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

641. Kent v Essex, Leyton, August 11, 13, 14 (Kent won by 26 runs) c R.E.East b S.Turner 2 81 199 b D.L.Acfield 30 311 167 2 642. Kent v Worcestershire, Dartford, August 18, 20, 21 (Match drawn) c T.J.Yardley b N.Gifford 5 325 463 lbw b N.Gifford 26 159-7 643. Kent v Lancashire, Folkestone, August 25, 27, 28 (Lancashire won by four wickets) c B.Wood b P.G.Lee 50 325-8d 326-9d 1 b J.Sullivan 47 228-9d 228-6 644. Kent v Hampshire, Southampton, September 8, 10, 11 (Match drawn) lbw b M.N.S.Taylor 10 322 471-8d 1 c R.M.C.Gilliat b D.R.O’Sullivan 34 235 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct County Championship 17 26 7 948 123* 49.89 2 6 16 Other Kent Matches 4 7 1 235 96 39.16 - 2 3 Season 21 33 8 1183 123* 47.32 2 8 19 Career 644 1053 123 40489 307 43.53 100 222 593 Bowling O M R W BB Ave County Championship 18 4 65 1 1-17 65.00 Other Kent Matches 1 0 6 0 - - Season (6-ball) 19 4 71 1 1-17 71.00 Career (6-ball) 715.1 91 } 3118 58 4-22 53.75 (8-ball) 38.3 0 1973/74 – World XI in Pakistan Cowdrey went to Pakistan to appear in one of the two matches played to raise funds for flood relief victims. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 645. World XI v Pakistan XI, Gaddafi (Lahore) Stadium, Lahore, November 9, 10, 11, 12 (Pakistan XI won by 161 runs) b Intikhab Alam 88 339 3 0 32 0 385-5d 1 not out 14 203 4 0 34 2 Asif Iqbal c V.A.Holder 318-6d Intikhab Alam c sub SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Other Matches 1 2 1 102 88 102.00 - 1 1 Career 645 1055 124 40591 307 43.59 100 223 594 Bowling O M R W BB Ave Other Matches (8-ball) 7 0 66 2 2-34 33.00 Career (6-ball) 715.1 91 } 3184 60 4-22 53.06 (8-ball) 45.3 0 1974 Cowdrey enjoyed an Indian summer of a season scoring five first-class hundreds plus one in the Gillette Cup, finishing top of the Kent batting averages. He began the season still batting down the order and disastrously being hit on the head by Andy Roberts on a spiteful pitch at Basingstoke. A 64