Famous Cricketers No 74 - Bill Edrich

SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Gentlemen v Players 1 2 0 63 34 31.50 - - 2 Championship 26 46 2 1016 77 23.09 - 5 29 Other Middlesex matches 2 4 0 94 58 23.50 - 1 3 Other matches 1 2 0 19 13 9.50 - - - Season 30 54 2 1192 77 22.92 - 6 34 Career 556 938 89 36431 267* 42.91 85 195 516 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m Championship (6-ball) 76.2 21 173 5 2-84 34.60 - - Career (6-ball) 4729.2 882 } 15956 479 7-48 33.31 11 3 (8-ball) 571.6 62 1958 In his last first-class season, Edrich played fewer matches for the county who finished in tenth place in the Championship. His last century was scored for M.C.C. against Cambridge University, appropriately at Lord’s. In the match against Sussex at Hove, Edrich took over the gloves from J.T.Murray at one stage and stumped K.G.Suttle off the bowling of F.J.Titmus. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 557. Middlesex v Northamptonshire, Northampton, May 21, 22, 23 (Match drawn) b M.H.J.Allen 20 194 325 c G.E.Tribe b J.S.Manning 10 219 558. Middlesex v Sussex, Lord’s, May 24, 26, 27 (Middlesex won by eight wickets) b N.I.Thomson 12 189 79 1 not out 0 35-2 142 559. Middlesex v Yorkshire, Lord’s, May 31, June 1, (2) (Match drawn) b J.H.Wardle 11 174 136 560. Middlesex v Hampshire, Lord’s, June 4, 5, 6 (Middlesex won by 70 runs) b D.W.White 1 149 171 c P.J.Sainsbury b M.D.Heath 5 298-9d 206 1 561. Middlesex v Lancashire, Old Trafford, June 7, 9, 10 (Match drawn) c R.Tattersall b M.J.Hilton 51 163 96 1 not out 24 41-2 562. MCC v Cambridge University, Lord’s, June 11, 12, 13 (MCC won by two wickets) c D.J.Green b O.S.Wheatley 40 256-7d 333 1 c I.M.MacLachlan b A.Hurd 103 233-8 152-5d 2 563. Middlesex v Warwickshire, Edgbaston, July (2), 3, 4 (Match drawn) b S.S.Griffiths 0 77 182-6d b G.H.Hill 42 109-5 564. Middlesex v Somerset, Bath, July 5, 7, 8 (Middlesex won by eight wickets) c M.F.Tremlett b L.E.Bryant 57 287 194 not out 0 38-2 130 565. Middlesex v Yorkshire, Bramall Lane, July (12), 14, 15 (Match drawn) c J.G.Binks b M.J.Cowan 0 254-9d 101 343-5 1 566. Middlesex v New Zealanders, Lord’s, July 19, 21, 22 (Match drawn) b R.W.Blair 5 239 289 c J.T.Ward b A.R.MacGibbon 51 174 3-0 567. Middlesex v Lancashire, Lord’s, July 23, 24, 25 (Match drawn) c M.J.Hilton b R.Tattersall 3 94 188 2 c A.Wilson b R.Tattersall 63 384-7d 67-2 51