Famous Cricketers No 86 - John Edrich

SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Players v Gentlemen 2 4 0 160 69 40.00 - 2 - Championship 21 34 3 1424 154 45.93 5 5 14 Other Surrey matches 3 6 0 76 33 12.66 - - 4 Other matches 4 8 0 227 43 28.37 - - 2 Season 30 52 3 1887 154 38.51 5 7 20 Career 61 110 15 3940 154 41.47 13 12 29 1961 In a full season Edrich scored four centuries and eight fifties in the Championship although this was the worst season in the history of Surrey County Cricket Club which saw the county finish in fifteenth place. Against Essex at Ilford he batted for four and a half hours in the second innings to force a draw. He was asked to stand by for the First Test match against Australia but was not called up. In September he scored a century against the touring Australians for T.N.Pearce’s XI at Scarborough. He completed his century in two hours before lunch on the first day out of 202 for four. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 62. Surrey v Cambridge University, Fenner’s, April 29, May 1, 2 (Match drawn) run out 0 290 199 1 b R.I.Jefferson 12 164 210-9 63. Surrey v MCC, Lord’s, May 3, 4, (5) (Match drawn) c R.Subba Row b B.D.Wells 41 253 323-9d 47-2 64. Surrey v Worcestershire, Kennington Oval, May 6, 8, 9 (Match drawn) c N.Gifford b L.J.Coldwell 1 128 152 b L.J.Coldwell 3 340 143-7 65.* Surrey v Hampshire, Kennington Oval, May 10, 11, 12 (Hampshire won by five wickets) lbw b P.J.Sainsbury 105 356-4d 190 c M.D.Burden b J.R.Gray 17 141-2d 310-5 1 66. Surrey v Australians, Kennington Oval, May 13, 15, 16 (Australians won by ten wickets) c L.F.Kline b F.M.Misson 10 161 341-7d 1 lbw b A.K.Davidson 6 214 38-0 67. Surrey v Nottinghamshire, Trent Bridge, May 20, 22, 23 (Nottinghamshire won by 28 runs) c G.Millman b R.P.Oakden 63 281-7d 278 1 b C.Forbes 51 262 293-5d 68.* Surrey vWarwickshire, Kennington Oval, May 24, 25, 26 (Match drawn) c A.C.Smith b J.D.Bannister 2 352-6d 228 lbw b K.Ibadulla 97 196-2d 176-4 69.* Surrey v Essex, Ilford, May 27, 29, 30 (Match drawn) b T.E.Bailey 10 238 448 c G.Barker b B.R.Knight 129 405 45-2 1 70. Surrey v Gloucestershire, Kennington Oval, May 31, June 1, 2 (Match drawn) c B.J.Meyer b D.R.Smith 3 269-7d 170 2 311-6 71.** Surrey v Northamptonshire, Northampton, June 3, 5 (Surrey won by 256 runs). c D.Ramsamooj b P.D.Watts 107 326 125 c B.S.Crump b A.Lightfoot 69 116-1d 61 1 72. Surrey v Sussex, Hove, June 14, 15, 16 (Surrey won by eight wickets) lbw b N.I.Thomson 21 251-7d 250 lbw b R.V.Bell 14 243-2 240 73. Surrey v Yorkshire, Kennington Oval, June 17, 19, 20 (Match drawn) c D.B.Close b M.Ryan 19 319 84 395-8 74. Surrey v Sussex, Guildford, June 21, 22, 23 (Sussex won by five wickets) c J.M.Parks b D.L.Bates 4 322-6d - - - - 182 c N.I.Thomson b D.V.Smith 16 99 0.1 0 4 0 242-5 1 13