Famous Cricketers No 86 - John Edrich

105 Surrey v Warwickshire Kennington Oval 1973 104* Surrey v Somerset Kennington Oval 1959 103* Surrey v Essex Kennington Oval 1959 103* Surrey v Yorkshire Bramall Lane 1960 103 Surrey v Kent Kennington Oval 1959 102* Surrey v Middlesex Kennington Oval 1969 102 Surrey v Oxford University The Parks 1970 101* Surrey v Cambridge University Fenner’s 1965 101* Surrey v Derbyshire Kennington Oval 1977 100* Surrey v Glamorgan Kennington Oval 1967 100* Surrey v Kent Kennington Oval 1970 100* Surrey v Middlesex Kennington Oval 1976 For MCC in England - 1 125 MCC v West Indians Lord’s 1969 For MCC Overseas - 4 177 MCC v All Ceylon Colombo 1968/69 150 MCC v West Zone Ahmedabad 1963/64 133 MCC v Queensland Brisbane 1965/66 120 MCC v Queensland Brisbane 1970/71 For Other Teams - 5 170 D.H.Robins’ XI v South African Invitation XI Cape Town 1973/74 136 International Cavaliers v Transvaal Johannesburg 1962/63 118 D.H.Robins’ XI v Western Province Cape Town 1973/74 110 T.N.Pearce’s XI v Australians Scarborough 1961 106 The Rest v England Worcester 1974 Dismissed By In his first-class career, Edrich was dismissed 875 times, the breakdown being:- Bowled 136 15.5% Hit wicket 2 0.2% Leg before wicket 112 12.8% Caught 549 62.7% Caught and Bowled 31 3.5% Stumped 21 2.4% Run Out 24 2.7% The most successful bowlers to take his wicket were:- 12 Times: F.J.Titmus 11 Times: G.D.McKenzie 10 Times: T.W.Cartwright, G.S.Sobers 9 Times: A.L.Dixon, N.Gifford 8 Times: A.Buss, K.Higgs, R.N.S.Hobbs, R.Illingworth, Intikhab Alam, B.R.Knight, J.K.Lever, D.K.Lillee 7 Times: D.B.Close, J.Cotton, L.R.Gibbs, D.J.Halfyard, J.N.Shepherd, K.Shuttleworth, D.Wilson 6 Times: D.L.Bates, D.J.Brown, B.L.D’Oliveira, T.J.Jenner, J.S.E.Price, D.Shackleton, D.J.Shepherd, D.L.Underwood, P.M.Walker 5 Times: Asif Masood, T.E.Bailey, B.S.Bedi, M.A.Buss, L.J.Coldwell, A.J.Corran, J.C.J.Dye, P.H.Edmonds, A.W.Greig, C.C.Griffith, B.A.Langford, A.A.Mallett, H.R.Moseley, A.E.Moss, M.J.Procter, M.W.W.Selvey, D.R.Smith, J.Spencer, F.S.Trueman, M.H.N.Walker, D.W.White Breakdown of Scores The breakdown of the runs scored by John Edrich is:- 300 and over 1 80 to 89 24 30 to 39 106 200 to 299 3 70 to 79 41 20 to 29 102 150 to 199 18 60 to 69 44 10 to 19 166 100 to 149 81 50 to 59 55 1to 9 180 59