Famous Cricketers No 86 - John Edrich

The EDRICH Family in Cricket John Edrich had four cousins who played first-class cricket, namely:- Brian Robert Edrich was born on 18th August 1922 at Cantley in Norfolk . He was a forcing middle order left-hand batsman, an off-break bowler and a close fielder. He played 128 matches for Kent from 1947 to 1953 and then moved to Glamorgan where he played 52 matches in 1954, 1955 & 1956. His career figures were:- M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 Ct Runs Wkts Ave 5i BB 181 302 25 5529 193* 19.96 4 130 4546 137 33.18 4 7/41 Eric Harry Edrich was born at Lingwod, Norfolk on 27th March 1914, a middle order batsman and wicket-keeper who played for Lancashire from 1946 to 1948 appearing in 33 matches. His career figures were:- M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 Ct St 36 46 5 949 121 23.14 2 38 15 He died on 9th March 1993. Geoffrey Arthur Edrich was born on 13th July 1918 at Lingwood in Norfolk. He was a middle order right-hand batsman, a right-arm medium pace bowler and a fine leg-slip. He played 322 matches in his career at Lancashire from 1946 to 1958 and went on the Commonwealth XI tour to India in 1953/54. His career figures were:- M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 Ct Runs Wkts Ave 5i BB 339 508 60 15600 167* 34.82 26 332 399 5 79.80 - 1/8 He died on 2nd January 2004. William John [Bill] Edrich was born at Lingwood, Norfolk on 26th March 1916. A right hand bat and right hand fast-medium bowler, he had a successful career with England and Middlesex. Both before and after playing first-class cricket he played for Norfolk over many years, from 1932 to 1936 and 1959 to 1971. He played 389 matches for Middlesex and his Test match career of 39 matches lasted from1938 to 1954/55. His career figures were:- M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 Ct Runs Wkts Ave 5i BB Career 571 964 92 36965 267* 42.39 86 529 15956 479 33.31 11 7-48 Test 39 63 2 2440 219 40.00 6 39 1693 41 41.29 - 4-68 He died on 24th April 1986. 78