Famous Cricketers No 74 - Bill Edrich

Edrich in Minor Counties Cricket W.J.Edrich played for Norfolk over a period of 40 years either side of his time with Middlesex. He first played as a sixteen-year-old against an All-India XI at Lakenham on 2nd June 1932, was capped in 1933 and at the conclusion of his first-class career returned to his native County to captain them for a period of eleven years. His career figures for Norfolk were:- Season M I NO Runs HS Ave O M Runs Wkts Ave 1932 7 12 0 181 50 15.08 87 17 176 11 16.00 1933 10 14 0 293 71 20.92 172 37 462 23 20.08 1934 9 11 0 527 138 47.90 213 46 515 40 12.87 1935 10 15 0 488 152 32.53 229 55 629 27 23.29 1936 10 11 2 397 101* 44.11 121 16 331 16 20.68 1959 10 17 7 468 65* 46.80 153.4 49 386 19 20.31 1960 11 20 4 852 102* 53.25 244.3 60 695 43 16.16 1961 8 12 5 558 127* 79.71 144.3 24 436 18 24.22 1962 9 16 2 587 99 41.92 226.5 74 528 39 13.53 1963 11 16 2 587 136* 41.92 306.1 75 750 45 16.66 1964 12 22 4 713 101* 39.61 299.2 87 700 28 25.00 1965 12 20 3 349 73* 20.52 113.3 29 313 10 31.30 1966 12 21 2 496 93 26.10 175.4 50 482 29 16.62 1967 10 17 3 300 62 21.42 189 66 428 16 26.75 1968 9 11 3 317 57* 39.62 116 45 242 12 20.16 1969 10 17 4 430 83* 33.07 151 55 321 14 22.92 1970 11 18 6 424 93* 35.33 238.1 69 487 25 19.48 1971 3 6 0 67 28 11.16 20 2 75 0 - Total 174 276 47 8034 152 35.08 3200.2 856 7956 415 19.17 Including matches against touring sides and the friendly against Suffolk at Lowestoft in 1933, his career record is: TOTAL 178 281 47 8308 152 35.50 3267.4 872 8161 417 19.57 Highest Score : 152 v Hertfordshire at Broxbourne, 1935 Best Bowling : 7-45 v Suffolk at Lakenham, 1962 Catches : 154, including 16 in 1963 70