Famous Cricketers No 74 - Bill Edrich

136. England v Australia, Old Trafford, August 20, 21, 22 (England won by six wickets) c and b C.G.Pepper 23 243 - - - - 173 1 not out 42 141-4 3 1 4 0 210 137. England v Dominions, Lord’s, August 25, 27, 28 (Dominions won by 45 runs) c C.G.Pepper b D.R.Cristofani 78 287 9 1 19 1 D.R.Cristofani lbw 307 c C.G.Pepper b R.S.Ellis 31 311 3 0 13 0 336 138. R.A.F. v Yorkshire XI, Scarborough, August 29. 30, 31 (Match drawn) c and b E.P.Robinson 45 195-7d 9 1 31 1 H.Sutcliffe lbw 194-8d not out 50 125-3 7 0 33 1 J.A.Richardson b 135-4d 139. H.D.G.Leveson-Gower’s XI v New Zealand Services, Scarborough, September 1, 3, 4 (H.D.G.Leveson- Gower’s XI won by eight wickets) b A.C.Roberts 27 472 6 0 14 0 220 1 did not bat - 63-2 11 0 42 1 K.C.James c L.Hutton 312-7d 140. H.D.G.Leveson-Gower’s XI v Australian Services, Scarborough, September 5, 6, 7 (Australian Services won by innings and 108 runs) b R.S.Ellis 22 258 9 0 39 0 506 1 c R.S.Whitington b R.S.Ellis 18 140 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Other matches 9 16 3 602 78 46.30 - 5 7 Career 140 224 27 9773 245 49.60 25 61 116 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m Other matches 108 7 354 6 1-19 59.00 - - Career (6-ball) 757.2 103 } 3619 90 4-10 40.21 - - (8-ball) 328.6 33 1946 Edrich returned to Test match cricket when recalled to the England team for the final match of the series against India at the Oval. In a rain-affected match he took four wickets but did not have the opportunity to bat. He had another prolific season for Middlesex where he averaged 54 with the bat and took 68 wickets at 18.47 including 7 for 48 against Worcestershire with ten wickets in the match. Yet again, Middlesex finished second in the Championship. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 141. MCC v Surrey, Lord’s, May 4, 6 (Surrey won by innings and 134 runs) b A.R.Gover 37 152 12 2 37 1 R.J.Gregory b 364 1 b E.A.Watts 9 78 142. Middlesex v Leicestershire, Lord’s, May (8), 9, 10 (Match drawn) c. G.F.U.Udal b A.Riddington 10 275-6d - - - - 147 not out 51 142-2d 2 0 3 0 205 2 143. Middlesex v Northamptonshire, Lord’s, May 11, 13, 14 (Match drawn) b W.T.Nevell 48 384-6d 11 1 32 1 R.J.Partridge b 383 c E.W.Clark b R.J.Partridge 4 227-9 4 0 15 0 250-9d 144. Middlesex v Somerset, Lord’s, May 15, 16, 17 (Middlesex won by four wickets) c J.Lawrence b A.W.Wellard17 260-9d 2 1 6 0 364 c N.S.Mitchell-Innes b H.L.Hazell 6 160-6 - - - - 55 2 145. Middlesex v Hampshire, Lord’s, May 18, 20, 21 (Middlesex won by 208 runs) st N.T.McCorkell b J. Bailey36 209 - - - - 70 c J.Bailey b C.J.Knott 11 175 2 0 4 0 106 1 146. MCC v Indians, Lord’s, May 25, 27, 28 (Indians won by innings and 194 runs) c and b M.H.Mankad 16 139 5 0 18 0 438 1 c D.D.Hindlekar b M.H.Mankad 12 105 19