Famous Cricketers No 69 - G. Boycott

Nottinghamshire and an unbeaten 122 against Derbyshire. By the end of the season Boycott had scored 124 first-class hundreds passing both TomGraveney with 122 and Denis Compton with 123. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 484. Yorkshire v Oxford University, The Parks, May 2, 4, 5 (Match drawn) c R.G.P.Ellis b I.J.Curtis 51 278-6d 120 1 123-6 1 485. Yorkshire v Warwickshire, Edgbaston, May 6, 7, 8 (Match drawn) c D.L.Amiss b C.Lethbridge 24 396 5 2 11 0 260 not out 51 112-1 486. Yorkshire v Middlesex, Headingley, May 13, 14, 15 (Middlesex won by 81 runs) c J.E.Emburey b M.W.W.Selvey 22 207 4 2 6 0 329-4d 1 lbw b W.W.Daniel 29 183 2 1 1 0 142-9d 487. Yorkshire v Lancashire, Old Trafford, May 23, 25, 26 (Match drawn) c C.J.Scott b P.J.W.Allott 35 348-9d 310-8d 488. Yorkshire v Kent, Dartford, May 27, 28, 29 (Match drawn) c A.P.E.Knott b K.B.S.Jarvis 5 164-5d 200-6d b G.W.Johnson 33 112-5 191-6d 489. Yorkshire v Nottinghamshire, Bradford, June 13, 15, 16 (Match drawn) c P.A.Todd b C.E.B.Rice 18 78 322-8d c R.J.Hadlee b M.K.Bore 124 355-7 490. ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA, Trent Bridge, June 18, 19, 20, 21 (Australia won by four wickets) c A.R.Border b T.M.Alderman 27 185 179 2 c R.W.Marsh b T.M.Alderman 4 125 132-6 491. Yorkshire v Worcestershire, Worcester, June 27, 29, 30 (Worcestershire won by three wickets) b A.P.Pridgeon 8 319-7d 303-3d c D.J.Humphries b A.P.Pridgeon 3 251 271-7 492. ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA, Lord’s, July 2, 3, 4, 6, 7 (Match drawn) c T.M.Alderman b G.F.Lawson 17 311 345 c R.W.Marsh b D.K.Lillee 60 265-8d 90-4 493. ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA, Headingley, July 16, 17, 18, 20, 21 (England won by 18 runs) b G.F.Lawson 12 174 3 2 2 0 401-9d lbw b T.M.Alderman 46 356 - - - - 111 494. Yorkshire v Sri Lanka, Bramall Lane, July 22, (23), (24) (Match drawn) b D.S.de Silva 43 275-5d 495. ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA, Edgbaston, July 30, 31, August 1, 2 (England won by 29 runs) c R.W.Marsh b T.M.Alderman 13 189 258 c R.W.Marsh b R.J.Bright 29 219 121 496. Yorkshire v Hampshire, Middlesbrough, August (8), 10, 11 (Match drawn) c C.G.Greenidge b K.Stevenson 10 205-6d 150-0d run out 39 208-3d 130-7 1 497. ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA, Old Trafford, August 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 (England won by 103 runs) c R.W.Marsh b T.M.Alderman 10 231 130 lbw b T.M.Alderman 37 404 402 498. Yorkshire v Derbyshire, Chesterfield, August 22, 24, 25 (Yorkshire won by six wickets) not out 122 252-4d 400-8d did not bat - 300-4 151-3d 499. ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA, Kennington Oval, August 27, 28, 29, 31, September 1 (Match drawn) c G.N.Yallop b D.K.Lillee 137 314 352 lbw b D.K.Lillee 0 261-7 344-9d 48