Famous Cricketers No 86 - John Edrich

285. Surrey v Gloucestershire, Kennington Oval, August 5, 6, 7 (Surrey won by seven wickets) c C.A.Milton b M.Bissex 35 259 351 c sub b J.B.Mortimore 40 206-3 113 286. Surrey v Derbyshire, Kennington Oval, August 9, 10, 11 (Match drawn) [Capt.] [4] lbw b D.C.Morgan 41 298 283 1 138-4 1 287. Surrey v Sussex, Hove, August 12, 13, 14 (Surrey won by four wickets) [Capt.] lbw b J.A.Snow 0 115 163 c A.W.Greig b J.A.Snow 9 195-6 146-9d 1 288. Surrey v Somerset, Weston-super-Mare, August 16, 17, 18 (Surrey won by 148 runs) [Capt.] [4] lbw b P.J.Robinson 34 254 162 [3] not out 60 172-2d 116 2 289.* Surrey v Middlesex, Lord’s, August (19), 20, 21 (Match drawn) [3] c F.J.Titmus b P.H.Parfitt 113 294-8 194 290.* Surrey v Essex, Chelmsford, August 23, 24, 25 (Match drawn) [Capt.] [4] c B.Taylor b B.E.A.Edmeades 2 232 370-7d [4] c B.Ward b R.E.East 161 323 291.* Surrey v Nottinghamshire, Kennington Oval, August 30, 31, September 1 (Match drawn) [4] c D.L.Murray b B.Stead 82 364-5d 290-8d 1 [4] st D.L.Murray b R.A.White 22 134-5d 14-0 292.*T N Pearce’s XI v Pakistanis, Scarborough, September 2, 4, 5 (Match drawn) c Arif Butt b Pervez Sajjad 81 310-7d 365-7d c Wasim Bari b Arif Butt 13 144-6 141-9d 293. An England XI v Rest of World XI, Scarborough, September 6, 7, 8 (Match drawn) c J.D.Lindsay b P.M.Pollock 2 201 335-6d 1 c P.M.Pollock b L.R.Gibbs 87 291-6 238-2d SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Test Matches 2 3 0 35 22 11.66 - - 1 Championship 24 36 5 1658 226* 53.48 4 9 14 Other Surrey matches 3 4 0 201 108 50.25 1 1 3 Other matches 2 4 0 183 87 45.75 - 2 1 Season 31 47 5 2077 226* 49.45 5 12 19 Career 293 506 49 20243 310* 44.29 50 98 168 Bowling O M R W Championship 1 0 1 0 Career 10.1 1 49 0 1967/68 - MCC in the West Indies Despite his poor Test match form in the previous year, John Edrich was selected for the tour to the West Indies. He expected to be the reserve batsman but displaced Milburn who had a very bad start to the tour. In a good Test match series, won by England, he scored a century at Bridgetown and 96 at Kingston ending with a tour average of 46.18. His 146 at Bridgetown showed him in his anchor role, the innings lasting 144 overs for seven hours fifty minutes. Wisden reported “His start was horrible but he schooled himself to play straighter and closer to his legs and his Test aggregate was exceeded only by those of Cowdrey and Boycott.” Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 294. MCC v President’s XI, Bridgetown, January 3, 4, 5, 6 (Match drawn) c R.M.de Souza b R.M.Edwards 1 365 435-9d c C.A.Davis b G.S.Camacho 24 94-2 116-1d 29