Famous Cricketers No 69 - G. Boycott

415. Yorkshire v New Zealanders, Headingley, July 22, 24, 25 (Match drawn) not out 103 281-5d 263-4d did not bat - 75-2 249-9d 1 416. Yorkshire v Glamorgan, Bramall Lane, July (26), 27, 28 (Yorkshire won by an innings and 99 runs) c J.A.Hopkins b B.J.Lloyd 118 318-6 122 1 97 417. Yorkshire v Derbyshire, Chesterfield, July 29, 31, August (1) (Match drawn) b M.Hendrick 33 183-4 261-9 418. Yorkshire v Hampshire, Southampton, August 5, 7, 8 (Match drawn) c G.R.Stephenson b J.M.Rice 29 253-8d 269 c J.M.Rice b T.M.Tremlett 20 98-7 115 419. ENGLAND v NEW ZEALAND, Trent Bridge, August 10, 11, 12, 14 (England won by an innings and 119 runs) c and b R.J.Hadlee 131 429 120 190 420. Yorkshire v Nottinghamshire, Scarborough, August 19, 21, 22 (Yorkshire won by eight wickets) run out 129 325-8 294-2 b R.A.White 33 147-2 176 421. ENGLAND v NEW ZEALAND, Lord’s, August 24, 25, 26, 28 (England won by seven wickets) c R.J.Hadlee b B.P.Bracewell 24 289 339 b R.J.Hadlee 4 118-3 67 422. Yorkshire v Gloucestershire, Scarborough, September 6, 7, 8 (Yorkshire won by two wickets) st A.J.Brassington b D.A.Graveney 23 162-8 161 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Test matches 2 3 0 159 131 53.00 1 - - Championship 12 19 0 968 129 50.94 4 3 2 Other Yorkshire matches 2 3 1 106 103 53.00 1 - 1 Season 16 25 1 1233 131 51.37 6 3 3 Career 422 696 103 33690 261* 56.81 109 159 172 Bowling O M R W BB Ave Other Yorkshire matches 12 6 13 0 - - Season (6-ball) 12 6 13 0 - - Career (6-ball) 313.1 105 } 1011 23 3-47 43.95 (8-ball) 53.4 6 1978/79 - England in Australia This tour, under Mike Brearley’s captaincy, remains England’s most successful visit to Australia, with five Test matches won and one lost. By way of contrast it was also Boycott’s poorest overseas tour. Perhaps distracted by events back in Yorkshire and the death of his mother, Boycott failed to make a single three figure score in twenty three first-class innings. His batting average of 26.65 remained his lowest in four tours of Australia. In the six Test matches too, he failed to find any fluency and his scoring rate was sometimes alarmingly slow. In the fourth Test he was out lbw to his first ball from Hogg, his only first ball dismissal in Test cricket. A stubborn 77 in the second Test was his best effort and he shared a partnership of 158 with David Gower to help England recover from a difficult start. At the age of 38 it seemed quite possible that his Test match career was drawing to a close. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 423. England XI v South Australia, Adelaide, November 3, 4, 5, 6 (South Australia won by 32 runs) lbw b R.M.Hogg 62 232 311 lbw b R.M.Hogg 6 196 149 41