Famous Cricketers No 86 - John Edrich

SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Test Matches 4 8 0 428 175 53.50 1 2 1 Championship 15 28 4 1050 142 43.75 3 4 12 Other Surrey match 1 2 1 91 68* 91.00 - 1 1 Season 20 38 5 1569 175 47.54 4 7 14 Career 512 887 91 36487 310* 45.83 94 174 280 1976 Edrich continued as captain and Surrey finished in ninth place. This season saw Edrich appearing in the last Test match of his career. Edrich and Close grimly defended their wickets against fast bowling which was frequently too wild and too hostile to be acceptable and it was ironic that this should be his last Test match. He had a profitable batting year finishing in 17th place in the national averages. For Surrey he scored 179 at Worcester in an innings lasting over five hours with 29 fours. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 513.* Surrey v Glamorgan, Kennington Oval, April 28, 29, 30 (Match drawn) [Capt.] c A.Jones b G.D.Armstrong 65 338 271 c Majid Khan b G.D.Armstrong 16 259-7d 234-9 2 514.* Surrey v Sussex, Hove, May 5, 6, 7 (Sussex won by eight wickets) [Capt.] c R.D.V.Knight b M.A.Buss 10 122 393-6c 1 c M.A.Buss b J.Spencer 41 337 67-2 515.* Surrey v West Indians, Kennington Oval, May 12, 13, 14 (Match drawn) [Capt.] c and b R.C.Fredericks 118 303-5d 316-5d b R.R.Jumadeen 15 252 97-3 516. Surrey v Somerset, Guildford, May 19, (20), 21 (Surrey won by seven wickets) [Capt.] c D.J.S.Taylor b H.R.Moseley 18 156-8d 130 1 lbw b I.T.Botham 12 96-3 121 1 517. Surrey v Middlesex, Lord’s, May 29, 31, June 1 (Match drawn) [Capt.] b A.A.Jones 0 260-8d 271-4d c C.T.Radley b F.J.Titmus 11 185 4-0 518.* ENGLAND v WEST INDIES, Trent Bridge, June 3, 4, 5, 7, 8 (Match drawn) c D.L.Murray b W.W.Daniel 37 332 494 1 not out 76 156-2 176-5d 519.* Surrey v Gloucestershire, Kennington Oval, June 12, 14, 15 (Match drawn) [Capt.] [6] c Sadiq Mohammad b B.M.Brain 8 185 390-7c c Zaheer Abbas b Sadiq Mohammad 120 325-8 264-2d 520. Surrey v Lancashire, Old Trafford, June 26, 28, 29 (Match drawn) [Capt.] b P.Lever 20 263-8c 281 st F.M.Engineer b J.Simmons 48 121-5 214-7d 521. Surrey v Essex, Kennington Oval, July 3, 5, 6 (Essex won by 155 runs) [Capt.] lbw b S.Turner 47 321 342 1 c and b R.E.East 0 149 283 1 522. ENGLAND v WEST INDIES, Old Trafford, July 8, 9, 10, 12, 13 (West Indies won by 425 runs) c D.L.Murray b A.M.E.Roberts 8 71 211 b W.W.Daniel 24 126 411-5d 523.** Surrey v Worcestershire, Worcester, July 21, 22, 23 (Match drawn) [Capt.] b Imran Khan 179 371-8c 255 2 c D.N.Patel b J.D.Inchmore 14 119-7 272 47