0 170 417. Essex v Sussex, Brentwood, May 6, 7, 8 (Essex won by 21 runs) run out 11 135 10 3 15 0 150 c J.M.Parks b D.L.Bates 37 174 24 11 34 6 L.J.Lenham lbw 138 1 D.V.Smith b G.C.Cooper b R.V.Bell lbw N.I.Thomson c T.C.Dodds R.G.Marlar c and b 418. Essex v Somerset, Brentwood, May 9, 11, 12 (Essex won by eight wickets) c H.W.Stephenson b J.G.Lomax 34 305 8 2 26 1 C.L.McCool c D.J.Insole 128 did not bat - 137-2 28.1 4 67 4 W.E.Alley c B.Taylor 311 P.B.Wight c B.Taylor M.F.Tremlett b H.W.Stephenson c K.C.Preston 419. Essex v Indians, Ilford, May 20, 21, 22 (Match drawn) c R.G.Nadkarni b S.P.Gupte 2 285-9d 24 2 69 3 P.Roy c D.J.Insole 188 C.G.Borde lbw R.G.Nadkarni c D.J.Insole did not bat - 83-4d 7 2 12 1 P.R.Umrigar c D.J.Insole 98-2 420. Essex v Northamptonshire, Ilford, May 23, 25, 26 (Essex won by 2 runs) lbw b J.S.Manning 119 336-7d 14 0 41 2 A.P.Arnold lbw 193 1 A.Lightfoot lbw 52