Famous Cricketers No 69 - G. Boycott

337. Yorkshire v Lancashire, Old Trafford, August 3, 5, 6 (Match drawn) c D.Lloyd b K.Shuttleworth 60 263-6 216-9 c J.Simmons b P.Lever 17 170-9d 169-5 338. Yorkshire v Essex, Leyton, August 7, 8, 9 (Essex won by an innings and 19 runs) c R.E.East b K.D.Boyce 68 131 313 c and b R.E.East 25 163 339. Yorkshire v Sussex, Headingley, August 10, 12, 13 (Match drawn) c A.W.Mansell b C.P.Phillipson 117 253-3 150-8d not out 49 122-2d 74-5 340. Yorkshire v Derbyshire, Chesterfield, August 17, 19, 20 (Yorkshire won by 124 runs) c L.G.Rowe b S.Venkataraghavan 69 254-8 199 c and b G.Miller 66 211 142 341. Yorkshire v Kent, Scarborough, August 21, 22, 23 (Match drawn) c A.G.E.Ealham b R.A.Woolmer 31 257-7 279-8 c D.Nicholls b R.A.Woolmer 24 158-3 238-5d 342. Yorkshire v Surrey, Bradford, August 24, 26, 27 (Yorkshire won by an innings and 2 runs) not out 142 343-5d 204 137 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Test matches 1 2 0 16 10 8.00 - - 1 Championship 15 26 5 1220 149* 58.09 3 7 4 Other Yorkshire matches 3 4 0 258 140 64.50 1 1 2 Other matches 2 4 1 289 160* 96.33 2 - - Season 21 36 6 1783 160* 59.43 6 8 7 Career 342 563 81 26686 261* 55.36 82 134 136 1975 For the first time in over a decade Boycott was available for all Yorkshire’s Championship matches and he once again headed their batting averages with 1891 runs at an average of 72.73. Yorkshire enjoyed their most successful season under Boycott’s captaincy, finishing in second place in the County Championship. His first hundred of the season was 152 not out against Worcestershire and it completed the set of hundreds against all the other sixteen counties. He scored six Championship hundreds, the highest being an unbeaten 201 against Middlesex and he made up for his first innings duck by scoring yet another hundred against Lancashire in the second innings. His opening partnership with Richard Lumb continued to prosper. On seven occasions they added over a hundred, with a best effort of 228 against Gloucestershire. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 343. Yorkshire v Surrey, Headingley, April 30, May (1), 2 (Match drawn) b A.R.Butcher 23 288-7 203-7 1 not out 24 31-0 344. Yorkshire v Kent, Dartford, May 6, 7, 8 (Match drawn) c G.W.Johnson b D.L.Underwood 50 181 168 c M.C.Cowdrey b B.D.Julien 4 132 55-6 345. Yorkshire v Worcestershire, Worcester, May 14, 15, 16 (Match drawn) not out 152 278-8 177-6d c J.A.Ormrod b E.J.O.Hemsley 47 171-3d 40-0 346. Yorkshire v Lancashire, Old Trafford, May 24, 26, 27 (Match drawn) b K.Shuttleworth 19 157 199 c F.M.Engineer b P.G.Lee 92 285-7d 103-3 34