Famous Cricketers No 74 - Bill Edrich

199.* ENGLAND v SOUTH AFRICA, Old Trafford, July 5, 7, 8, 9 (England won by seven wickets) b L.Tuckett 191 478 35.1 9 95 4 D.V.Dyer b 339 K.G.Viljoen c D.C.S.Compton L.Tuckett b J.B.Plimsoll c T.G.Evans not out 22 130-3 22.4 4 77 4 A.Melville b 267 A.D.Nourse b O.C.Dawson b L.Tuckett lbw 200.* Middlesex v Leicestershire, Leicester, July 12, 14, 15 (Middlesex won by ten wickets) c A.Riddington b J.Sperry 257 637-4d 13 2 37 1 F.T.Prentice c L.H.Compton 309 not out 29 66-0 15 3 37 2 L.G.Berry lbw 393 M.Tompkin c L.H.Compton 201. Gentlemen v Players, Lord’s, July 16, 17, 18 (Match drawn) lbw b D.V.P.Wright 79 302 19 4 48 1 C.Washbrook b 334-8d c C.Gladwin b H.J.Butler 5 209 - - - - 3-0 202. Middlesex v Essex, Lord’s, July 19, 21, 22 (Middlesex won by 102 runs) c R.Horsfall b R.Smith 44 389-7d 23 2 69 2 T.C.Dodds b 350 T.H.Wade c L.H.Compton b T.P.B.Smith 83 356-5d 8 1 33 0 293 1 203.* Middlesex v Northamptonshire, Northampton, July 23, 24, 25 (Middlesex won by eight wickets) not out 267 464-5d 10 1 39 1 D.Brookes b 202 1 c A.L.Cox b R.J.Partridge 27 67-2 9 0 24 1 C.P.Davis b 328 204. ENGLAND v SOUTH AFRICA, Headingley, July 26, 28, 29 (England won by ten wickets) c A.Melville b N.B.F.Mann 43 317-7d 17 4 46 3 A.Melville b 175 1 A.M.B.Rowan c N.W.D.Yardley G.M.Fullerton c K.Cranston did not bat - 47-0 14 2 35 1 D.V.Dyer c N.W.D.Yardley 184 205.* Middlesex v Sussex, Hove, August 2, 4, 5 (Middlesex won by nine wickets) c C.Oakes b J.H.Cornford 76 401-4d 12 4 18 1 H.W.Parks b 195 not out 54 111-1 20.5 4 41 2 H.T.Bartlett c D.C.S.Compton 316 J.H.Cornford b 206.* Middlesex v Kent, Canterbury, August 6, 7, 8 (Match drawn) c T.G.Evans b F.Ridgway 1 225 23 4 78 1 L.J.Todd b 423-8d st T.G.Evans b R.R.Dovey 130 429-8d - - - - 181-6 1 207.* Middlesex v Surrey, Kennington Oval, August 9, 11, 12 (Middlesex won by innings and 11 runs) not out 157 537-2d 334 192 208. Middlesex v Kent, Lord’s, August 13, 14, 15 (Kent won by 75 runs) b R.R.Dovey 28 229 301 c and b D.V.P.Wright 31 321 324-8d 1 209. Middlesex v Gloucestershire, Cheltenham, August 16, 18 (Middlesex won by 68 runs) c B.O.Allen b C.Cook 50 180 153 lbw b T.W.J.Goddard 5 141 100 1 210. Middlesex v Derbyshire, Derby, August 20, 21, 22 (Middlesex won by 212 runs) c A.E.G.Rhodes b A.C.Revill 47 253 226 c and b E.J.Gothard 0 353-5d 168 211. Middlesex v Surrey, Lord’s, August 23, 25, 26 (Middlesex won by eight wickets) c G.A.Wheatley b H.S.Squires 18 462-7d 202 2 c E.R.T.Holmes b A.R.Gover 2 51-2 309 2 212. Middlesex v Northamptonshire, Lord’s, August 27, 28 (Middlesex won by 355 runs) lbw b C.B.Clarke 4 273 147 2 b V.Broderick 50 303-6d 74 213. Middlesex v Lancashire, Lord’s, August 30, September 1, 2 (Lancashire won by 64 runs) c A.Wharton b J.T.Ikin 55 134 352 b R.Pollard 27 307 153 214. South of England v South Africans, Hastings, September 3, 4, 5 (South Africans won by nine wickets) lbw b A.M.B.Rowan 64 341-9d 510-8d 1 lbw b A.M.B.Rowan 54 199 31-1 25