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

Leicester (Grace Road) 1.2 0 7 0 - - Lord’s 38 7 155 1 1-3 155.00 Loughborough (Brush Road) 1 0 4 0 - - Maidstone 18 2 111 1 1-5 111.00 Northampton 1 0 6 0 - - Old Trafford 1 0 4 0 - - The Parks 265.1 52 926 15 4-30 61.73 Scarborough 47 3 227 5 1-29 45.40 Southampton 14.1 0 82 1 1-43 82.00 Swansea 5 0 16 0 - - Trent Bridge 15 2 71 0 - - Tunbridge Wells 17.2 2 82 2 1-17 41.00 Worcester 20 1 70 3 2-34 23.33 Worthing 8 0 41 0 - - Australia Adelaide 8-ball 5.3 0 36 2 2-27 18.00 Brisbane 8-ball 3 0 18 0 - - Hobart 8-ball 10 0 52 1 1-27 52.00 Launceston 8-ball 7 0 42 2 1-17 21.00 Melbourne 8-ball 2 0 16 0 - - Perth 8-ball 12 0 64 2 2-46 32.00 Sydney 8-ball 3 0 38 0 - - Ceylon Colombo (Oval) 1 0 6 0 - - India Bombay (Brabourne Stadium) 3 0 12 0 - - Calcutta 1 0 6 0 - - Kanpur 5 0 34 0 - - New Zealand Christchurch 2 0 8 0 - - Pakistan Lahore (Gaddafi Stadium) 8-ball 7 0 66 2 2-34 33.00 West Indies Kingston (Sabina Park) 1 0 4 0 - - Port of Spain 5 1 22 0 - - St.John’s 1 0 17 0 - - Centuries (107) 6s(+5) 4s Pos 1. 143 3 23 3 Free Foresters v Oxford University The Parks 1951 2. 106 - 8 5 Gentlemen v Players Scarborough 1951 3. 101 - 15 4 Kent v Indians Canterbury 1952 4. 127 - 18 4 Oxford University v Lancashire The Parks 1953 5. 154 - 22 4 Oxford University v Surrey Kennington Oval 1953 6. 116 - 16 4 Oxford University v Cambridge University Lord’s 1953 7. 100 1 14 5 Gentlemen v Players Scarborough 1953 8. 112 - 17 4 Oxford University v Kent The Parks 1954 9. 140 - 20 4 Oxford University v Sussex The Parks 1954 10. 110 - 18 6 } M.C.C. v New South Wales Sydney 1954/55 11. 103 1 13 1 12. 102 - 14 4 ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA Melbourne 1954/55 13. 101 - 10 4 M.C.C. v Oxford University Lord’s 1955 14. 139 2 21 6 Kent v Northamptonshire Tunbridge Wells 1955 15. 115* - 15 4 } Kent v Essex Gillingham 1955 16. 103* 1 13 4 17. 204* - 25 4 Kent v Cambridge University Fenner’s 1956 80