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

295. M.C.C. v British Guiana, Georgetown, March 2, 3, 4, 5 (Match drawn) * b E.Mohammed 139 494 375-6d 67-2 296. ENGLAND v WEST INDIES, Georgetown, March 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15 (Match drawn) * c F.C.M.Alexander b W.W.Hall 65 295 402-8d st F.C.M.Alexander b C.K.Singh 27 334-8 297. ENGLAND v WEST INDIES, Port of Spain, March 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 31 (Match drawn) * c F.C.M.Alexander b G.St.A.Sobers 119 393 - - - - 338-8d 1 c F.M.M.Worrell b W.W.Hall 0 350-7d 1 0 15 0 209-5 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Test Matches 5 10 1 491 119 54.55 2 2 1 Other Matches 6 8 1 523 173 74.71 3 - 3 Tour 11 18 2 1014 173 63.37 5 2 4 Career 297 498 43 18695 250 41.08 44 106 244 Bowling O M R W BB Ave Test Matches 2 0 19 0 - - Other Matches 1 0 17 0 - - Tour (6-ball) 3 0 36 0 - - Career (6-ball) 634.3 85 } 2601 50 4-22 52.02 (8-ball) 13.3 0 1960 An unhappy season, dogged by bad weather, slow scoring and the Griffin throwing controversy found Cowdrey in equally unhappy form. Wisden noted “he seemed tired and without zest for cricket”. John Arlott reflected that his performance was that of a “mediocre county player”. For Kent he scored only two hundreds and in his last 11 innings he made only 158 runs. The series against South Africa, which found him in continued occupation of the England captaincy with May still indisposed, was quickly and easily won. Only in the last innings of the series did he play an innings of anything like his true class – 155 in an opening partnership of 290 with Pullar. This after the visitors led by 264 on first innings. The doubts nevertheless remained over his ability as an opener, where he played all season for England, and yet again he had problems with Adcock. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 298. Kent v Lancashire, Dartford, May 7, 9 (Kent won by an innings and 30 runs) * b T.Greenhough 24 238 71 137 299. Kent v Essex, Ilford, May 11, 12, (13) (Match drawn) * c L.H.R.Ralph b B.R.Knight 2 260-8 303-9d 1 300. Kent v Worcestershire, Worcester, May 18, 19 (Kent won by an innings and 92 runs) * lbw b J.A.Standen 23 339 136 111 301. M.C.C. v South Africans, Lord’s, May 21, 23, 24 (Match drawn) * c H.J.Tayfield b T.L.Goddard 37 208 149 c T.L.Goddard b H.J.Tayfield 38 137-9d 126-7 302. Kent v Yorkshire, Gravesend, May 25, 26 (Yorkshire won by an innings and 114 runs) * c and b R.Illingworth 16 194 436-9d 1 c and b A.G.Hatton 18 128 34