Famous Cricketers No 74 - Bill Edrich

Ten Wickets in a Match (3) 38 6 121 10 Middlesex v Worcestershire Worcester 1946 52.1 11 130 10 Middlesex v Worcestershire Lord’s 1947 43.5 10 133 10 Middlesex v Warwickshire Lord’s 1952 Batsmen He Dismissed During his career, Edrich took 479 wickets and the breakdown of these dismissals is:- Bowled 195 40.7% Lbw 76 15.9% Hit Wicket 2 0.4% Caught 188 39.3% Caught & Bowled 16 3.3% Stumped 2 0.4% The batsmen who he dismissed most often were:- 6 G.M.Emmett 5 H.E.Dollery, T.G.Evans, L.Hutton, H.Yarnold 4 V.Broderick, C.B.Harris, R.Howorth, D.Kenyon, A.Melville, A.D.Nourse, J.S.Ord, M.Tompkin K.G.Viljoen, C.Washbrook, W.Watson, A.F.T.White, N.W.D.Yardley The fielders who most assisted Edrich in these dismissals were:- 22 L.H.Compton 16 W.F.F.Price 15 D.C.S.Compton 13 J.D.B.Robertson 12 J.A.Young 10 S.M.Brown, T.G.Evans 6 L.H.Gray 5 P.A.Gibb Results of Matches Played The results of the 571 first-class matches in which Edrich played were:- Won Drawn Lost Tied Total Test matches 10 25.6% 19 48.7% 10 25.6% - 39 Middlesex Championship matches 168 46.8% 104 29.0% 86 24.0% 1 0.2% 359 Middlesex - Other matches 7 23.3% 15 50% 8 26.7% - 30 Players v Gentleman 2 13.3% 4 26.7% 9 60% - 15 Other matches 42 32.8% 52 40.6% 34 26.6% - 128 TOTAL 229 40.1% 194 34.0% 147 25.7% 1 0.2% 571 69