Famous Cricketers No 58 - Trevor Bailey

474. Essex v Somerset, Southend-on-Sea, August 17, 18, 19 (Essex won by ten wickets) b K.D.Biddulph 40 344-6d 17.1 4 41 5 A.A.Baig b 94 C.L.McCool b P.B.Wight c J.F.Taylor W.E.Alley lbw C.R.M.Atkinson b did not bat - 4-0 28 8 64 2 A.A.Baig c J.Milner 253 P.B.Wight b 475. Essex v Sussex, Eastbourne, August 20, 22, 23 (Match drawn) did not bat - 332-7d 19 2 53 2 Nawab of Pataudi b 303-9d D.L.Bates c J.Milner did not bat - 37-0 19.2 1 69 0 226-3d 476. Essex v Hampshire, Bournemouth, August 24, 25, 26 (Match drawn) b D.Shackleton 41 165 20.2 6 52 0 268-5d b J.D.Piachaud 16 227 477. Essex v Gloucestershire, Clacton-on-Sea, August 27, 29, 30 (Gloucestershire won by seven wickets) b D.A.Allen 34 211 20 6 30 1 R.B.Nicholls lbw 140 1 lbw b C.Cook 3 70 13 1 38 0 144-3 478. Essex v Warwickshire, Clacton-on-Sea, August 31, September (1), 2 (Match drawn) c A.C.Smith b A.Wright 36 248-9d 17 4 30 2 R.E.Hitchcock lbw 81 1 D.L.Amiss b 14 5 18 1 K.Ibadulla lbw 91-2 479. Gentlemen v Players, Scarborough, September 3, 5, 6 (Players won by 24 runs) c T.W.Graveney b W.E.Russell 32 294 24 4 59 4 P.J.Sainsbury b 350-9d R.Swetman b B.R.Knight c J.Brown D.A.Allen lbw b B.R.Knight 10 253 2 0 7 0 221 1 480. T.N.Pearce’s XI v South Africans, Scarborough, September 7, 8, 9 (South Africans won by four wickets) c J.H.B.Waite b N.A.T.Adcock 0 264 5 0 14 0 304 1 absent hurt - 231 - - - - 192-6 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Gentlemen v Players 1 2 0 42 32 21.00 - - 1 Championship 26 40 6 1375 91* 40.44 - 10 21 Other Essex matches 4 5 0 222 118 44.40 1 1 - Other matches 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 - - 1 Season 32 48 6 1639 118 39.02 1 11 23 Career 480 745 141 21024 205 34.80 25 112 321 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m Strike RunR Gentlemen v Players 26 4 66 4 4-59 16.50 - - 39.00 42.30 Championship 871.3 242 1980 92 7-40 21.52 7 1 56.83 37.86 Other Essex games 139.4 33 310 21 7-81 14.76 1 - 39.90 36.99 Other matches 5 0 14 0 - - - - - 46.66 Season 1042.1 279 2370 117 7-40 20.25 8 1 53.44 37.90 Career (6-ball) 12627.1 3000 } 34987 1513 10-90 23.12 85 11 54.44 42.47 (8-ball) 826.6 173 1961 Bailey performed his third successive Double in 1961 scoring 1240 runs at an average of 27.55 and taking 133 wickets, his highest seasonal haul at 21.01. He made one century for Essex, an innings of 117 not out in the opening County match at Edgbaston. Twice he took seven wickets in an innings his best figures being 7-40 against Hampshire at Leyton, a match in which he took eleven wickets in all as Essex won the game by eight wickets. He bowled nearly 1000 overs for Essex in the Championship 58