Famous Cricketers No 74 - Bill Edrich

Worcestershire a week later, also at Lord’s. This was his first season as an amateur. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 188. Middlesex v Somerset, Lord’s, May 10, 12, 13 (Somerset won by one wicket) c W.T.Luckes b H.T.F.Buse 102 231 16 3 46 4 H.Gimblett b 134 1 E.Hill b G.E.S.Woodhouse b A.W.Wellard b c J.Lawrence b A.W.Wellard 3 78 22 8 47 3 H.Gimblett b 178-9 1 G.E.S.Woodhouse b A.W.Wellard b 189. Middlesex v Gloucestershire, Lord’s, May 14, 15 (Middlesex won by innings and 178 runs) c and b C.Cook 40 388 11 2 26 2 J.F.Crapp c D.C.S.Compton 122 1 C.Cook b 12 2 28 6 C.J.Barnett c S.M.Brown 88 W.L.Neale b J.F.Crapp c L.H.Compton G.M.Emmett b A.E.Wilson c L.H.Compton G.E.E.Lambert b 190.** Middlesex v Warwickshire, Edgbaston, May 17, 19, 20 (Middlesex won by innings and 9 runs) b C.W.C.Grove 225 452-5d 13 6 21 1 W.A.Hill lbw 200 1 14 2 41 1 J.S.Ord b 243 191. Middlesex v Worcestershire, Lord’s, May 21, 22, 23 (Middlesex won by 234 runs) lbw b R.Howorth 34 207 25.1 6 61 5 F.Cooper c L.H.Compton 134 R.E.S.Wyatt c D.C.S.Compton D.Kenyon c J.A.Young A.F.T.White c L.H.Gray H.Yarnold c L.H.Compton c sub b R.E.S.Wyatt 48 314-7d 27 5 69 5 D.Kenyon c L.H.Compton 153 R.E.Bird b A.F.T.White b R.Howorth b H.Yarnold lbw 192.* Middlesex v Sussex, Lord’s, May 24, 26 (Middlesex won by ten wickets) b J.H.Cornford 106 380 15 3 34 3 C.Oakes b 139 3 G.Cox lbw H.W.Parks lbw did not bat - 21-0 15 1 55 1 J.G.Langridge b 259 1 193.* Middlesex v South Africans, Lord’s, May 31, June 2, 3 (Match drawn) c and b A.M.B.Rowan 67 316-8d 21 2 91 2 A.D.Nourse b 424 K.G.Viljoen b not out 133 226-6 9 0 37 1 A.Melville b 217 2 194. Middlesex v Hampshire, Lord’s, June 4, 5, 6 (Middlesex won by innings and 49 runs) b G.E.M.Heath 31 429-6d 13 1 28 0 164 22 3 58 2 J.Arnold b 216 2 J.Bailey c N.G.Hever 195.* ENGLAND v SOUTH AFRICA, Trent Bridge, June 7, 9, 10, 11 (Match drawn) b V.I.Smith 57 208 20 8 56 1 K.G.Viljoen lbw 533 b V.I.Smith 50 551 4 0 8 0 166-1 196. Middlesex v Yorkshire, Lord’s, June 14, 16, 17 (Match drawn) not out 54 350-2d 17 5 22 0 187 2 9 1 24 0 147-4 2 197.* ENGLAND v SOUTH AFRICA, Lord’s, June 21, 23, 24, 25 (England won by ten wickets) b N.B.F.Mann 189 554-8d 9 1 22 0 327 1 did not bat - 26-0 13 5 31 3 A.Melville b 252 3 K.G.Viljoen b A.D.Nourse b 198. Middlesex v Yorkshire, Headingley, June 28, 30 (Middlesex won by 87 runs) b E.P.Robinson 70 124 7 1 13 2 L.Hutton b 85 W.Watson lbw b E.P.Robinson 102 234 7 1 18 1 W.Watson b 186 2 24