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

82. 139 - 23 3 M.C.C. v President’s XI Bridgetown 1967/68 83. 107 - 17 3 M.C.C. v Jamaica Kingston 1967/68 84. 101 - 12 3 ENGLAND v WEST INDIES Kingston 1967/68 85. 148 - 21 3 ENGLAND v WEST INDIES Port of Spain 1967/68 86. 127* 1 18 5 Kent v Somerset Gravesend 1968 87. 129 1 13 6 Kent v Essex Romford 1968 88. 104 - 15 3 ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA Edgbaston 1968 89. 109 - 13 4 Kent v Surrey Kennington Oval 1968 90. 102* - 11 4 Kent v Middlesex Lord’s 1968 91. 100 - 12 3 ENGLAND v PAKISTAN Lahore 1968/69 92. 126 1 17 4 Kent v Sussex Tunbridge Wells 1970 93. 106* - 14 4 Kent v Essex Tunbridge Wells 1970 94. 112 - 10 4 Kent v Surrey Kennington Oval 1970 95. 101 - 3 5 M.C.C. v Victoria Melbourne 1970/71 96. 132 - 18 3 Kent v Leicestershire Dartford 1971 97. 107 - 16 5 Kent v Northamptonshire Dover 1972 98. 101* 1 13 6 Kent v Somerset Glastonbury 1972 99. 123* - 18 6 Kent v Somerset Maidstone 1973 100. 100* - 13 7 Kent v Surrey Maidstone 1973 101. 118 - 15 3 Kent v Cambridge University Fenner’s 1974 102. 107 - 12 3 Kent v Sussex Tunbridge Wells 1974 103. 105 - 17 3 Kent v Pakistanis Canterbury 1974 104. 119* - 14 3 Kent v Gloucestershire Dover 1974 105. 122 - 17 3 Kent v Yorkshire Scarborough 1974 106. 151* - 25 4 Kent v Australians Canterbury 1975 107. 119* - 19 4 Kent v Gloucestershire Cheltenham 1975 Note: Cowdrey’s first four centuries were scored for four different sides. Most centuries:- For: Kent 58, England (Tests) 22 Against: Hampshire 6 ( note : Somerset 4 in 23 innings) Grounds: Canterbury 12, Lord’s 8, Tunbridge Wells 7 Fewest centuries:- Against: Derbyshire and Glamorgan 0 Grounds: Folkestone 0 in 30 innings; Old Trafford 0 in 26 innings ( note: first century at Dover in 36th innings and at Maidstone in 33rd innings) Centuries by batting position:- Pos All Kent Pos All Kent matches matches matches matches 1 2 - 5 17 6 2 9 1 6 8 4 3 20 10 7 2 2 4 48 35 8 1 - Century in Each Innings of a Match (3) 110 & 103 M.C.C. v New South Wales Sydney 1954/55 115* & 103* Kent v Essex Gillingham 1955 149 & 121 Kent v Australians Canterbury 1961 Century and a Fifty in the Same Match (18) 112 & 51 Oxford University v Kent The Parks 1954 101 & 61 ENGLAND v SOUTH AFRICA Cape Town 1956/57 165 & 51* Kent v Nottinghamshire Trent Bridge 1957 62 & 100 An England XI v Commonwealth XI Hastings 1957 78 & 100* M.C.C. v Combined XI Perth 1958/59 114 & 97 ENGLAND v WEST INDIES Kingston 1959/60 104 & 67 Kent v Hampshire Southampton 1961 † 115 & 68 M.C.C. v Australians Lord’s 1961 † 82