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

Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 418. Commonwealth XI v Bengal Chief Minister’s XI, Calcutta, December 2, 3, 5, 6 (Commonwealth XI won by one wicket) b R.B.Desai 66 355 - - - - 339 b M.L.Jaisimha 12 427-9 1 0 6 0 439 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Other Matches 1 2 0 68 66 34.00 - 1 - Career 418 701 64 27583 307 43.30 70 148 365 Bowling O M R W BB Ave Other Matches (6-ball) 1 0 6 0 - - Career (6-ball) 663.2 85 } 2753 53 4-22 51.94 (8-ball) 13.3 0 1964/65 – Cavaliers in West Indies Then later he was one of fifteen (nine Test) players led by Trevor Bailey who toured the West Indies playing seven matches, four of which were first-class. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 419. Cavaliers v Jamaica, Montego Bay, February 4, 5, 6 (Match drawn) not out 77 250-4d 214 not out 0 122-3 249-4d 420. Cavaliers v Jamaica XI, Sabina Park, Kingston, February 13, 15, 16, 17 (Jamaica XI won by 209 runs) lbw b L.A.King 4 189 332 c J.L.Hendriks b W.W.Hall 4 176 242-6d 421. Cavaliers v Barbados, Bridgetown, February 20, 22, 23 (Match drawn) c S.M.Nurse b G.St.A.Sobers 19 152 333-4d c R.M.Edwards b C.C.Griffith 95 326-4d 222-4 422. Cavaliers v Barbados, Bridgetown, February 25, 26, 27 (Match drawn) b D.Carter 14 264-5d 270-3d 1 run out 9 266-9d 241-7 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Other Matches 4 8 2 222 95 37.00 - 2 1 Career 422 709 66 27815 307 43.25 70 150 366 1965 This was the best season of Cowdrey’s career. He scored over two thousand runs and topped the national averages for the only time averaging 63 in a year when only three players reached over 50 and eight over 40. Kent too advanced under his leadership to 5th in the table. 196 not out at Trent Bridge in an early game and a succession of good scores including two fifties at Lord’s against the New Zealanders meant his omission from the Test side, which followed his exclusion from the South African tour, had to be amended. Test hundreds against both tourists, New Zealand and South Africa, confirmed that decision, while for Kent a further rich stream of runs in August continued a golden season. The one downside was that with M.J.K.Smith firmly in control of the England captaincy, Cowdrey faced the prospect of a third tour to Australia as the number two to yet another leader. 45