Famous Cricketers No 69 - G. Boycott

SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Championship 19 31 3 1425 260* 50.89 2 9 9. Other Yorkshire matches 2 3 1 133 65* 66.50 - 2 - Other matches 4 8 1 493 157 70.42 2 1 3 Season 25 42 5 2051 260* 55.43 4 12 12 Career 246 405 50 17000 260* 47.88 42 96 101 1970/71 - MCC in Australia and New Zealand That the Ashes were regained on this tour was due in no small measure to the masterly batting form displayed by Boycott. In the Test Matches he scored 657 runs at an average of 93.85 and in all first-class matches, 1,535 runs averaging 95.93. A fractured wrist meant he had to miss the final Test Match in Australia when just 18 runs short of Hammond’s record tour aggregate set in 1928/29. He scored three first-class hundreds before the Test series had even begun, starting the tour with 173 against South Australia, and was involved in three partnerships of over 200 runs. The highest of these was the 242 he added with Edrich against Queensland. In the Test Matches his top score was 142 not out at Sydney, although most observers agreed that his 77 in the first innings was his finest display of batting. He scored two fifties in the second Test at Perth, and his final three Test innings were 76 not out at Melbourne and 58 and 119 not out at Adelaide. On each of these occasions he added over 100 for the first wicket, with Edrich. Wisden records that “Boycott put the seal of greatness on his batting” and the Press voted him the best batsman in the world. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 247. MCC v South Australia, Adelaide, October 30, 31, November 1, 2 (Match drawn) c R.P.Blundell b K.J.McCarthy 173 451-9d 649-9d c A.J.Woodcock b T.J.Jenner 29 235-4 248. MCC v Victoria, Melbourne, November 6, 7, 8, 9 (Victoria won by six wickets) c I.R.Redpath b A.L.Thomson 4 142 - - - - 304-8d c R.C.Jordan b A.L.Thomson 40 341 0.4 0 1 0 180-4 249. MCC v New South Wales, Sydney, November 13, 14, 15, 16 (Match drawn) c H.B.Taber b K.J.O’Keeffe 36 204 410-5d not out 129 325-1 250. MCC v Queensland, Brisbane, November 21, 22, 23, 24 (Match drawn) retired hurt 124 418-4 360 1 251. ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA, Brisbane, November 27, 28, 29, December 1, 2 (Match drawn) c R.W.Marsh b J.W.Gleeson 37 464 433 c and b T.J.Jenner 16 39-1 214 1 252. MCC v Western Australia, Perth, December 5, 6, 7, 8 (Match drawn) c D.Chadwick b G.A.R.Lock 126 258-3d - - - - 257-5d c R.W.Marsh b D.K.Lillee 9 256-6 3 0 23 1 D.Chadwick st R.W.Taylor 285 1 253. ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA, Perth, December 11, 12, 13, 15, 16 (Match drawn) c G.D.Mckenzie b J.W.Gleeson 70 397 1 0 7 0 440 st R.W.Marsh b J.W.Gleeson 50 287-6d - - - - 100-3 254. MCC v South Australia, Adelaide, December 18, 19, 20, 21 (Match drawn) not out 42 238 297-2d c K.G.Cunningham b A.A.Mallett 92 336-8 338-7d 255. MCC v Combined XI, Launceston, December 27, (28), (29) (Match drawn) c G.G.Miller b B.C.Patterson 74 184-4 26