Famous Cricketers No 69 - G. Boycott

48.50 in the four matches he played. An injured finger in his first Test kept him out of the second match, but in the final game he scored 113, his maiden Test century. Five further first-class hundreds confirmed his appetite for run making. These included a third hundred against Lancashire, 131 at Old Trafford in May, and another against the Australians, 122 for Yorkshire at Bradford in August. He was selected for England’s tour to South Africa at the end of the season. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 34. Yorkshire v MCC, Lord’s, April (29), 30, May 1 (Match drawn) b R.W.Barber 36 257 212-9d 8-0 35. MCC v Surrey, Lord’s, May 2, 4, 5 (Match drawn) b D.A.D.Sydenham 7 210 200-9d lbw b D.A.D.Sydenham 4 183-1d 193-7 36. Yorkshire v Essex, Hull, May 6, 7, 8 (Yorkshire won by seven wickets) c B.E.A.Edmeades b R.N.S.Hobbs 19 167 206 c C.Hilton b G.J.Smith 77 146-3 106 1 37. Yorkshire v Kent, Bradford, May 9, (11), 12 (Kent won by 14 runs) not out 53 102-3d 249 1 c M.C.Cowdrey b D.L.Underwood 30 200 67-3d 1 38. Yorkshire v Middlesex, Headingley, May 13, 14, 15 (Yorkshire won by ten wickets) c E.A.Clark b R.W.Hooker 151 413 309-6d not out 17 29-0 132 39. Yorkshire v Lancashire, Old Trafford, May 16, 18, 19 (Match drawn) c G.Clayton b K.Shuttleworth 131 354-3d 284-9d c G.Clayton b K.Higgs 46 83-1d 129-7 40. Yorkshire v Worcestershire, Worcester, May 20, 21, 22 (Match drawn) lbw b J.A.Flavell 0 177 281-6d b L.J.Coldwell 7 118-4 41. MCC v Australians, Lord’s, May 23, 25, 26 (Australians won by nine wickets) c A.T.W.Grout b N.J.N.Hawke 63 229 358-6d c A.T.W.Grout b G.D.Mckenzie 17 224 99-1 42. Yorkshire v Leicestershire, Leicester, May 30, June 1, (2) (Match drawn) not out 151 270-3 127 43. ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA, Trent Bridge, June 4, 5, (6), 8, 9 (Match drawn) c R.B.Simpson b G.E.Corling 48 216-8d 168 did not bat - 193-9d 40-2 44. Yorkshire v Glamorgan, Headingley, June 20, 22, 23 (Yorkshire won by an innings and 39 runs) c D.L.Evans b I.J.Jones 7 288-9d 55 194 45. Yorkshire v Surrey, Bradford, June 27, 29, 30 (Match drawn) run out 46 273 358 c M.J.Stewart b R.Harman 15 292 46. ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA, Headingley, July 2, 3, 4, 6 (Australia won by seven wickets) c R.B.Simpson b G.E.Corling 38 268 389 c R.B.Simpson b G.E.Corling 4 229 111-3 47. Yorkshire v Glamorgan, Swansea, July 8, 9, 10 (Yorkshire won by 51 runs) c W.D.Slade b J.S.Pressdee 83 263 116 1 c G.Hughes b D.J.Shepherd 9 107-5d 203 48. Yorkshire v Derbyshire, Chesterfield, July 11, 13, 14 (Match drawn) b A.B.Jackson 6 326 - - - - 203 1 0 1 0 176-5 49. Yorkshire v Nottinghamshire, Scarborough, July 15, 16, 17 (Yorkshire won by eight wickets) c and b C.Forbes 75 278 2 1 4 0 198 lbw b K.Gillhouley 1 81-2 - - - - 160 9