Famous Cricketers No 74 - Bill Edrich

SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Other matches 2 4 0 125 58 31.25 - 2 3 Career 526 884 87 35239 267* 44.21 85 189 482 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m Other matches (6-ball) 6 1 15 0 - - - - Career (6-ball) 4653 861 } 15783 474 7-48 33.29 11 3 (8-ball) 571.6 62 1957 Although he did not score a century in this season, Edrich still scored over 1,000 runs for his county in the Championship when Middlesex finished in seventh place. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 527. Middlesex v Nottinghamshire, Lord’s, May 4, 6, 7 (Middlesex won by 115 runs) c G.Millman b A.K.Walker 8 198 145 1 c P.F.Harvey b K.Smales 26 270-9d 208 2 528. Middlesex v Kent, Lord’s, May 8, 9, 10 (Kent won by an innings and 59 runs) c G.Smith b D.J.Halfyard 36 108 346-8d 1 c T.G.Evans b F.Ridgway 0 179 529.* Middlesex v Gloucestershire, Lord’s, May 11, 13, 14 (Middlesex won by 135 runs) c D.Carpenter b D.R.Smith 76 329 213 c D.M.Young b C.Cook 0 133-7d 114 530. Middlesex v Hampshire, Portsmouth, May 18, 20, 21 (Hampshire won by 3 runs) c J.R.Gray b M.D.Heath 33 108 133 1 c H.M.Barnard b D.Shackleton 50 240 218 531. Middlesex v Oxford University, The Parks, May 22, 23, 24 (Oxford University won by four wickets) c M.A.Eagar b J.A.Bailey 0 155 348 1 st M.D.Scott b R.G.Woodcock 17 247 55-6 532. Middlesex v Somerset, Lord’s, May 25, 27, 28 (Middlesex won by 9 runs) b B.Lobb 17 147 160 c H.W.Stephenson b B.Lobb 56 242 220 533. Middlesex v Northamptonshire, Lord’s, June 1, 3, 4 (Northamptonshire won by 43 runs) c K.V.Andrew b J.S.Manning 33 230 163 c D.Brookes b H.R.A.Kelleher 0 128 242 534. Middlesex v Derbyshire, Lord’s, June 5, 6, 7 (Derbyshire won by 163 runs) b H.L.Jackson 18 127 4 0 10 1 A.C.Revill c D.Bennett 223 1 c C.Lee b C.Gladwin 12 175 242 535. Middlesex v Sussex, Lord’s, June 8, 10, 11 (Middlesex won by 54 runs) b D.V.Smith 16 375-6d 299-9d c N.I.Thomson b R.G.Marlar 37 161-7d 183 536. Middlesex v Hampshire, Lord’s, June 12, 13, 14 (Middlesex won by 116 runs) c H.M.Barnard b V.H.D.Cannings 16 202 167 c H.Horton b R.E.Marshall 45 227 146 2 537. Middlesex v Yorkshire, Lord’s, June 15, 17, 18 (Yorkshire won by ten wickets) c R.Appleyard b F.S.Trueman 14 131 - - - - 310-6d 2 lbw b F.S.Trueman 8 223 0.2 0 1 0 45-0 538. Middlesex v Nottinghamshire, Trent Bridge, June 19, 20, 21 (Nottinghamshire won by two wickets) c and b B.Dooland 49 348-8d 34 10 84 2 R.T.Simpson c and b 394-9d 2 R.J.Giles lbw did not bat - 277-5d - - - - 233-8 1 49