Famous Cricketers No 74 - Bill Edrich

487. Middlesex v South Africans, Lord’s, August 27, 29, 30 (South Africans won by 235 runs) c H.J.Tayfield b P.S.Heine 16 108 254 c J.H.B.Waite b P.S.Heine 25 98 187 1 488. Middlesex v Kent, Folkestone, August 31, September 1, 2 (Kent won by nine wickets) b A.C.Shirreff 4 157 - - - - 266-5d b A.C.Shirreff 33 211 0.1 0 1 0 103-1 489.* Gentlemen v Players, Scarborough, September 3, 5, 6 (Players won by two wickets) c F.S.Trueman b A.V.Bedser 133 331 276 1 c V.S.Munden b J.H.Wardle 18 159-6d 217-8 490. T.N.Pearce’s XI v South Africans, Scarborough, September 7, 8, 9 (South Africans won by four wickets) c J.H.B.Waite b A.R.A.Murray 42 236 354 b P.S.Heine 0 328-9d 211-6 1 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Gentlemen v Players 1 2 0 151 133 75.50 1 - 1 Championship 28 54 5 1296 125* 26.44 1 5 24 Other Middlesex matches 3 5 0 153 88 30.60 - 1 2 Other matches 1 2 0 42 42 21.00 - - 1 Season 33 63 5 1642 133 28.31 2 6 28 Career 490 822 84 33283 267* 45.09 83 175 449 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m Championship 10.4 2 21 0 - - - - Other Middlesex matches 2 0 9 0 - - - - Season (6-ball) 12.4 2 30 0 - - - - Career (6-ball) 4620.1 851 } 15684 469 7-48 33.44 11 3 Career (8-ball) 571.6 62 1956 Middlesex again finished fifth in the Championship under the captaincy of Bill Edrich who scored 1,427 runs in the Championship. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 491. Middlesex v Oxford University, The Parks, May 2, 3, 4 (Match drawn) b J.A.Bailey 56 225 188 b I.M.Gibson 7 209-7 294-8d 492. MCC v Hampshire, Lord’s, May 5, 7, 8 (Hampshire won by eight wickets) c M.D.Burden b J.R.Gray 15 125 - - - - 351-5d c E.D.R.Eagar b J.R.Gray 0 247 0.4 0 4 1 L.Harrison b 24-2 493. Middlesex v Nottinghamshire, Lord’s, May 9, 10, 11 (Match drawn) b B.Dooland 28 240 119 1 b A.K.Walker 2 122-6d 3 1 11 0 205-7 494. Middlesex v Gloucestershire, Lord’s, May 12, 14, 15 (Match drawn) c P.Rochford b G.E.E.Lambert 20 170 304-9d c and b B.D.Wells 24 309-6d 147-8 1 495. Middlesex v Derbyshire, Lord’s, May 16, 17, 18 (Derbyshire won by 88 runs) c D.B.Carr b H.L.Jackson 29 242 345-9d c G.O.Dawkes b H.L.Jackson 1 174 159-7d 1 496. Middlesex v Sussex, Lord’s, May 19, 21 (Sussex won by an innings and 22 runs) c N.I.Thomson b A.E.James 35 175 369 c D.V.Smith b A.E.James 14 172 497.** Middlesex v Derbyshire, Chesterfield, May 23, 24, 25 (Middlesex won by an innings and 41 runs) not out 208 408-4d 156 1 211 46