Famous Cricketers No 74 - Bill Edrich

SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Gentlemen v Players 2 4 0 90 36 22.50 - - - Championship 27 42 4 1733 118 45.60 1 15 21 Other Middlesex matches 3 4 0 153 101 38.25 1 - 1 Other matches 5 8 0 110 47 13.75 - - 2 Season 37 58 4 2086 118 38.62 2 15 24 Career 349 568 64 24727 267* 49.06 64 140 323 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m Gentlemen v Players 49 11 132 5 3-9 26.40 - - Championship 410.3 97 1052 26 6-45 40.46 1 - Other Middlesex matches 43 10 124 1 1-37 124.00 - - Other matches 28 5 73 2 1-9 36.50 - - Season (6-ball) 530.3 123 1381 34 6-45 40.61 1 - Career (6-ball) 3839 688 } 13345 397 7-48 33.61 10 2 (8-ball) 563.6 60 1952 Edrich had another excellent season for Middlesex scoring over 2,000 runs and taking 53 wickets in total, with four centuries and seven fifties in the Championship including a ten wicket haul against Warwickshire at Lord’s. Middlesex finished fifth in the Championship. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 350. MCC v Yorkshire, Lord’s, April 30, May 1 (MCC won by an innings and 23 runs) b D.B.Close 3 318 10 1 28 1 F.A.Lowson b 142 2 6 3 7 0 153 1 351. MCC v Surrey, Lord’s, May 3, (5), 6 (Match drawn) c W.S.Surridge b A.V.Bedser 40 185-9d 4-0 352. Middlesex v Derbyshire, Lord’s, May 7, 8, 9 (Middlesex won by nine wickets) c A.Hamer b C.Gladwin 60 234 14 1 52 2 C.S.Elliott b 215 1 A.E.G.Rhodes lbw not out 28 72-1 1 1 0 0 90 2 353. Middlesex v Glamorgan, Lord’s, May 10, 12, 13 (Glamorgan won by 131 runs) b D.J.Shepherd 24 123 10 2 28 0 266 2 c W.G.A.Parkhouse b A.J.Watkins 34 206 3 0 15 0 194 354. Middlesex v Worcestershire, Lord’s, May 14, 15, 16 (Middlesex won by 31 runs) c R.G.Broadbent b R.T.D.Perks 8 299 15.4 4 42 4 D.Kenyon b 197 L.Outschoorn b R.G.Broadbent b R.T.D.Perks b c L.N.Devereux b R.T.D.Perks 10 204 11 2 41 0 275 355. Middlesex v Northamptonshire, Northampton, May 17, 19, 20 (Middlesex won by 46 runs) c F.Jakeman b S.Starkie 30 278 25 2 94 4 N.Oldfield b 294-8d 1 D.G.Greasley lbw G.E.Tribe b A.E.Nutter b c N.Oldfield b A.E.Nutter 12 172 3 0 10 0 110 356. Middlesex v Gloucestershire, Lord’s, May 21, 22, 23 (Middlesex won by 111 runs) c C.J.Scott b G.E.E.Lambert 1 138 13 3 36 0 169 2 lbw b F.P.McHugh 73 345 - - - - 203 2 357. Middlesex v Leicestershire, Leicester, May 24, 26, 27 (Leicestershire won by seven wickets) b T.J.Goodwin 23 407-5d 412-6d c C.H.Palmer b V.E.Jackson 69 215 212-3 36