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

st D.T.Lindsay b A.H.McKinnon 20 224 289 1 442. Kent v Northamptonshire, Northampton, August 11, 12, 13 (Northamptonshire won by 152 runs) * c P.D.Watts b H.Sully 14 163 224 3 c R.M.Prideaux b H.Sully 33 135 226-5d 1 443. Kent v Warwickshire, Edgbaston, August 14, 16, 17 (Kent won by 16 runs) * not out 152 326-6d 302 3 not out 44 176-7d 184 444. Kent v Gloucestershire, Dover, August 18, 19, 20 (Kent won by 166 runs) * not out 99 202 81 2 c J.B.Mortimore b A.S.Brown 56 201-5d 156 1 445. Kent v Nottinghamshire, Dover, August (21), 23, 24 (Match drawn) * c N.W.Hill b M.N.S.Taylor 18 76 143 1 not out 24 206-4 446. ENGLAND v SOUTH AFRICA, Kennington Oval, August 26, 27, 28, 30, 31 (Match drawn) c E.J.Barlow b P.M.Pollock 58 202 208 1 not out 78 308-4 392 447. Kent v Leicestershire, Grace Road, Leicester, September 1, 2, (3) (Match drawn) * c J.Birkenshaw b P.T.Marner 24 216 113 2 95-1 448. T.N.Pearce’s XI v South Africans, Scarborough, September 4, 6 (T.N.Pearce’s XI won by eight wickets) c sub b A.H.McKinnon 18 241 207 1 not out 39 191-2 224 449. An England XI v Rest of the World, Scarborough, September 8, 9, 10 (Match drawn) did not bat - 160-2d 215 1 153-4d 2 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Test Matches 6 10 2 548 119 68.50 2 3 7 County Championship 15 24 5 1230 196* 64.73 3 7 27 Other Kent Matches 2 4 1 81 44 27.00 - - - Other Matches 4 5 2 234 77 78.00 - 2 4 Season 27 43 10 2093 196* 63.42 5 12 38 Career 449 752 76 29908 307 44.24 75 162 404 Bowling O M R W BB Ave County Championship (6-ball) 0.5 0 12 0 - - Career (6-ball) 664.1 85 } 2765 53 4-22 52.16 (8-ball) 13.3 0 1965/66 – M.C.C. in Australia and New Zealand Again Cowdrey scored over a thousand runs on an Australian tour and again played a fine innings at Melbourne. His 104 there in just over three hours was one of the most fluent innings he ever played. Overall his average of 53.40 was Cowdrey’s best ever for a series against Australia, although he did miss the Brisbane Test through illness. Wisden was not so sure on his performance – “he was his usual contradictory self, but again not accomplishing all that his talents promise”. He scored consistently in New Zealand. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 450. M.C.C. v Western Australia, Perth, October 29, 30, November 1, 2 (M.C.C. won by 9 runs) c G.A.R.Lock b G.D.McKenzie 19 447-5d 303-9d 1 c M.T.Vernon b T.J.Jenner 1 156-5d 291 47