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

not help. The Kent Committee remained happy with his leadership. “He led the team with a great deal of skill and had the happy knack of gaining the side’s confidence”. Kent rose in the Championship from 14th to 8th. Wisden was not quite so sure. “His caution at times did not help his side press home promising positions”. In Tests he made three fifties in just four innings against a very weak New Zealand side, a side so weak that for selectorial reasons Cowdrey was dropped for one Test. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 213. Kent v Cambridge University, Fenner’s, May 7, 8, 9 (Kent won by nine wickets) * c H.C.Blofeld b E.R.Dexter 54 162 180 did not bat - 115-1 96 1 214. Kent v Somerset, Dartford, May 10, 12 (Kent won by 77 runs) * c H.W.Stephenson b K.D.Biddulph 19 140 91 1 b K.D.Biddulph 6 187 159 215. Kent v Essex, Gravesend, May 17, 19, 20 (Match drawn) * c T.C.Dodds b K.C.Preston 43 297 - - - - 128 1 b K.C.Preston 64 134-7 2 0 13 1 W.T.Greensmith lbw 323-8d 1 216. Kent v Lancashire, Gravesend, May 21, 22, 23 (Kent won by 258 runs) * c M.J.Hilton b R.Tattersall 57 254 80 c G.Pullar b R.Tattersall 60 201-5d 117 217. Kent v Hampshire, Southampton, May 24, 26, 27 (Hampshire won by five wickets) * c H.Horton b D.Shackleton 52 279-8d - - - - 131 3 c A.C.D.Ingleby-Mackenzie b V.H.D.Cannings 12 156-5d 0.1 0 4 0 307-5 1 218. Kent v Glamorgan, Swansea, May 28, 29, 30 (Glamorgan won by 40 runs) * c L.N.Devereux b A.J.Watkins 24 145-9d 205 1 c W.E.Jones b W.Wooller 11 141 121-5d 1 219. Kent v Gloucestershire, Bristol, May 31, June 2, (3) (Match drawn) * c B.J.Meyer b G.G.M.Wiltshire 76 285 91-4 220. ENGLAND v NEW ZEALAND, Edgbaston, June 5, 6, 7, 9 (England won by 205 runs) b A.R.MacGibbon 81 221 94 c J.R.Reid b J.A.Hayes 70 215-6d 137 1 221. Kent v Gloucestershire, Tunbridge Wells, June 11, (12), 13 (Match drawn) * not out 116 269-8d 269 222. Kent v Nottinghamshire, Blackheath, June 14, 16, 17 (Match drawn) * c R.T.Simpson b K.Smales 139 438-6d 148 166-5 223. ENGLAND v NEW ZEALAND, Lord’s, June 19, 20, 21 (England won by an innings and 148 runs) b J.A.Hayes 65 269 47 1 74 1 224. Kent v Middlesex, Lord’s, June 25, 26 (Kent won by an innings and 26 runs) * c J.D.B.Robertson b F.J.Titmus 34 284 171 87 225. ENGLAND v NEW ZEALAND, Headingley, July (3), (4), 5, 7, 8 (England won by an innings and 71 runs) did not bat - 267-2d 67 2 129 1 226. Kent v Nottinghamshire, Trent Bridge, July 9, 10, 11 (Kent won by nine wickets) * not out 117 343-6d 342-9d 1 did not bat - 137-1 137 227. Kent v Surrey, Blackheath, July 12, 14, 15 (Kent won by 29 runs) * c M.J.Stewart b G.A.R.Lock 6 291 211 1 c P.B.H.May b G.A.R.Lock 5 171 222 228. Gentlemen v Players, Lord’s, July (16), 17, 18 (Match drawn) b F.S.Trueman 1 219-8d 316-5d 1 not out 14 82-3 70-0d 229. Kent v Northamptonshire, Northampton, July 19, 21 (Northamptonshire won by an innings and 156 runs) * c D.Brookes b F.H.Tyson 8 78 318-9d 3 c R.Subba Row b A.Lightfoot 5 84 28