Famous Cricketers No 58 - Trevor Bailey

10. Essex v Indians, Southend-on-Sea, August 24, 26, 27 (Indians won by one wicket) b S.W.Sohoni 22 303 26 7 50 2 S.N.Banerjee c R.M.Taylor 138 S.G.Shinde b not out 33 201-3d 15 2 51 1 Mushtaq Ali b 370-9 11. Essex v Middlesex, Lord’s, August 28, 29 (Middlesex won by an innings and 129 runs) st W.F.F.Price b J.A.Young 11 187 20 1 84 2 J.D.B.Robertson lbw 416-7d 1 R.W.V.Robins c H.P.Crabtree b W.J.Edrich 5 100 12. Essex v Gloucestershire, Wagon Works Ground, Gloucester, August 31, September 2, (3) (Match drawn) c W.L.Neale b T.W.J.Goddard 9 197 4 0 11 0 24-1 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Championship 9 13 2 318 97* 28.90 - 2 13 Other Essex matches 1 2 1 55 33* 55.00 - - - Other matches 1 1 0 39 39 39.00 - - 1 Season 11 16 3 412 97* 31.69 - 2 14 Career 12 17 3 432 97* 30.85 - 2 14 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m Strike RunR Championship 218.2 44 733 31 6-95 23.64 2 - 42.25 55.95 Other Essex matches 41 9 101 3 2-50 33.66 - - 82.00 41.05 Other matches 24 5 69 3 3-69 23.00 - - 48.00 47.91 Season 283.2 58 903 37 6-94 24.40 2 - 45.94 53.11 Career 310.5 62 1006 39 6-94 25.79 2 - 47.82 53.94 1947 Bailey was at Cambridge University in 1947, playing for them in twelve first-class games including the University match and scoring 566 runs at an average of 43.53 and taking 49 wickets at 20.10. He made two hundreds, against Gloucestershire and Yorkshire and took five wickets in an innings on five occasions including both innings of the match against Warwickshire at Edgbaston. He helped to save the University match at Lord’s, playing an innings of 60 not out in three hours on the final day after Cambridge had followed on 256 runs behind on first innings. After the Cambridge term ended Bailey played for Essex in ten Championship games and in their match against the South African touring team at Southend-on-Sea. He scored 644 runs at an average of 42.93 and took 27 wickets at 36.70. Included in the batting figures was a career best innings of 205 against Sussex at Eastbourne, his second hundred coming in only eighty minutes. He took five wickets in each innings of the match against Derbyshire at Chesterfield. Bailey was selected for Gentlemen v Players at Lord’s, a sure sign his exploits were being noted. He failed twice with the bat but took 3-83 in 25 overs with the ball including the prize wicket of Denis Compton. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 13. Cambridge University v Sussex, Fenner’s, May 3, 5, 6 (Match drawn) b J.Duffield 55 356 18 3 46 3 J.G.Langridge c N.M.Mischler 208 C.Oakes lbw G.Cox c P.B.Datta did not bat - 81-3 19 0 60 0 348-3d 14. Cambridge University v South Africans, Fenner’s, May 7, 8, 9 (South Africans won by an innings and 153 runs) c J.D.Lindsay b V.I.Smith 2 116 26.2 6 70 5 G.M.Fullerton b 370 J.D.Lindsay b A.D.Nourse c G.S.Seaton K.G.Viljoen c N.M.Mischler V.I.Smith b b J.B.Plimsoll 2 101 7