Famous Cricketers No 69 - G. Boycott

Bowling O M R W BB Ave Test matches (SA) 26 10 60 0 - - Championship 31 16 38 2 1-9 19.00 Other Yorkshire matches 15.1 4 36 2 1-0 18.00 Season (6-ball) 72.1 30 134 4 1-0 33.50 Career (6-ball) 185.1 58 471 12 3-47 39.25 1965/66 - MCC in Australia and New Zealand Boycott fell ill in Ceylon on the journey to Australia and was unable to play in the first three matches. An excellent 94 in his first game, against South Australia, ensured his selection for the first Test. He batted steadily in the first three Test matches, making 84 in the third at Sydney, which England won by an innings. His partnership of 234 with Bob Barber in this match was the third highest by an English first wicket pair against Australia. His first hundred on Australian soil, 156 against a Combined XI, followed the third Test, but he then struggled for runs in the last two Australian Tests. His form was even worse in New Zealand where he was dropped after three very undistinguished performances in the first two Test matches. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 102. MCC v South Australia, Adelaide, November 12, 13, 15, 16 (MCC won by six wickets) c D.Robins b D.J.Sincock 94 310 103 did not bat - 158-4 364 103. MCC v Queensland, Brisbane, December 3, 4, 6, 7 (Match drawn) c P.J.Allan b T.R.Veivers 30 452-5d 1 1 0 0 222 c A.T.W.Grout b P.J.Allan 0 123-2d 1 1 0 0 315-8 104. ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA, Brisbane, December 10, (11), 13, 14, 15 (Match drawn) b P.I.Philpott 45 280 4 0 16 0 443-6d not out 63 186-3 105. MCC v South Australia, Adelaide, December 23, 24, 27, 28 (MCC won by six wickets) c I.M.Chappell b A.R.Frost 0 444 5 0 21 0 459-7d b D.J.Sincock 58 270-4 4 0 28 0 253-4d 1 106. ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA, Melbourne, December 30, 31, January 1, 3, 4 (Match drawn) c G.D.Mckenzie b K.D.Walters 51 558 - - - - 358 not out 5 5-0 9 0 32 2 P.J.P.Burge c J.H.Edrich 426 T.R.Veivers st J.M.Parks 107. ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA, Sydney, January 7, 8, 10, 11, 12 (England won by an innings and 93 runs) c and b P.I.Philpott 84 488 3 1 8 0 221 - - - - 174 1 108. MCC v Combined XI, Hobart, January 22, 24, 25 (Match drawn) c G.I.Farrell b K.D.Walters 156 471-9d - - - - 199 7 0 39 0 273-1 109. ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA, Adelaide, January 28, 29, 31, February 1 (Australia won by an innings and 9 runs) c I.M.Chappell b N.J.N.Hawke 22 241 7 3 33 0 516 lbw b G.D.Mckenzie 12 266 110. MCC v New South Wales, Sydney, February 4, 5, 7, 8 (Match drawn) c B.C.Booth b D.A.Renneberg 5 329 4 0 37 1 G.Thomas b 488 1 c G.Thomas b R.B.Simpson 77 472-6 111. ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA, Melbourne, February 11, 12, 14, 15, 16 (Match drawn) c K.R.Stackpole b G.D.Mckenzie 17 485-9d 543-8d lbw b G.D.Mckenzie 1 69-3 112. MCC v President’s XI, Wellington, February 19, 21, 22 (Match drawn) c B.W.Sinclair b B.W.Yuile 51 359-6d 11 7 14 0 237 16 6 27 1 G.P.Bilby b 188-7 1 14