Famous Cricketers No 74 - Bill Edrich

Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 5.* MCC v Surrey, Lord’s, May 6, 7, 8 (MCC won by seven wickets) c sub b K.C.W.King 114 494-7d 224 1 not out 51 94-3 8 0 44 1 E.R.T.Holmes b 363 1 6. Minor Counties v Indians, Lord’s, June 17, 18, 19 (Indians won by innings and 74 runs) b Amar Singh 14 286 5 1 35 0 402 2 c D.D.Hindlekar b Mohammed Nissar 11 42 7.* MCC v Oxford University, Lord’s, June 20, 22 (MCC won by innings and 123 runs) b R.F.H.Darwall-Smith 114 333 4 0 6 0 128 3 2 1 1 J.N.Grover st J.T.H.Comber 82 8. MCC v Cambridge University, Lord’s, July 1, 2, 3 (Match drawn) st P.A.Gibb b Jahangir Khan 0 155 9 1 24 0 282 c P.A.Gibb b W.Wooller 24 63-5 3 0 18 0 155-5d 9.* MCC v Kent, Folkestone, August 29, 30, September 1 (Kent won by five wickets) b A.E.Watt 0 96 4 1 12 0 342-5d lbw b A.E.Watt 112 426 9 1 20 1 F.E.Woolley c D.F.Walker 182-5 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Other matches 5 9 1 440 114 55.00 3 1 4 Career 9 15 2 663 114 51.00 3 4 4 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m Other matches (6-ball) 45 6 160 3 1-1 53.33 - - Career (6-ball) 137.1 20 441 7 2-89 63.00 - - 1937 His first full season for Middlesex saw him score three centuries and ten fifties in county championship matches. In June Edrich scored his first championship century with 175 against Lancashire at Lord’s and his other two centuries were both against Somerset, one at Weston-super-Mare and the other at Lord’s. Middlesex finished in second place in the Championship behind the powerful Yorkshire side. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 10. MCC v Yorkshire, Lord’s, May 1, 3, 4 (MCC won by 25 runs) b M.Leyland 33 339 6 0 13 0 210 b H.S.Hargreaves 56 276-7d 17 3 51 1 A.Wood b 380 11.* MCC v Surrey, Lord’s, May 5, 6, 7 (MCC won by 128 runs) b F.Berry 97 247 1 0 4 0 181 1 c L.B.Fishlock b A.R.Gover 6 242 6 0 24 2 D.J.Knight c E.H.Hendren 180 E.W.J.Brooks lbw 12. Middlesex v Northamptonshire, Lord’s, May 8, 10, (11) (Match drawn) c C.P.Davis b J.E.Buswell 12 234 15.4 4 29 2 J.E.Timms b 260 2 E.W.Clark c W.F.F.Price - - - - 26-4 13. MCC v New Zealanders, Lord’s, May 12, (13), (14) (Match drawn) 56-2 14. Middlesex v Sussex, Lord’s, May 15, 17, 18 (Sussex won by 210 runs) c A.J.Holmes b J.Langridge 9 185 5 1 9 0 200 run out 2 77 6 1 20 0 272 15. Middlesex v Gloucestershire, Bristol, May 19, 20, 21 (Gloucestershire won by 85 runs) b T.W.J.Goddard 2 176 246 1 c and b T.W.J.Goddard 2 200 215-9d 1 16. South v North (Test Trial), Lord’s, May 22, 24, 25 (South won by six wickets) c H.E.Dollery b W.Voce 19 300 271 did not bat - 158-4 184 9