Famous Cricketers No 74 - Bill Edrich

95. MCC v Eastern Province, Port Elizabeth, January 7, 9 (MCC won by innings and 235 runs) c F.Mcdonald b J.M.Buchanan 31 518-6d 4 0 27 0 172 2 6 0 6 1 F.W.R.Southey lbw 111 96. MCC v Border, East London, January 13, 14, 16 (MCC won by nine wickets) c and b R.Beesly 8 320 2 0 4 0 121 1 not out 50 79-1 5 0 9 0 275 1 97. ENGLAND v SOUTH AFRICA, Durban, January 20, 21, 23 (England won by innings and 13 runs) did not bat - 469-4d 4 0 9 1 B.Mitchell c L.E.G.Ames 103 7 2 16 1 A.D.Nourse c L.E.G.Ames 353 1 98. MCC v Rhodesia, Bulawayo, February 4, (6), 7 (Match drawn) not out 14 307-5d 5 0 12 0 242 99. MCC v Rhodesia, Salisbury, February 10, 11, 13 (Match drawn) lbw b D.S.Tomlinson 2 180 96 not out 101 174-2d 95-6 100. ENGLAND v SOUTH AFRICA, Johannesburg, February 18, 20, (21), 22 (Match drawn) lbw b A.C.B.Langton 6 215 4 0 11 0 349-8d did not bat - 203-4 101.** MCC v Natal, Pietermaritzburg, February 25, 27, 28 (MCC won by nine wickets) st R.R.Yuill b R.L.Harvey 150 407 7 1 24 0 295 not out 45 110-1 1 0 9 0 219 1 102.* ENGLAND v SOUTH AFRICA, Durban, March 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, (11), 13, 14 (Match drawn) c E.A.B.Rowan b A.C.B.Langton 1 316 9 2 29 0 530 c N.Gordon b A.C.B.Langton 219 654-5 6 1 18 0 481 1 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Test matches 5 6 0 240 219 40.00 1 - 4 Other matches 10 14 5 674 150 74.88 3 2 8 Season 15 20 5 914 219 60.93 4 2 12 Career 102 163 23 6985 245 49.89 18 42 79 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m Test matches 50 7 154 2 1-9 77.00 - - Other matches 93 9 304 11 4-10 27.63 - - Tour (8-ball) 143 16 458 13 4-10 35.23 - - Career (6-ball) 649.2 96 } 2503 69 4-10 36.27 - - (8-ball) 143 16 1939 On his reurn from South Africa, Edrich was unable to retain his Test match place but he continued to score freely for Middlesex averaging nearly 53 with seven centuries and eleven fifties in the Championship, where for the third year running Middlesex finished second to Yorkshire. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 103. MCC v Yorkshire, Lord’s, May 6, 8 (Yorkshire won by nine wickets) b E.P.Robinson 16 92 148 1 c W.E.Bowes b H.Verity 55 114 59-1 104. Middlesex v Essex, Lord’s, May 10, 11, 12 (Middlesex won by two wickets) c T.H.Wade b M.S.Nichols 14 353 14 0 52 1 R.M.Taylor b 403 c A.V.Avery b R.M.Taylor 35 224-8 173-7d 105. MCC v West Indians, Lord’s, May 13, (15), (16) (Match drawn) lbw b L.N.Constantine 17 435-7 106.* Middlesex v Northamptonshire, Lord’s, May (17), (18), 19 (Middlesex won by 118 runs) c D.Brookes b L.P.O’Brien 84 232-5d 114 1 16