Famous Cricketers No 69 - G. Boycott

286. ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA, Old Trafford, June 8, 9, 10, 12, 13 (England won by 89 runs) c K.R.Stackpole b J.W.Gleeson 8 249 142 lbw b J.W.Gleeson 47 234 252 287. Yorkshire v Derbyshire, Chesterfield, June 17, 19, 20 (Match drawn) run out 21 276 136 not out 54 110-1d 150-8 288. ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA, Lord’s, June 22, 23, 24, 26 (Australia won by eight wickets) b R.A.L.Massie 11 272 308 b D.K.Lillee 6 116 81-2 289. Yorkshire v Nottinghamshire, Worksop, July 1, 3, 4 (Match drawn) c and b P.J.Plummer 100 228 270 not out 75 155-2 290. Yorkshire v Surrey, Scarborough, August 9, 10, 11 (Yorkshire won by nine wickets) c A.Long b R.D.Jackman 4 296 206 not out 19 41-1 130 291. Yorkshire v Leicestershire, Leicester, August 12, 14, 15 (Match drawn) not out 204 310-7d 231 lbw b R.B.Matthews 12 146-6d 141-4 292. Yorkshire v Essex, Chelmsford, August 19, 21, 22 (Essex won by six wickets) b S.Turner 121 285-6d 282-7d 1 c B.Taylor b J.K.Lever 86 239-5d 246-4 1 293. Yorkshire v Hampshire, Southampton, September (9), 11, 12 (Match drawn) b J.M.Rice 105 255-3d 147 1 224-3 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Test matches 2 4 0 72 47 18.00 - - - Championship 10 17 5 1156 204* 96.33 6 4 5 Other matches 1 1 0 2 2 2.00 - - - Season 13 22 5 1230 204* 72.35 6 4 5 Career 293 481 66 22416 260* 54.01 68 113 120 1973 Boycott started the season with an unbeaten 141 against Cambridge University and dominated an opening partnership of 233 with Lumb. He batted splendidly in his first two Championship innings against Warwickshire and Hampshire for scores of 86 and 73 and once again made a hundred against Lancashire. His second Championship hundred of the season, 129 against Nottinghamshire, included a tenth wicket partnership of 118 with Mike Bore. On three occasions during the season he was dismissed in the nineties, twice against the West Indians and once against the New Zealanders. He enjoyed successful Test Match series against both New Zealand and the West Indies. He headed the batting averages against New Zealand with 320 runs at an average of 64.00. His 115 in the third Test Match helped England to an innings victory and completed his set of hundreds against every Test playing country. He averaged over 50 against the West Indies, his best effort being 97 in the first Test Match, at Lord’s. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 294. Yorkshire v Cambridge University, Fenner’s, April 28, (30), May 1 (Match drawn) not out 141 247-1d 122 did not bat - 132-3d 15-1 295. Yorkshire v Warwickshire, Edgbaston, May 2, (3), 4 (Match drawn) c M.J.K.Smith b D.J.Brown 86 245-9d 302 296. Yorkshire v Hampshire, Headingley, May 16, 17, 18 (Hampshire won by seven wickets) c G.R.Stephenson b M.N.S.Taylor 73 168 341 b T.J.Mottram 30 259 87-3 30