Famous Cricketers No 82 - H.E. 'Tom' Dollery

Middlesex. Dollery had a splendid individual match against Yorkshire, notching up yet another big century, 159 with 20 fours in the first innings and a match winning 69 in the second when the pitch was starting to wear and he was going for quick runs to set the Tykes a target. His declaration left them 196 to win in 110 minutes, and to their credit they went for them, but Warwickshire took wickets steadily, until the last pair came together with ten minutes left but still 52 runs short. With the entire Warwickshire side crouched around the bat the last two Yorkshiremen held out for an exciting draw. Dollery’s revival in the second half of the season had enabled him to pass 2,000 runs for the second time in his career, and he easily headed his county’s averages, (he finished 13th in the first-class list). After scoring just 572 runs from his first twenty-three innings he notched 1,501 from his last twenty-eight, a remarkable turnaround. His form encouraged him to sign a new agreement, but from now on he would only commit himself to one year at a time. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct St Total Total 317. Warwickshire v Hampshire, Edgbaston, May 7, (8), 9 (Match drawn) * lbw b V.H.D.Cannings 10 139-8d 318. Warwickshire v Sussex, Hove, May 10, 12, 13 (Match tied) * c J.Langridge b A.S.M.Oakman 55 138 123 1 c R.T.Webb b D.J.Wood 2 116 131 319. Warwickshire v Glamorgan, Edgbaston, May 14, 15, 16 (Match drawn) * lbw b A.J.Watkins 0 273 226 did not bat - 176-3d 105-2 320. Warwickshire v Gloucestershire, Edgbaston, May 17, 19, 20 (Gloucestershire won by four wickets) * c A.E.Wilson b G.E.E.Lambert 22 196 245 c C.J.Scott b C.Cook 23 221 176-6 321. Warwickshire v Lancashire, Liverpool, May 21, 22, 23 (Match drawn) * c and b M.J.Hilton 2 286 289-9d c K.J.Grieves b J.G.Lomax 35 208-5d 79-1 322. Warwickshire v Worcestershire, Worcester, May 24, 26, 27 (Worcestershire won by 169 runs) * c J.C.Scholey b R.O.Jenkins 0 210 274 1 c D.Kenyon b G.T.O.Wilson 2 151 256-6d 323. Warwickshire v Surrey, Kennington Oval, May 28, 29 (Surrey won by 69 runs) * c W.S.Surridge b E.A.Bedser 5 105 154 2 c J.C.Laker b G.A.R.Lock 50 118 138 2 324. Warwickshire v Derbyshire, Derby, May 31, June 2, 3 (Derbyshire won by an innings and 42 runs) * b C.Gladwin 10 81 240 1 b D.C.Morgan 61 117 325. Warwickshire v Northamptonshire, Edgbaston, June 7, 9, 10 (Match drawn) * c K.Fiddling b F.R.Brown 41 316 359-7d run out 63 248-5d 183-7 326. Warwickshire v Lancashire, Edgbaston, June 11, 12 (Lancashire won by an innings and 49 runs) * st A.Wilson b A.Wharton 56 162 338 1 c J.B.Statham b J.T.Ikin 10 127 327. Warwickshire v Oxford University, The Parks, June 14, 16, 17 (Warwickshire won by an innings and 77 runs) * c C.C.P.Williams b T.S.Penny 37 348-4d 113 158 328. Warwickshire v Sussex, Edgbaston, June 18, 19, 20 (Warwickshire won by nine wickets) * c and b A.E.James 13 291 86 1 did not bat - 29-1 230 1 329. Warwickshire v Somerset, Bath, June 25, 26, 27 (Somerset won by 99 runs) * b J.Lawrence 52 195 247 b E.P.Robinson 13 185 232-8d 1 330. Warwickshire v Essex, Edgbaston, June 28, 30, July 1 (Warwickshire won by ten wickets) * c T.E.Bailey b K.C.Preston 10 346-6d 224 did not bat - 84-0 204 2 46