Famous Cricketers No 69 - G. Boycott

SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Test matches (Pak) 2 3 1 246 121* 123.00 2 - - Test matches (Ind) 1 2 - 36 33 18.00 - - 1 Championship 17 24 4 2197 233 109.85 11 6 5 Other Yorkshire matches 1 1 0 24 24 24.00 - - - Season 21 30 5 2503 233 100.12 13 6 6 Career 279 457 61 21038 260* 53.12 61 109 113 1971/72 - In South Africa An injury-stricken Northern Transvaal called on Boycott, who was spending the winter coaching, for his one first-class match of the season. He obliged with a hundred which he reached with successive sixes. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 280. Northern Transvaal v Rhodesia, Pretoria, February 3, 4, 5 (Rhodesia won by 176 runs) lbw b R.H.Kaschula 107 172 356-9d 2 b R.H.Kaschula 41 204 196-4d SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Season 1 2 0 148 107 74.00 1 - 2 Career 280 459 61 21186 260* 53.23 62 109 115 1972 An injury to the middle finger of his right hand, caused when Bob Willis struck him in a Gillette Cup match, meant that Boycott missed nearly all the July fixtures. He still managed to score 1,230 runs at an average of 72.35 and head the national batting averages. He made six three-figure scores in the County Championship, his highest being an unbeaten 204 against Leicestershire. As he often did, Boycott finished the season in sparkling form. This time his last five innings produced 528 runs. Injury meant that he played only two Test Matches against the touring Australians, on this occasion with little success. Once again Yorkshire enjoyed a moderate season by their standards, finishing tenth in the County Championship. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 281. Yorkshire v Gloucestershire, Middlesbrough, May 10, 11, 12 (Yorkshire won by 126 runs) c R.Swetman b M.J.Procter 47 185 135 c sub b M.J.Procter 68 173 97 282. MCC v Australians, Lord’s, May 20, 22, 23 (Australians won by four wickets) lbw b D.K.Lillee 2 208 195-6d did not bat - 178-4d 195-6 283. Yorkshire v Somerset, Taunton, May 24, 25, 26 (Match drawn) not out 122 226-4d 242 109-2 1 284. Yorkshire v Lancashire, Headingley, May 27, 29, 30 (Match drawn) b K.Shuttleworth 105 253-8d 190 c B.Wood b K.Shuttleworth 4 95-9d 36-2 285. Yorkshire v Glamorgan, Scarborough, May 31, June 1, 2 (Yorkshire won by an innings and 124 runs) c R.C.Fredericks b D.L.Williams 9 345-8d 86 135 1 29