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

591. M.C.C. v Tasmania, Tasmania Cricket Association Ground, Hobart, December 23, 24, 26 (M.C.C. won by nine wickets) c and b B.C.Patterson 31 316-4d 6 0 27 1 K.Ibadulla c J.H.Edrich 164 c K.Ibadulla b B.C.Patterson 20 72-1 3 0 18 0 223 592. M.C.C. v Combined XI, Launceston, December 27, (28), (29) (Match drawn) c B.A.H.Palfreyman b K.Ibadulla 66 184-4 593. ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA, Melbourne, January 21, 22, 23, 25, 26 (Match drawn) c and b J.W.Gleeson 13 392 493-9d 1 did not bat - 161-0 169-4d 594. ENGLAND v NEW ZEALAND, Auckland, March 6, 7, 8, 9 (Match drawn) c B.E.Congdon b R.S.Cunis 54 321 313-7d b R.O.Collinge 45 237 40-0 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Test Matches 4 6 0 181 54 30.16 - 1 3 Other Matches 7 12 1 330 101 30.00 1 2 - Tour 11 18 1 511 101 30.05 1 3 3 Career 594 971 106 37571 307 43.43 95 201 550 Bowling O M R W BB Ave Test Matches 6 0 36 0 - - Other Matches 18 0 91 3 2-46 30.33 Season (8-ball) 24 0 127 3 2-46 42.33 Career (6-ball) 689.1 86 } 3020 57 4-22 52.98 (8-ball) 38.3 0 1971 Having equalled Lord Harris’s Kent record of 15 seasons as captain, Cowdrey indicated that this would be his last in charge. It was thus very unfortunate that a severe bout of pneumonia which led to his hospitalisation, ended that historic run in such anti-climax. Equally unfortunate was that the season had begun with a brilliant run of batting form that just when his England days seemed over, he justified his recall to the England team, although he was subsequently dropped to make way for Boycott. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 595. Kent v Yorkshire, Bradford, May 1, 3, 4 (Kent won by an innings and 92 runs) * c P.J.Sharpe b M.K.Bore 83 307 93 1 122 1 596. Kent v Leicestershire, Dartford, May 8, 10, 11 (Match drawn) * c P.R.Haywood b G.D.McKenzie 132 344-7d 348 1 not out 77 257-4d 239-8 1 597. Kent v Surrey, Canterbury, May 19, 20, 21 (Kent won by four wickets) * c A.Long b G.R.J.Roope 82 316-7d 292 c A.Long b C.E.Waller 11 208-6 230 598. Kent v Surrey, Kennington Oval, May 22, 24, (25) (Match drawn) * c A.Long b C.E.Waller 40 315 193 1 30-0 599. Kent v Worcestershire, Worcester, May 29, 31, June 1 (Match drawn) * c E.J.O.Hemsley b V.A.Holder 51 378-4d - - - - 301 1 did not bat - 173-4d 4 1 9 0 121-4 600. ENGLAND v PAKISTAN, Edgbaston, June 3, 4, 5, 7, 8 (Match drawn) b Asif Masood 16 353 608-7d 1 b Asif Masood 34 229-5 60