Famous Cricketers No 86 - John Edrich

stands between 60 and 100. Surrey finished seventh in the Championship. Edrich scored nearly twice as many runs as any of his colleagues and finished in fifth place in the first-class averages. Edrich was picked for only one Test match, at the Oval after the series had been lost, and scored just 35 runs. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 235. MCC v Yorkshire, Lord’s, April 30, May 2, 3 (Match drawn) [3] c G.Boycott b D.Wilson 1 282-4d 281-6d [3] c J.G.Binks b J.S.Waring 4 206-9 254-4d 1 236. Surrey v MCC, Lord’s, May 4, 5, (6) (Match drawn) 192-3d 1 237. Surrey v Derbyshire, Kennington Oval, May 7, 9, 10 (Derbyshire won by 7 runs) b E.Smith 6 97 136 c E.Smith b I.R.Buxton 1 117 85 1 238. Surrey v Sussex, Kennington Oval, May 11, 12, 13 [65 overs limit] (Surrey won by nine wickets) c J.M.Parks b D.L.Bates 30 216-7c 155-6c c L.J.Lenham b M.A.Buss 12 42-1 102 239. MCC v West Indians, Lord’s, May 14, 16, 17 (Match drawn) [3] c M.C.Carew b L.R.Gibbs 8 383-8d 349-9d b G.S.Sobers 17 67-2 246-9d 240. Surrey v Hampshire, Basingstoke, May 18, 19, 20 (Match drawn) c L.Harrison b D.W.White 6 143-8d 259-6d 1 c H.M.Barnard b D.Shackleton 8 83-6 62-1d 241. Surrey v Northamptonshire, Kennington Oval, May (25), 27, 28 (Match drawn) c and b H.Sully 29 157-9d 207-6d c C.Milburn b H.Sully 26 181-7 181-3d 242.* Surrey v Nottinghamshire, Trent Bridge, May 28, 30, 31 [65 overs limit] (Match drawn) c H.I.Moore b C.Forbes 137 239-4c 233-8c 1 b I.J.Davison 23 331-5d 261-7 243.* Surrey v Lancashire, Kennington Oval, June 1, 2, 3 [65 overs limit] (Surrey won by ten wickets) not out 136 280-5c 176 1 not out 51 74-0 176 244. Surrey v Somerset, Bath, June 4, 6 [65 overs] (Somerset won by two wickets) lbw b B.A.Langford 32 114 131 c R.T.Virgin b P.J.Robinson 11 107 92-8 245. Surrey v Kent, Kennington Oval, June 11, 12, 13 [65 overs limit] (Match drawn) c A.P.E.Knott b J.C.J.Dye 39 156-9c 179-8c c and b J.C.J.Dye 57 229 168-9 1 246. Surrey v Glamorgan, Arms Park, Cardiff, June 18, 20, 21 (Surrey won by 198 runs) c E.W.Jones b A.E.Cordle 78 209 90 c E.W.Jones b P.M.Walker 62 162-5d 83 1 247. Surrey v Leicestershire, Leicester, June 25, 26, (27) [65 overs limit] (Match drawn) b C.T.Spencer 10 81 195-8c 1 23-2 248.* Surrey v Essex, Southend-on-Sea, June 29, 30, July 1 [65 overs limit] (Match drawn) c B.Taylor b A.M.Jorden 35 170-8c 167-7c c G.Barker b A.M.Jorden 61 260-7 300-8d 1 249.* Surrey v Kent, Blackheath, July 2, 4, 5 (Match drawn) c B.W.Luckhurst b A.L.Dixon 132 360-7d 362 c D.Nicholls b A.L.Dixon 28 76-9 250.* Surrey v Somerset, Kennington Oval, July 6, 7, 8 (Match drawn) c P.J.Robinson b R.Palmer 86 274-9d 247 1 c R.T.Virgin b W.E.Alley 46 138-9 227-8d 251.* Surrey v Middlesex, Kennington Oval, July 9, 10, 11 [65 overs limit] (Surrey won by 105 runs) b J.S.E.Price 76 220-9c 209 c E.G.Clifton b F.J.Titmus 67 279-6d 185 1 252. Surrey v Leicestershire, Kennington Oval, July 13, 14, 15 (Match drawn) c R.W.Tolchard b P.T.Marner 54 314-5d 275 1 214-4 26