Famous Cricketers No 86 - John Edrich

b K.Shuttleworth 1 107 78-2 537. Surrey v Oxford University, The Parks, June (15), 16, 17 (Match drawn) [Capt.] c and b A.R.Wingfield-Digby 7 127-4d 88-2d c V.J.Marks b R.L.Savage 22 181-8d 164-9 1 538. Surrey v Sussex, Hove, June 18, 20, 21 (Sussex won by five wickets) [Capt.] c A.Long b J.Spencer 29 300-8d 252-7d c A.Long b J.R.T.Barclay 25 197-8d 247-5 539. Surrey v Hampshire, Bournemouth, June 25, 27, (28) (Match drawn) [Capt.] c and b J.M.Rice 27 244-7d 371-4c not out 44 100-1 540.* Surrey v Warwickshire, Kennington Oval, June 29, 30, July 1 (Surrey won by four wickets) [Capt.] c J.Whitehouse b E.E.Hemmings 75 307-7d 263-9c 1 c sub b D.J.Brown 56 236-6 278-4d 541.* Surrey v Glamorgan, Sophia Gardens, Cardiff, July 2, 4, 5 (Surrey won by five wickets) [Capt.] c B.J.Lloyd b G.Richards 90 378-7c 219 not out 78 164-5 322 1 542. Surrey v Kent, Maidstone, July 6, 7, 8 (Match drawn) [Capt.] lbw b J.N.Shepherd 43 283 - - - - 187 5 4 4 0 254-8 543. Surrey v Derbyshire, Kennington Oval, July 9, 11, 12 (Match drawn) [Capt.] c R.W.Taylor b C.J.Tunnicliffe 0 251-6d 315-4c not out 101 180-3 256-8d 544. Surrey v Gloucestershire, Cheltenham, July 23, (25), 26 (Match drawn) [Capt.] run out 8 245 197 159-1 545.*** Surrey v Kent, Kennington Oval, July 27, 28, 29 (Match drawn) [Capt.] c G.W.Johnson b J.N.Shepherd 140 300-5d 250-6d b G.W.Johnson 115 193-5d 139-5 546. Surrey v Sussex, Kennington Oval, September 7, 8, 9 (Match drawn) [Capt.] lbw b J.Spencer 8 254-8d 206 c A.Long b Imran Khan 2 211-8d 180-6 1 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Championship 13 23 4 945 140 49.73 3 4 6 Other Surrey matches 2 3 0 99 70 33.00 - 1 1 Season 15 26 4 1044 140 47.45 3 5 7 Career 546 950 99 39057 310* 45.89 102 184 301 Bowling O M R W Championship 5 4 4 0 Career 15.1 5 53 0 1978 In his last first-class season, John Edrich handed the captaincy over to Roger Knight. Surrey had a poor season finishing sixteenth in the Championship, their lowest ever position. His final first-class century was scored at Guildford and for the only time in his career he failed to score 1,000 runs in an English season since starting to play regularly for Surrey in 1959. His final first-class aggregate left him just 210 runs short of 40,000. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 547. Surrey v Sussex, Kennington Oval, May 10, 11, 12 (Match drawn) c A.Long b J.Spencer 8 201-9c 186 1 c Imran Khan b J.R.T.Barclay 21 195 206-8 1 49