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

612. Kent v Essex, Maidstone, July (8), 10, 11 (Match drawn) c and b J.K.Lever 34 275-6d 1 0 6 0 352-8 613. Kent v Northamptonshire, Dover, July 12, 13, 14 (Kent won by five wickets) c P.J.Watts b R.M.H.Cottam 107 295 185 2 not out 0 195-5 304-4d 614. Kent v Hampshire, Southampton, July 15, 17, 18 (Match drawn) c G.R.Stephenson b T.E.Jesty 75 291 267-7d c G.R.Stephenson b P.J.Sainsbury 4 174 106-4 2 615. Kent v Warwickshire, Dartford, July 26, 27, 28 (Warwickshire won by four wickets) c D.L.Amiss b L.R.Gibbs 8 311 372-5d c J.Whitehouse b L.R.Gibbs 28 272 214-6 616. Kent v Middlesex, Lord’s, July 29, 31, August 1 (Match drawn) not out 51 310-8d 294 2 166-7 1 617. Kent v Glamorgan, Canterbury, August 5, 7, 8 (Kent won by seven wickets) b R.C.Davis 63 302-7d 318-4d not out 2 181-3 164 618. Kent v Sussex, Canterbury, August 9, 10, 11 (Kent won by nine wickets) c U.C.Joshi b M.A.Buss 9 372-5d 243 did not bat - 65-1 193 1 619. Kent v Worcestershire, Worcester, August 12, 14, 15 (Kent won by three wickets) not out 57 346-5d 347-8d 1 c G.M.Turner b K.W.Wilkinson 11 146-7 141 620. Kent v Australians, Canterbury, August 19, 21, 22 (Australians won by nine wickets) c G.S.Chappell b D.J.Colley 17 139 330-4d c K.D.Walters b G.S.Chappell 64 278 90-1 621. Kent v Hampshire, Folkestone, August 23, 24, 25 (Kent won by five wickets) c G.R.Stephenson b R.S.Herman 0 179 317 c B.A.Richards b P.J.Sainsbury 12 338-5 198-8d 622. Kent v Somerset, Glastonbury, August 26, 28, 29 (Match drawn) not out 12 351-5d - - - - 345-6d not out 101 234-5d 1 0 5 0 154-7 623. Kent v Yorkshire, Bradford, August 30, 31 (Kent won by an innings and 81 runs) c J.H.Hampshire b C.M.Old 43 362 98 183 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct County Championship 18 31 8 999 107 43.43 2 7 12 Other Kent Matches 1 2 0 81 64 40.50 - 1 - Season 19 33 8 1080 107 43.20 2 8 12 Career 623 1020 115 39306 307 43.43 98 214 574 Bowling O M R W BB Ave County Championship (6-ball) 3 0 18 0 - - Career (6-ball) 696.1 87 } 3047 57 4-22 53.45 (8-ball) 38.3 0 1973 Often batting well down the order, even as low as number 7, Cowdrey’s highlight of the season was achieving his hundredth first-class hundred. Strangely it was at Mote Park, Maidstone where he had failed to reach three figures until his 99th hundred in the innings before. He was still not absolutely 62