Famous Cricketers No 58 - Trevor Bailey

averages, his bowling produced only 79 wickets at 29.12. He took 31 of these wickets in the last month of the summer, including his only two five wicket hauls against Gloucestershire and Sussex. Wisden comments that until the last month his bowling had lacked “bite”. As a batsman he hit a century, 122 against Warwickshire, 96 against Northamptonshire and nine other first-class fifties. His finest all-round performance was against Kent at Leyton where he scored 75 and 59 and took, in all seven wickets for 126 runs. Leyton was a happy hunting ground for him as he played an innings of 80 and took seven wickets in the match against Gloucestershire there. At the end of the season Bailey took part in two representative matches, for England against Young England and for T.N.Pearce’s XI against the West Indian touring team. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 545. M.C.C. v Surrey, Lord’s, May (1), (2), 3 (Match drawn) c D.A.D.Sydenham b R.I.Jefferson 37 143 10 2 34 1 K.F.Barrington b 144-6 546. Essex v Cambridge University, Fenner’s, May 4, 6, 7 (Essex won by seven wickets) lbw b M.E.Miller 38 317 23 14 22 2 M.H.Rose b 193 R.C.Kerslake lbw did not bat - 172-3 4 2 5 0 293-6d 547. Essex v Lancashire, Brentwood, May 8, 9, 10 (Match drawn) c R.Entwistle b J.Dyson 8 258 13 3 20 0 281 16 3 46 0 199-6 548. Essex v Somerset, Brentwood, May 11, 13, 14 (Match drawn) c W.E.Alley b B.A.Langford55 168 30 6 79 2 C.H.M.Greetham c G.Barker 297 B.A.Langford lbw did not bat - 22-0 16 5 44 2 G.Atkinson c R.N.S.Hobbs 70-7d W.E.Alley b 549. Essex v Warwickshire, Edgbaston, May 15, 16, 17 (Match drawn) lbw b T.W.Cartwright 4 138 31 4 92 3 K.Ibadulla c B.Taylor 323-9d 1 J.A.Jameson lbw J.D.Bannister b c A.C.Smith b K.Ibadulla 122 365-9d 7 3 14 1 D.L.Amiss lbw 58-6 550. Essex v Northamptonshire, Romford, May 25, 27, 28 (Essex won by an innings and 13 runs) lbw b A.Lightfoot 96 326-6d 12 2 19 1 D.Ramsamooj lbw 132 16 5 41 2 M.E.J.C.Norman c K.C.Preston 181 B.L.Reynolds c B.Taylor 551. Essex v Derbyshire, Romford, May 29, 30, 31 (Essex won by 80 runs) lbw b A.B.Jackson 72 285-6d 8 4 6 0 155 not out 13 140-9d 13 7 20 1 C.Lee lbw 190 552. Essex v Worcestershire, Worcester, June 1, 3, 4 (Match drawn) not out 44 355-5d 13 0 57 1 D.Kenyon c B.R.Knight 356-6d b M.J.Horton 24 225-9d 2 1 1 0 118-8 553. Essex v Glamorgan, Swansea, June 5, 6, 7 (Match drawn) c W.D.Slade b O.S.Wheatley 26 193 28.1 4 83 2 A.Rees c M.J.Bear 297-9d O.S.Wheatley c P.J.Phelan b O.S.Wheatley 25 229-8 7 2 21 0 222-3d 554. Essex v Middlesex, Lord’s, June 8, 10, 11 (Middlesex won by 158 runs) c J.T.Murray b C.D.Drybrough 13 287 19 3 61 0 326-3d c and b D.A.Bick 0 101 5 2 7 1 W.E.Russell hit wkt 220-7d 555. Essex v Leicestershire, Ilford, June 15, 17, 18 (Match drawn) b J.van Geloven 7 295 13.3 2 40 1 S.Greensword c J.C.Laker 232 c A.Wharton b J.S.Savage 32 217-6d 1 1 0 0 4-0 556. Essex v Hampshire, Ilford, June 19, 20, 21 (Essex won by two wickets) c H.M.Barnard b A.R.Wassell 10 283 18 10 19 1 R.E.Marshall c M.J.Bear 103 lbw b A.R.Wassell 1 132-8 23 7 58 1 B.S.V.Timms lbw 308 557. Essex v Gloucestershire, Bristol, June 22, 24, 25 (Match drawn) lbw b M.Ashenden 56 184 16 2 40 1 D.M.Young lbw 153 did not bat - 80-2 66