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

Four Catches in an innings (3):- 4 Kent v Glamorgan Swansea 1956 4 Kent v Nottinghamshire Tunbridge Wells 1961 4 Kent v Yorkshire Dover 1964 Five or More Catches in a match (3):- 5 Kent v Nottinghamshire Tunbridge Wells 1961 6 ENGLAND v WEST INDIES Lord’s 1963 5 Kent v Derbyshire Folkestone 1965 Playing Record as Captain Kent v P W L D Derbyshire 13 4 3 6 Essex 16 5 5 6 Glamorgan 11 4 3 4 Gloucestershire 14 3 5 6 Hampshire 25 6 5 14 Lancashire 16 6 3 7 Leicestershire 16 7 3 6 Middlesex 19 9 3 7 Northamptonshire 14 3 4 7 Nottinghamshire 15 8 - 7 Somerset 9 5 1 3 Surrey 15 4 2 9 Sussex 13 5 3 5 Warwickshire 7 1 3 3 Worcestershire 14 8 2 4 Yorkshire 14 2 8 4 Total – County Championship 231 79 53 99 Other Kent Matches 21 5 9 7 Total – Kent 252 85 62 105 Oxford University 14 - 4 10 Test Matches 27 8 4 15 Other Matches (England) 11 - 5 6 M.C.C. Matches (Overseas) 23 8 - 15 Other Matches (Overseas) 8 2 3 3 Total 335 103 78 154 Grounds Kent Blackheath 10 4 2 4 Canterbury 28 10 12 16 Dartford 8 3 - 5 Dover 15 7 4 4 Folkestone 10 8 - 2 Gillingham 8 3 2 3 Gravesend 21 3 6 12 Maidstone 13 5 1 7 Tunbridge Wells 17 5 5 7 Note : Cowdrey’s most successful ground statistically as a batsman was his least successful as captain – Gravesend, while the exact reverse applied to Folkestone. Test Grounds Edgbaston 6 2 1 3 Headingley 4 1 2 1 Kennington Oval 9 3 - 6 Lord’s 27 8 7 12 Old Trafford 8 1 3 4 Trent Bridge 8 4 1 3 89