Famous Cricketers No 72 - Lord Cowdrey of Tonbridge, C.B.E.

17. Kent v Nottinghamshire, Trent Bridge, August 1, 2, 3 (Match drawn) run out 46 462-9d 14 1 50 0 589 1 did not bat - 31-0 18. Kent v Hampshire, Canterbury, August 4, 6, 7 (Match drawn) lbw b V.H.D.Cannings 90 263 122-5 19. Kent v Middlesex, Canterbury, August 8, 9, 10 (Middlesex won by 117 runs) c L.H.Compton b J.A.Young 31 190 1 1 0 0 208-5d c and b D.C.S.Compton 25 144 3 0 13 0 243-8d 20. Kent v Middlesex, Lord’s, August 15, 16 (Middlesex won by ten wickets) c W.J.Edrich b H.P.H.Sharp 43 147 272 c L.H.Compton b D.Bennett 1 126 2-0 21. Kent v Gloucestershire, Dover, August 22, 23, 24 (Kent won by five wickets) c J.F.Crapp b C.J.Scott 30 271 187 lbw b C.J.Scott 3 135-5 218 22. Kent v Leicestershire, Leicester, August 25, 27, 28 (Leicestershire won by seven wickets) c C.H.Palmer b C.R.D.Wooler 10 158 235 1 c C.H.Palmer b V.S.Munden 87 244 168-3 23. Kent v South Africans, Canterbury, August 29, 30, 31 (Match drawn) st W.R.Endean b C.B.van Ryneveld 71 163 1 0 5 0 201-4 24. Gentlemen v Players, Scarborough, September 5, 6, 7 (Match drawn) st G.O.Dawkes b L.Hutton 106 318 4 0 30 0 371 b K.C.Preston 10 191 - - - - 128-9 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Gentlemen 1 2 0 116 106 58.00 1 - - County Championship 17 31 0 820 90 26.45 - 5 11 Other Kent Matches 1 1 0 71 71 71.00 - 1 - Other Matches 1 2 0 182 143 91.00 1 - - Season 20 36 0 1189 143 33.02 2 6 11 Career 24 43 0 1293 143 30.06 2 6 13 Bowling O M R W BB Ave Gentlemen 4 0 30 0 - - County Championship 63.1 6 236 7 4-22 33.71 Other Kent Matches 1 0 5 0 - - Other Matches 34.2 6 120 2 1-41 60.00 Season (6-ball) 102.3 12 391 9 4-22 43.44 Career (6-ball) 118.3 13 448 10 4-22 44.80 1952 At Oxford, where he headed the University averages, Cowdrey quickly established himself as the outstanding player in the team. However overall he perhaps did not quite live up to the promise of 1951. This was in no small part due to the fact that in both Oxford and Kent he played for two weak sides. For Kent, he scored only two fifties in 15 innings before playing two fine innings at Canterbury late season – a maiden century for Kent against the Indians, and an 85 against Yorkshire. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 25. Oxford University v Gloucestershire, The Parks, May 3, (5), (6) (Match drawn) b C.Cook 15 52-7 26. Oxford University v Yorkshire, The Parks, May 7, (8), 9 (Match drawn) c E.Leadbeater b D.B.Close 0 131 17 4 60 0 409-8 1 27. Oxford University v Lancashire, The Parks, May 14, 15, 16 (Lancashire won by nine wickets) c K.J.Grieves b M.J.Hilton 20 174 5 2 14 0 364 1 c and b J.G.Lomax 80 206 - - - - 17-1 12