Famous Cricketers No 86 - John Edrich

SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Players v Gentlemen 1 2 0 22 18 11.00 - - 2 Championship 22 42 0 1502 129 35.76 4 8 19 Other Surrey matches 6 10 0 175 54 17.50 - 1 6 Other matches 2 4 0 229 110 57.25 1 1 2 Season 31 58 0 1928 129 33.24 5 10 29 Career 92 168 15 5868 154 38.35 18 22 58 Bowling O M R W Championship 0.1 0 4 0 1962 This was a good season for Edrich enablinbg him to finish in sixth place in the first-class averages scoring the most runs of any batsman in the season. In a purple spell from May 19 to July 7 he scored 1,046 runs in ten innings including a double century against Nottinghamshire. His score of 216 included 2 sixes and 33 fours and lasted five hours. Again he formed a good opening partnership with Micky Stewart, both of them accumulating 2,000 runs in the season. Another innings lasting five hours was against Yorkshire at Bramall Lane in the second innings to secure a draw. Surrey finished fifth in the Championship. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 93. Surrey v Cambridge University, Fenner’s, April 28, 30, May 1 (Match drawn) b M.J.H.Weedon 40 147 266 lbw b A.J.G.Pearson 48 321 115-9 2 94.* Surrey v MCC, Lord’s, May 2, 3, 4 (Surrey won by six wickets) c J.T.Murray b A.E.Moss 76 279-2d 250 1 c J.T.Murray b F.J.Titmus 15 159-4 185 95. Surrey v Glamorgan, Llanelli, May (5), 7, 8 (Match drawn) b O.S.Wheatley 1 199 59-5d not out 16 23-0d 154-6 96. Surrey v Warwickshire, Kennington Oval, May 9, 10, 11 (Warwickshire won by six wickets) c A.C.Smith b A.Wright 16 185 166 b T.W.Cartwright 18 61 81-4 1 97.** Surrey v Glamorgan, Kennington Oval, May 19, 21, 22 (Surrey won by an innings and 73 runs) c A.H.M.Rees b P.M.Walker 125 339-9d 154 112 98.* Surrey v Leicestershire, Leicester, May 30, 31, June 1 (Surrey won by six wickets) c J.Mitten b P.N.Broughton 17 126 119 b S.Jayasinghe 123 246-4 251 99. Surrey v Pakistanis, Kennington Oval, June 6, 7, 8 (Pakistanis won by 92 runs) b Munir Malik 10 348-9d 388-6d run out 57 185 237-4d 100.** Surrey v Nottinghamshire, Trent Bridge, June 9, 11, 12 (Surrey won by 156 runs) c C.J.Poole b A.J.Corran 216 380-5d 224 did not bat - 187-2d 187 101. Surrey v Oxford University, Guildford, June 27, 28 (Surrey won by an innings and 82 runs) lbw b D.B.Pithey 60 475-7d 214 179 102.* Surrey v Yorkshire, Bramall Lane, June 30, July 2, 3 (Match drawn) c D.Wilson b F.S.Trueman 9 218 317-4d c J.V.Wilson b W.B.Stott 154 333-7 103.* Surrey v Cambridge University, Kennington Oval, July 4, 5, 6 (Surrey won by ten wickets) b A.R.Windows 107 273 144 1 not out 55 91-0 216 15