Famous Cricketers No 69 - G. Boycott

not out 44 108-5 139. Yorkshire v Kent, Harrogate, August 31, September 1, 2 (Yorkshire won by 24 runs) c A.G.E.Ealham b A.Brown 80 210 119 c A.P.E.Knott b D.L.Underwood 9 109 176 140. T.N.Pearce’s XI v West Indians, Scarborough, September 3, 5, 6 (T.N.Pearce’s XI won by two wickets) st J.L.Hendriks b R.B.Kanhai 131 300-5d 234 b W.W.Hall 65 277-8 342-8d 141. An England XI v Rest of the World XI, Scarborough, September 7, 8, 9 (An England XI won by five wickets) c G.Thomas b Mushtaq Mohammad 33 257 289-6d b R.G.Nadkarni 51 301-5 266-8d 142. Yorkshire v MCC, Scarborough, September 10, 12, 13 (MCC won by 83 runs) c M.G.Griffith b D.L.Underwood 17 117 252-9d b K.E.Palmer 10 159 107-2d SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Test matches 4 7 0 186 71 26.57 - 2 - Championship 18 31 3 1097 164 39.17 4 5 7 Other Yorkshire matches 4 8 0 291 123 36.37 1 1 4 Other matches 2 4 0 280 131 70.00 1 2 - Season 28 50 3 1854 164 39.44 6 10 11 Career 142 236 26 9108 193* 43.37 20 55 60 Bowling O M R W BB Ave Championship 5 2 4 0 - - Other Yorkshire matches 7 3 21 0 - - Season (6-ball) 12 5 25 0 - - Career (6-ball) 236.1 82 } 781 16 3-47 48.81 (8-ball) 45 6 1967 This was a season of contrasting performances. In the middle of May five successive innings brought a paltry total of just 10 runs, including a “pair” against Kent at Bradford. Just over two weeks later Boycott scored 246 not out against India in the first Test match, the start of a scoring spree that netted 584 runs in four innings, three of them unbeaten. Boycott’s 246 against India remained his highest Test match score. He shared century partnerships with Barrington and Graveney and one of 252 with D’Oliveira for the fourth wicket. The selectors promptly dropped him for the second Test to show their disapproval of his slow scoring, the first hundred having taken five hours to complete. In the County Championship he scored steadily, an unbeaten 220 against Northamptonshire and, earlier in the season, 102 against Glamorgan, being his highest scores. He also scored 128 for Yorkshire against the touring Pakistanis. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 143. Yorkshire v MCC, Lord’s, April 29, May 1, 2 (Yorkshire won by 157 runs) c D.S.Steele b J.B.Mortimore 45 302-9d - - - - 157 c L.A.Johnson b I.J.Jones 9 201-5d 4 0 15 0 189 144. Yorkshire v Glamorgan, Harrogate, May 3, (4), 5 (Match drawn) c A.Rees b D.J.Shepherd 102 217-5d 130 41-2 145. Yorkshire v Kent, Bradford, May (6), 8, 9 (Match drawn) b J.N.Graham 0 40 94-4d 17