Famous Cricketers No 86 - John Edrich

387. MCC v Combined XI, Launceston, December 27, (28), (29) (Match drawn) [6] not out 5 184-4 388. ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA, Sydney, January 9, 10, 11, 13, 14 (England won by 299 runs) [3] c J.W.Gleeson b G.S.Chappell 55 332 236 1 [3] run out 12 319-5d 116 1 389.* ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA, Melbourne, January 21, 22, 23, 25, 26 (Match drawn) [3] c R.W.Marsh b A.L.Thomson 9 392 493-9d 2 [2] not out 74 161-0 169-4d 390.*** ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA, Adelaide, January 29, 30, February 1, 2, 3 (Match drawn) c K.R.Stackpole b D.K.Lillee 130 470 235 1 b A.L.Thomson 40 233-4d 328-3 391. ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA, Sydney, February 12, 13, 14, 16, 17 (England won by 62 runs) c G.S.Chappell b A.R.Dell 30 184 264 c I.M.Chappell b K.J.O’Keeffe 57 302 160 392. ENGLAND v NEW ZEALAND, Christchurch, February 25, 26, 27, March 1 (England won by eight wickets) lbw b R.S.Cunis 12 231 65 1 c K.J.Wadsworth b R.O.Collinge 2 89-2 254 393. ENGLAND v NEW ZEALAND, Auckland, March 6, 7, 8, 9 (Match drawn) c R.W.Morgan b M.G.Webb 1 321 313-7d 1 c M.G.Burgess b R.O.Collinge 24 237 40-0 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Test Matches 8 15 2 687 130 52.84 2 4 7 Other matches 6 10 3 449 70 64.14 1 3 1 Tour 14 25 5 1136 130 56.80 3 7 8 Career 393 682 71 28328 310* 46.36 73 136 218 1971 John Edrich played in all the Test matches in this season, there being two three-match series, against Pakistan and India. In a below par performance he averaged under 30 for the Test matches. He scored plenty of runs for Surrey, 1,718 in the Championship with six centuries, and batted with splendid consistency to help Surrey win the Championship. Again he scored two centuries in a match, against Warwickshire at The Oval this time leading to a win. He finished eighth in the first-class averages. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 394. Surrey v Essex, Kennington Oval, May 1, 3, 4 (Match drawn) hit wkt b K.D.Boyce 5 242 245 1 c R.E.East b D.L.Acfield 38 260-8d 158-7 395. Surrey v Lancashire, Old Trafford, May 8, 10 (Surrey won by eight wickets) c F.M.Engineer b J.Simmons 42 116 149 1 c D.Lloyd b D.P.Hughes 4 165-2 131 396.** Surrey v Warwickshire, Kennington Oval, May 12, 13, 14 (Surrey won by six wickets) c A.C.Smith b L.R.Gibbs 111 322-5d 319 b L.R.Gibbs 124 257-4 259-5d 397. Surrey v Kent, Canterbury, May 19, 20, 21 (Kent won by four wickets) c R.A.Woolmer b D.L.Underwood 73 292 316-7d 1 c B.W.Luckhurst b B.D.Julien 111 230 208-6 37