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

131. Kent v Gloucestershire, Canterbury, August 3, 4, 5 (Match drawn) b F.P.McHugh 5 360-9d - - - - 144 1 2 1 4 0 308-4d 132. Kent v Nottinghamshire, Trent Bridge, August 6, 8, 9 (Nottinghamshire won by 278 runs) b C.S.Matthews 11 133 183 2 c B.Dooland b G.Goonesena 2 111 339-6d 133. Kent v Essex, Clacton-on-Sea, August 10, 11, 12 (Essex won by ten wickets) c C.C.P.Williams b K.C.Preston 4 139 376-8d 1 b L.H.R.Ralph 45 317 81-0 134. Kent v Middlesex, Folkestone, August 31, September 1, 2 (Kent won by nine wickets) not out 34 266-5d 157 did not bat - 103-1 211 135. An England XI v Commonwealth XI, Hastings, September 3, 5, 6 (An England XI won by 56 runs) c A.P.Arnold b F.M.M.Worrell 24 329 4 0 26 0 272 c and b J.Pettiford 71 255-7d - - - - 256 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Test Matches 1 2 0 51 50 25.50 - 1 - Gentlemen 1 2 1 0 0* 0.00 - - - County Championship 9 16 3 737 139 56.69 3 2 6 Other Matches 3 5 0 250 101 50.00 1 1 - Season 14 25 4 1038 139 49.42 4 4 6 Career 135 241 17 8235 154 36.76 16 50 71 Bowling O M R W BB Ave County Championship 4 1 13 0 - - Other Matches 18 1 104 3 3-64 34.66 Season (6-ball) 22 2 117 3 3-64 39.00 Career (6-ball) 582.2 80 } 2287 40 4-22 57.17 (8-ball) 7 0 1955/56 – E.W.Swanton’s Team in West Indies Cowdrey captained a team of test and county players managed by E.W.Swanton to the West Indies, a tour motivated to overcome the legacy of the problems of the M.C.C. tour two years before. It provided Cowdrey with his first experience of the Caribbean, where he always performed so well. He proved an excellent captain and, no doubt prompted by the selectors, scored consistently opening the innings. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 136. E.W.Swanton’s XI v Barbados, Bridgetown, March 15, 16, 17, 19 (Barbados won by an innings and 12 runs) * c A.E.E.Hassell b N.E.Marshall 50 262 522-8d 1 b A.H.Holder 26 248 137. E.W.Swanton’s XI v Barbados, Bridgetown, March 21, 22, 23, 24 (Match drawn) * c A.H.Holder b N.E.Marshall 32 488 288 b N.E.Marshall 39 95-4 328-7d 1 138. E.W.Swanton’s XI v Trinidad, Port of Spain, March 31, April 2, 3 (E.W.Swanton’s XI won by 24 runs) * c S.Oliver b L.S.Butler 0 259 94 lbw b W.Ferguson 31 152 293 139. E.W.Swanton’s XI v West Indies XI, Port of Spain, April 6, 7, 9, 10, 11 (West Indies XI won by eight wickets) * b G.St.A.Sobers 45 277 - - - - 392 3 b S.Ramadhin 48 221 3 1 6 0 107-2 21