Famous Cricketers No 69 - G. Boycott

1984 Once again Boycott scored heavily in the Championship with 1,567 runs at an average of 62.68 and headed Yorkshire’s batting averages. No other Yorkshire batsman managed to average forty. At the end of the season, approaching his 44 th birthday, he was offered a one year contract despite the fact that, as a committee representative for Wakefield, this dual role inevitably caused some friction. The first of his four Championship hundreds was an unbeaten 104 against Kent, during which he shared a partnership of 185 with Sharp. He made unbeaten scores of 153 against Derbyshire, 126 against Gloucestershire and 101 against Glamorgan. During his innings against Gloucestershire he became the ninth player to pass 45,000 runs in first-class cricket. Later in the season he made 55 not out against Warwickshire “carrying his bat” for Yorkshire for the seventh time. During his final innings of the season, an unbeaten 50 against Sussex, he passed 30,000 runs for Yorkshire. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 556. Yorkshire v Somerset, Taunton, April 28, 29, 30 (Yorkshire won by three wickets) c M.R.Davis b I.T.Botham 6 242 298-5d c C.H.Dredge b V.J.Marks 60 309-7 249-5d 557. Yorkshire v Nottinghamshire, Headingley, May 9, 10, 11 (Yorkshire won by 6 runs) run out 73 301-5d 36-3d 1 not out 16 35-1d 294 2 558. Yorkshire v Sussex, Bramall Lane, May 30, 31, June (1) (Match drawn) lbw b G.S.le Roux 38 342-8d 267-4d not out 42 80-1 559. Yorkshire v Somerset, Middlesbrough, June 2, 4, (5) (Match drawn) c M.D.Crowe b M.R.Davis 12 309 141-6 560. Yorkshire v Kent, Tunbridge Wells, June 9, 11, 12 (Match drawn) b D.L.Underwood 59 297 277 2 not out 104 234-5d 121-7 1 561. Yorkshire v Hampshire, Basingstoke, June 13, 14, 15 (Match drawn) c V.P.Terry b C.A.Connor 53 401 230 did not bat - 83-5 255 562. Yorkshire v Derbyshire, Harrogate, June 16, 18, 19 (Match drawn) not out 153 352-4d 439 b B.Roberts 48 204-6 175-7d 563. Yorkshire v Northamptonshire, Northampton, June 23, 25, 26 (Yorkshire won by an innings and 34 runs) c G.Sharp b N.A.Mallender 8 329 135 1 160 564. Yorkshire v Nottinghamshire, Trent Bridge, June 27, 28, 29 (Match drawn) c E.E.Hemmings b K.E.Cooper 33 341 3 0 4 0 390-5d c J.D.Birch b E.E.Hemmings25 122-3 4 0 11 0 259-5d 565. Yorkshire v Essex, Headingley, June 30, July 2, 3 (Essex won by an innings and 153 runs) c K.S.McEwan b D.L.Acfield 36 183 524-7d c K.W.R.Fletcher b J.K.Lever 19 188 566. Yorkshire v Gloucestershire, Bradford, July, 7, 9, 10 (Yorkshire won by eight wickets) lbw b D.V.Lawrence 4 328-3d 381-5d not out 126 281-2 226-5d 567. Yorkshire v Glamorgan, Sophia Gardens, Cardiff, July 11, 12, 13 (Match drawn) lbw b J.G.Thomas 10 415-9d 3 0 9 0 357-9d 1 not out 101 262-4d - - - - 92-0 568. Yorkshire v Middlesex, Lord’s, July (14), 16, 17 (Middlesex won by nine wickets) c N.F.Williams b N.G.Cowans 29 121 303-8d c C.P.Metson b N.G.Cowans 40 203 22-1 569. Yorkshire v Worcestershire, Scarborough, July 25, 26, 27 (Match drawn) c Kapil Dev b J.D.Inchmore 6 188 402 did not bat - 221-3 54