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

this by asking for a ten year engagement – one as a player and nine as head coach. The Committee counter-offered five years, one as a player and four as head coach, and this he accepted. He had gained the MCC’s newly instituted Advanced Coaching Certificate the winter before, and what’s more he did so by passing out with the highest marks of all those who had entered the course. He had also declined nomination as an England selector for the coming season; although flattered by the offer, he turned it down as it would have meant him missing eight county games. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct St Total Total 377. Warwickshire v Cambridge University, Fenner’s, April 28, 29, 30 (Match drawn) * did not bat - 308-2d 190 4 280-4 378. Warwickshire v Surrey, Kennington Oval, May 8, 10, 11 (Warwickshire won by six wickets) * not out 74 251 224 c W.S.Surridge b G.A.R.Lock 30 156-4 179 379. Warwickshire v Essex, Westcliff-on-Sea, May 12, 13, 14 (Warwickshire won by 124 runs) * st B.Taylor b F.H.Vigar 25 358-5d 247 lbw b R.Smith 45 199-5d 186 380. Warwickshire v Northamptonshire, Edgbaston, May 15, 17, 18 (Warwickshire won by two wickets) * c sub b S.Starkie 8 178 258 lbw b G.E.Tribe 51 288-8 207-4d 381. Warwickshire v Sussex, Edgbaston, May 19, 20, 21 (Warwickshire won by seven wickets) * c R.T.Webb b N.I.Thomson 39 282 108 2 not out 22 135-3 307 382. Warwickshire v Yorkshire, Headingley, May 22, 24, 25 (Match drawn) * b J.H.Wardle 22 281-6d 111 22-1 383. Warwickshire v Worcestershire, Dudley, May 26, 27, 28 (Warwickshire won by ten wickets) * lbw b L.N.Devereux 38 378 283 did not bat - 38-0 132 384. Warwickshire v Yorkshire, Courtaulds Ground, Coventry, May 29, 31 (Yorkshire won by ten wickets) * b F.S.Trueman 50 142 225 2 c D.B.Close b R.Appleyard 14 83 4-0 385. Warwickshire v Essex, Edgbaston, June 2, 3, 4 (Warwickshire won by four wickets) * not out 109 321-5d 316 1 run out 43 213-6 216-4d 386. Warwickshire v Derbyshire, Derby, June 5, (7), 8 (Match drawn) * c G.L.Willatt b C.Gladwin 24 180-6 172 387. Warwickshire v Nottinghamshire, Edgbaston, June 12, 14, 15 (Match drawn) * lbw b A.Jepson 16 292-7d 91 217-5 388. Warwickshire v Somerset, Bath, June 16, 17 (Warwickshire won by nine wickets) * b J.Hilton 41 208 139 did not bat - 27-1 94 1 389. Warwickshire v Leicestershire, Coventry Road Ground, Hinckley, June 19, 21, 22 (Warwickshire won by 134 runs) * c G.A.Smithson b V.S.Munden 142 378 297 c G.A.Smithson b V.E.Jackson 16 133 80 390. Warwickshire v Glamorgan, Llanelli, June 23, 24, 25 (Glamorgan won by 73 runs) * lbw b W.Wooller 4 148 305-8d lbw b J.E.McConnon 17 257 173-3d 391. Warwickshire v Middlesex, Edgbaston, June 30, July 1, 2 (Match drawn) * not out 124 358 539-8d not out 0 208-3 392. Warwickshire v Gloucestershire, Edgbaston, July 3, 5, 6 (Warwickshire won by 28 runs) * c A.E.Wilson b C.Cook 19 130 174 c G.M.Emmett b C.Cook 7 207-9d 135 2 53