Famous Cricketers No 69 - G. Boycott

113. ENGLAND v NEW ZEALAND, Christchurch, February 25, 26, 28, March 1 (Match drawn) c E.C.Petrie b R.C.Motz 4 342 12 6 30 0 347 run out 4 201-5d - - - - 48-8 114. ENGLAND v NEW ZEALAND, Dunedin, March 4, 5, 7, 8 (Match drawn) b G.A.Bartlett 5 254-8d 192 2 147-9 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Test matches (Aus) 5 9 2 300 84 42.85 - 3 1 Test matches (NZ) 2 3 0 13 5 4.33 - - 2 Other matches 6 9 0 471 156 52.33 1 4 3 Tour 13 21 2 784 156 41.26 1 7 6 Career 114 186 23 7254 193* 44.50 14 45 49 Bowling O M R W BB Ave Test matches (Aus) 23 4 89 2 2-32 44.50 Test matches (NZ) 12 6 30 0 - - Other matches (6-ball) 27 0 } 166 2 1-27 83.00 (8-ball) 22 0 Tour (6-ball) 39 19 } 285 4 2-32 71.25 (8-ball) 45 6 Career (6-ball) 224.1 77 } 756 16 3-47 47.25 (8-ball) 45 6 1966 Boycott began what was to be a fairly wet summer with 123 for Yorkshire against the MCC at Lord’s, sharing a stand of 177 in two and a half hours with Taylor. His form fluctuated throughout the season and his next hundred, 136 not out against Warwickshire, was seven matches later, in early June. Against Nottinghamshire at Bramall Lane in mid July he scored a hundred in each innings for the first time, although his opponents’ poor catching in the second innings greatly assisted him. Boycott’s 164 against Sussex was his highest score of the season and the 131 for T.N.Pearce’s XI against the touring West Indians included 20 runs in one over off Rohan Kanhai’s occasional bowling. He was stumped off the last ball of the over! His performances in four Test matches against the West Indies were fairly moderate, his best effort being England’s top score of 71 in the second innings of the Third Test at Trent Bridge. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 115. Yorkshire v MCC, Lord’s, April 30, May 2, 3 (Match drawn) c M.J.Smedley b B.L.D’Oliveira 123 281-6d 7 3 21 0 282-4d 1 c J.B.Mortimore b R.N.S.Hobbs 68 254-4d - - - - 206-9 1 116. Yorkshire v Gloucestershire, Middlesbrough, May 7, 9 (Yorkshire won by seven wickets) c B.J.Meyer b A.R.Windows 23 171 5 2 4 0 135 c R.B.Nicholls b J.B.Mortimore 3 34-3 - - - - 69 1 117. Yorkshire v Cambridge University, Fenner’s, May 18, 19, 20 (Yorkshire won by eight wickets) c D.L.Murray b S.G.Russell 11 235-9d 81 1 b S.G.Russell 8 96-2 247 1 118. Yorkshire v West Indians, Bradford, May (25), 26, 27 (Match drawn) c D.W.Allan b C.C.Griffith 40 177-6d 168 c G.St A.Sobers b W.W.Hall 14 64-3 119. Yorkshire v Lancashire, Headingley, May 28, 30 (Yorkshire won by ten wickets) b K.Higgs 6 196-9 57 did not bat - 6-0 144 1 15