Famous Cricketers No 58 - Trevor Bailey

taking five wickets or more on five occasions. He was now the Essex captain and he led the side effectively into sixth place in the County Championship table. The Australians were the tourists this year and Wisden comments that “the omission of T.E.Bailey eased Australia’s task. Still the leading all-rounder ... Bailey would have strengthened the middle order batting and his bowling might have made all the difference on the ‘ridge’ at Lord’s”. One might add that England would probably have saved the Old Trafford Test had Bailey been playing. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 481. Essex v Warwickshire, Edgbaston, April 29, May 1, (2) (Match drawn) not out 117 311-8d 23.1 4 71 4 K.Ibadulla c B.Taylor 354-9d D.P.Ratcliffe c J.H.Purves R.E.Hitchcock b J.D.Bannister b did not bat - 18-0 482. Essex v Glamorgan, Arms Park, Cardiff, May 3, (4), 5 (Match drawn) run out 41 193-5 8 4 10 0 138 2 483. Essex v Cambridge University, Fenner’s, May 6, 8, 9 (Essex won by an innings and 2 runs) c J.M.Brearley b A.J.G.Pearson 38 331 20 7 26 2 S.J.S.Clarke lbw 149 P.D.Brodrick c K.F.Moore 9 4 8 0 180 484. Essex v Middlesex, Brentwood, May 10, 11, 12 (Essex won by 115 runs) c J.T.Murray b D.Bennett 10 326 24 5 54 3 R.A.Gale c G.J.Smith 172 E.A.Clark c B.R.Knight P.H.Parfitt lbw run out 11 187-7d 11 3 29 2 R.A.Gale c B.R.Knight 226 1 W.E.Russell c B.R.Knight 485. Essex v Lancashire, Brentwood, May 13, 15, 16 (Match drawn) c K.J.Grieves b T.Greenhough 28 276 28.1 7 53 2 B.J.Booth b 327 K.Higgs c B.R.Knight c G.Clayton b K.Higgs 16 197 16 6 34 1 P.T.Marner lbw 120-8 486. Essex v Middlesex, Lord’s, May 17, 18, 19 (Middlesex won by six wickets) lbw b A.E.Moss 19 236 20.4 8 27 3 W.E.Russell c K.C.Preston 262 J.T.Murray lbw A.E.Moss c P.J.Phelan c R.W.Hooker b D.Bennett 16 246 19 2 59 0 222-4 1 487. Essex v Worcestershire, Worcester, May 20, 22, 23 (Worcestershire won by four wickets) lbw b L.J.Coldwell 7 142 33.2 7 74 3 R.G.A.Headley c B.Taylor 295 1 G.Dews c J.Milner J.A.Standen c and b lbw b J.A.Flavell 25 281 12 2 28 2 R.G.A.Headley lbw 131-6 J.A.Flavell b 488. Essex v Surrey, Ilford, May 27, 29, 30 (Match drawn) c R.A.E.Tindall b G.A.R.Lock 23 448 20 4 46 1 J.H.Edrich b 238 1 did not bat - 45-2 35 7 80 5 M.J.Stewart b 405 3 A.B.D.Parsons lbw B.Constable c B.R.Knight R.A.E.Tindall b G.A.R.Lock c and b 489. Essex v Leicestershire, Ilford, May 31, June 1, 2 (Essex won by 207 runs) c C.T.Spencer b J.van Geloven 2 201 16 4 42 2 M.R.Hallam c L.H.R.Ralph 111 R.Julian c B.Taylor b R.L.Pratt 19 256-9d 14 2 52 1 P.A.Munden b 139 490. Essex v Gloucestershire, Stroud, June 3, 5, 6 (Gloucestershire won by two wickets) c R.J.Etheridge b D.A.Allen 23 158 28 8 48 4 D.Carpenter lbw 166 D.G.Hawkins b B.J.Meyer c K.C.Preston D.R.Smith lbw c B.J.Meyer b D.R.Smith 4 155 5 0 7 0 148-8 1 59