Famous Cricketers No 74 - Bill Edrich

Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m Gentlemen v Players 14 3 70 0 - - - - Championship 62.1 17 154 6 3-50 25.66 - - Other Middlesex matches 40 7 102 1 1-25 102.00 - - Other matches 16 3 57 2 1-15 28.50 - - Season (6-ball) 132.1 30 383 9 3-50 42.55 - - Career (6-ball) 4500.3 814 } 15346 459 7-48 33.43 11 3 Career (8-ball) 563.6 60 1954 Batting late in the evening against Northamptonshire, Edrich was hit in the face by a ball from Tyson, bowling at his fastest. He spent the night in hospital having suffered a fractured cheek bone, but returned to the crease in the morning to score 20. The next week in the return match at Northampton, he scored a century. Edrich was only selected for one Test match this year but still averaged over 40 for Middlesex in the County Championship where the county finished seventh. He scarcely bowled this season. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 416. MCC v Yorkshire, Lord’s, May (1), (3), 4 (Match drawn) c R.Illingworth b R.Appleyard 13 163 62-2 417.* Middlesex v Hampshire, Lord’s, May 8, 10, 11 (Middlesex won by 135 runs) c N.H.Rogers b C.J.Knott 10 224 167 st L.Harrison b D.Shackleton 105 308-7d 230 1 418. Middlesex v Worcestershire, Lord’s, May 12, 13, 14 (Middlesex won by 30 runs) c M.J.Horton b J.A.Flavell 141 278 191 b R.T.D.Perks 0 194 251 1 419. Middlesex v Nottinghamshire, Lord’s, May 15, 17 (Middlesex won by seven wickets) b B.Dooland 38 155 111 3 c B.Dooland b R.Giles 9 106-3 148 420. Middlesex v Somerset, Lord’s, May 19, 20, 21 (Middlesex won by one wicket) b Yawar Saeed 59 310 152 1 c M.F.Tremlett b J.G.Lomax 26 109-9 265 1 421. Middlesex v Hampshire, Southampton, May 22, 24, 25 (Middlesex won by three wickets) st L.Harrison b V.H.D.Cannings 12 138 100 b V.H.D.Cannings 9 87-7 122 422. Middlesex v Oxford University, The Parks, May 26, 27, 28 (Match drawn) not out 27 342-7d 2 0 3 0 290 c J.M.Allan b J.A.Arenhold 1 191 - - - - 51-2 423.* Middlesex v Gloucestershire, Lord’s, May 29, 31, June 1 (Middlesex won by seven wickets) not out 77 188-3d 118 2 c G.M.Emmett b J.B.Mortimore 9 83-3 151 1 424.** Middlesex v Cambridge University, Fenner’s, June 2, 3, 4 (Middlesex won by four wickets) not out 161 287-2d 24 10 40 2 W.Knightley-Smith c R.V.C.Robins 285-6d D.V.Crookes b did not bat - 189-6 - - - - 189 425. Middlesex v Sussex, Lord’s, June 5, 6, (7) (Match drawn) c D.V.Smith b N.I.Thomson 1 144 263-8d 136-4 1 426. ENGLAND v PAKISTAN, Lord’s, June (10), (11), (12), 14, 15 (Match drawn) b Khan Mohammad 4 117-9d 87 1 121-3 427. Middlesex v Yorkshire, Lord’s, June 19, 21, 22 (Match drawn) lbw F.S.Trueman 25 430 2 0 14 0 400 - - - - 175 41