Famous Cricketers No 69 - G. Boycott

1969/70 - MCC in Ceylon MCC played just one first-class game on this tour and it was an unsuccessful one for Boycott. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 221. MCC v Ceylon, Colombo, February 20, 21, 22, 23 (MCC won by 173 runs) b T.Kehelgamuwa 0 132 3 1 5 0 134 c D.Heyn b A.Fuard 7 302-7d - - - - 127 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Other matches 1 2 0 7 7 3.50 - - - Career 221 363 45 14949 246* 47.00 38 84 89 Bowling O M R W BB Ave Other matches (6-ball) 3 1 5 0 - - Career (6-ball) 282.1 94 } 913 20 3-47 45.65 (8-ball) 45 6 1970 For the second time in his career Boycott scored over 2,000 runs in a season and averaged 55.43, although it was July before he began to display his best form. His first fifteen innings produced only 353 runs before he began a steady improvement, including 99 against Derbyshire. Then, in successive innings, he scored 148 against Kent and an unbeaten 260 against Essex, his highest score in England. He added 144 with Sharpe and 212 with Hampshire, during this innings. He was recalled to the England side for the last two matches against a Rest of the World XI, in a five match series organised after the cancellation of the scheduled South African tour. Scores of 64 in the fourth “Test Match” and 157 in the fifth made him an automatic choice for the winter tour of Australia and New Zealand. As usual he scored heavily in the Scarborough Festival, making an unbeaten 147 against an England under 25 XI, sharing a partnership of 157 in 80 minutes with Fletcher. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 222. Yorkshire v Derbyshire, Bradford, May 2, 4 (Yorkshire won by an innings and 20 runs) lbw b A.Ward 13 238 107 1 111 223. Yorkshire v Cambridge University, Fenner’s, May 6, 7, 8 (Yorkshire won by 170 runs) b C.L.Wilkin 50 295-7d 149 c P.G.Carling b C.L.Wilkin 18 153-1d 129 224. Yorkshire v Surrey, Kennington Oval, May 9, (11), 12 (Match drawn) c M.J.Edwards b G.R.J.Roope 31 186 306-7d 225. Yorkshire v Glamorgan, Middlesbrough, May 16, 18, 19 (Glamorgan won by five wickets) c E.W.Jones b M.A.Nash 11 124 161 st E.W.Jones b R.C.Davis 68 159 124-5 226. Yorkshire v Lancashire, Headingley, May 23, 25, 26 (Lancashire won by ten wickets) c F.M.Engineer b K.Shuttleworth 4 121 381 c F.M.Engineer b P.Lever 71 281 25-0 227. Yorkshire v Gloucestershire, Bradford, June 3, 4, 5 (Gloucestershire won by nine wickets) b M.J.Procter 0 267 304 c B.J.Meyer b M.Bissex 45 152 116-1 228. Yorkshire v Hampshire, Bramall Lane, June 6, 8, 9 (Yorkshire won by an innings and 5 runs) c D.A.Livingstone b R.M.H.Cottam 16 288-9d 144 139 1 24