Famous Cricketers No 74 - Bill Edrich

1934 While serving a two-year qualification period for Middlesex, Edrich played two first-class matches in 1934 against the Universities scoring a fifty in each game. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 1.* Minor Counties v Oxford University, The Parks, May 30, 31, June 1 (Match drawn) c N.S.Knight b K.L.T.Jackson 55 539-8d 46 8 110 1 D.F.Walker b 469 did not bat - 129-4 2. MCC v Cambridge University, Lord’s, July 4, 5, 6 (MCC won by 170 runs) c H.R.Cox b J.H.Human 63 401 10 1 43 0 311 not out 12 241-8d 3 1 16 0 161 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Other matches 2 3 1 130 63 65.00 - 2 - Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m Other matches (6-ball) 59 10 169 1 1-110 169.00 - - 1935 Edrich played only two first-class matches in 1935, the second being a rare first-class game at Skegness where he scored another 50, this time against the touring South African team. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 3. MCC v Cambridge University, Lord’s, June 22, 24 (MCC won by eight wickets) st S.C.Griffith b J.H.Cameron 8 112 6 2 10 1 N.W.D.Yardley lbw 100 did not bat - 128-2 4 1 6 0 139 4. Minor Counties v South Africans, Skegness, September 4, 5, 6 (South Africans won by eight wickets) c A.C.B.Langton b R.J.Crisp 6 190 22 1 89 2 H.F.Wade lbw 394 A.C.B.Langton c W.B.Franklin c E.A.B.Rowan b A.C.B.Langton 79 224 1.1 0 7 0 21-2 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Other matches 2 3 0 93 79 31.00 - 1 - Career 4 6 1 223 79 44.60 - 3 - Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m Other matches 33.1 4 112 3 2-89 37.33 - - Career (6-ball) 92.1 14 281 4 2-89 70.25 - - 1936 Through an administrative error, it was found that his application to join Middlesex, with a two-year qualification period as then required, was not placed until October 1934 which left Edrich with a further season playing only for MCC and Minor Counties. However in five matches he scored three centuries, two against counties and one against Oxford University. He made 114, his first first-class century, for MCC against Surrey sharing a partnership of 296 with E.H.Hendren. 8