Famous Cricketers No 86 - John Edrich

Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 159. MCC v South Zone, Hyderabad, January 6, 7, 8 (MCC won by an innings and 27 runs) lbw b Mahendra Kumar 32 480 140 313 160.* MCC v West Zone, Ahmedabad, January 17, 18, 19 (Match drawn) hit wkt b R.B.Desai 150 400-5d - - - - 208 1 0 10 0 282-3 161. MCC v East and Central Zones, Nagpur, February 4, 5, 6 (Match drawn) c P.C.Poddar b M.Siddique 42 173-5d 246 b P.S.Sathe 37 184-2 165-6d 162.* ENGLAND v INDIA, New Delhi, February 8, 9, 11, 12, 13 (Match drawn) c and b A.G.Kripal Singh 41 451 344 463-4 163. ENGLAND v INDIA, Kanpur, February 15, 16, 18, 19, 20 (Match drawn) c Nawab of Pataudi b C.G.Borde 35 559-8d - - - - 266 4 1 17 0 347-3 1 164. MCC v North Zone, Alexandra Ground, Amritsar, February 22, 23, 24 (Match drawn) [5] not out 39 299-3d 207-7d b H.T.Dani 10 136-5d 214-7 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Test Matches 2 2 0 76 41 38.00 - - 1 Other matches 4 6 1 310 150 62.00 1 - - Tour 6 8 1 386 150 55.14 1 - 1 Career 164 296 30 11082 216 41.66 29 49 94 Bowling O M R W Test Matches 4 1 17 0 Other matches 1 0 10 0 Tour 5 1 27 0 Career 6.1 1 35 0 1964 Edrich did not play in the First Test as he twisted his ankle during practice for the match. In the Second Test at Lord’s he scored his first Test century making 120 out of 246 when no other England player scored more than 35. He batted for six and a quarter hours hitting 2 sixes and 9 fours. He failed at both Headingley and Old Trafford and was dropped for the Oval match. Surrey finished fourth in the Championship, where he scored one century and ten fifties. The century was against Yorkshire at The Oval in Ken Barrington’s benefit match. He finished 13th in the first-class averages. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 165. Surrey v MCC, Lord’s, May 2, 4, 5 (Match drawn) c J.G.Binks b J.S.E.Price 1 200-9d 210 b R.N.S.Hobbs 34 193-7 183-1d 166.* Surrey v Australians, Kennington Oval, May 9, 11, 12 (Match drawn) c R.B.Simpson b J.W.Martin39 206 262 c and b R.B.Simpson 75 207-4 239-1d 167. Surrey v Gloucestershire, Kennington Oval, May 13, 14 (Surrey won by eight wickets) lbw b J.B.Mortimore 29 212 139 lbw b D.M.Young 7 63-2 135 2 168. Surrey v Nottinghamshire, Trent Bridge, May 16, 18, 19 (Surrey won by six wickets) c G.Millman b A.J.Corran 49 241 309-6d not out 93 167-4 95 1 20