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

230. Kent v Worcestershire, Maidstone, July 23, 24, 25 (Match drawn) * c R.Booth b K.J.Aldridge 51 189 117 not out 0 18-2 329-7d 231. Kent v Yorkshire, Maidstone, July 26, 28 (Yorkshire won by eight wickets) * c J.G.Binks b J.H.Wardle 24 148 203 1 c J.V.Wilson b M.Ryan 0 78 27-2 232. Kent v Leicestershire, Grace Road, Leicester, July 30, 31, August 1 (Kent won by ten wickets) * c L.R.Gardner b C.H.Palmer 18 188 105 1 did not bat - 12-0 93 233. Kent v Hampshire, Canterbury, August 2, 4, 5 (Hampshire won by four wickets) * lbw b V.H.D.Cannings 1 172 378-7d 1 b D.W.White 19 285 82-6 234. Kent v Derbyshire, Canterbury, August 6, 7 (Kent won by an innings and 8 runs) * c D.C.Morgan b C.Gladwin 5 208 100 1 100 1 235. Kent v Essex, Clacton-on-Sea, August 13, 14, 15 (Essex won by 71 runs) * c B.Taylor b A.Hurd 0 106 176 2 c G.Barker b L.H.R.Ralph 14 144 145 1 236. Kent v Northamptonshire, Dover, August 16, 18, 19 (Kent won by 69 runs) * c J.S.Manning b M.H.J.Allen 0 204 56-2d did not bat - 41-1d 120 237. ENGLAND v NEW ZEALAND, Kennington Oval, August 21, 22, (23), (25), 26 (Match drawn) c W.R.Playle b J.R.Reid 25 219-9d 161 91-3 1 238. Kent v New Zealanders, Canterbury, August 27, 28, (29) (Match drawn) * c N.S.Harford b R.W.Blair 57 140 1 0 6 0 136 1 did not bat - 20-0 239. A.E.R.Gilligan’s XI v New Zealanders, Hastings, September 3, (4), 5 (Match drawn) c J.R.Reid b J.T.Sparling 34 301-6d 297 74-2 240. M.C.C. v Ireland, College Park, Dublin, September 6, 8, 9 (Match drawn) c G.W.Fawcett b S.S.J.Huey 42 105-5d 102 1 c W.R.Hunter b F.Fee 8 93-8d 82-9 2 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Test Matches 4 4 0 241 81 60.25 - 3 7 Gentlemen 1 2 1 15 14* 15.00 - - 1 County Championship 19 30 3 986 139 36.51 3 6 22 Other Kent Matches 2 2 0 111 57 55.50 - 2 2 Other Matches 2 3 0 84 42 28.00 - - 3 Season 28 41 4 1437 139 38.83 3 11 35 Career 240 405 32 14464 204* 38.77 29 91 193 Bowling O M R W BB Ave County Championship 2.1 0 17 1 1-13 17.00 Other Kent Matches 1 0 6 0 - - Season (6-ball) 3.1 0 23 1 1-13 23.00 Career (6-ball) 628.1 85 } 2505 49 4-22 51.12 (8-ball) 7 0 1958/59 – M.C.C. in Australia and New Zealand Cowdrey’s first tour of Australia as vice-captain was a disappointing one. The Ashes were well and surprisingly easily lost. It was a tour bedevilled by controversy – throwing and umpiring with Cowdrey particularly suffering from the latter. Cowdrey and May carried the batting in the Tests, Cowdrey topping the Test batting averages, despite scoring only one hundred and a fifty. At times it was dour stuff – his century at Sydney took six hours and was the slowest in Ashes history. Overall he 29