Famous Cricketers No 86 - John Edrich

524. Surrey v Derbyshire, Ilkeston, July 28, 29, 30 (Derbyshire won by four wickets) [Capt.] lbw b E.J.Barlow 35 253-8c 352-7c b F.W.Swarbrook 36 201 105-6 525.* Surrey v Hampshire, Kennington Oval, July 31, August 2, 3 (Surrey won by five wickets) [Capt.] c and b N.G.Cowley 49 219 245 1 c G.R.Stephenson b P.J.Sainsbury 6 145-5 118 526. Surrey v Essex, Chelmsford, August 7, 9, 10 (Match drawn) [Capt.] c B.R.Hardie b K.D.Boyce 8 275-8c 311-8c c B.R.Hardie b K.D.Boyce 0 238-8 239-5d 527. Surrey v Kent, Canterbury, August 11, 12, 13 (Match drawn) [Capt.] c D.Nicholls b J.N.Shepherd 17 334-7c 307-8c 1 not out 114 242-5d 203-6 1 528.* Surrey v Warwickshire, Edgbaston, August 21, 23, 24 (Surrey won by 91 runs) [Capt.] c G.W.Humpage b D.J.Brown 78 342-3c 308-3d lbw b D.J.Brown 42 307-6d 250 1 529.* Surrey v Northamptonshire, Northampton, August 25, 26, 27 (Surrey won by seven wickets) [Capt.] b Mushtaq Mohammad 69 289 238 not out 80 160-3 207 530. Surrey v Sussex, Kennington Oval, August 28, 30, 31 (Match drawn) [Capt.] c J.R.T.Barclay b J.Spencer 5 145 253-9d did not bat - 117-4 124-6 531.* Surrey v Middlesex, Kennington Oval, September 1, 2, 3 (Middlesex won by five wickets) [Capt.] retired hurt 100 308-8c 308 [11] b P.H.Edmonds 0 172 176-5 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Test Matches 2 4 1 145 76* 48.33 - 1 1 Championship 16 31 3 1248 179 44.57 4 4 13 Other Surrey match 1 2 0 133 118 66.50 1 - - Season 19 37 4 1526 179 46.24 5 5 14 Career 531 924 95 38013 310* 45.85 99 179 294 1977 In his last season as captain, Edrich missed several matches in August and Surrey finished in twelfth place in the Championship. In July he reached the milestone of his 100th century and in a reasonable season scored two centuries in one match against Kent and finished twelfth in the national averages. It was in this year he was awarded an MBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 532. Surrey v Australians, Kennington Oval, April (30), May 2, (3) (Match drawn) [Capt.] c R.W.Marsh b M.H.N.Walker 70 327-8 533. Surrey v Middlesex, Kennington Oval, May 4, (5), 6 (Match drawn) [Capt.] b M.W.W.Selvey 0 93 200-7d 2 not out 48 99-0 534. Surrey v Essex, Kennington Oval, May 11, (12), (13) (Match drawn) [Capt.] lbw b J.K.Lever 5 65-6 535. Surrey v Yorkshire, Abbeydale Park, Sheffield, May 18, 19, 20 (Yorkshire won by an innings and 8 runs) [Capt.] c D.L.Bairstow b A.L.Robinson 16 171 279 1 run out 14 100 536. Surrey v Leicestershire, Kennington Oval, May 28, 30, 31 (Leicestershire won by eight wickets) [Capt.] c B.Dudleston b K.Shuttleworth 20 220 253 48