Famous Cricketers No 95 - P.A.Perrin

financial position, and its chairman, C.E.Green, told the ‘numerous company of members’ at the Annual General Meeting in December that ‘For the first season in the club’s history revenue has exceeded expenditure.’ Perrin, generally batting at three, was part of a solid phalanx of Essex batting talent, mostly amateur, which collectively rarely failed the county. Playing in every match, he again scored more runs than any other player for the county, and finished the season at twenty-first in the national averages. Cover Point in The Leytonstone Express and Independent , recognising his ability at last, described his 153 against Warwickshire as ‘a class exhibition from a master hand’. In the away match with Derbyshire, Perrin was involved in a dispute in his second innings when he edged a delivery which hit the wicketkeeper’s head and was then caught in the slips. He did not ‘walk’ and the umpire, R.O.Clayton, perhaps confused by the succession of events, gave him not out. In his memoirs, Derbyshire’s wicketkeeper, L.G.Wright, thought the catch ‘palpable’ and recorded ‘consternation’ at Perrin’s conduct. Perrin went on to score 58, which helped Essex to save the game. Despite the new prominence of Essex, Perrin seems not to have been invited to play in representative or festival matches. He also missed the opportunity of batting on his twenty-first birthday against the MCC at Lord’s, and perhaps making a big score, when towards the end of play on the day before, in the Essex second innings, he was dismissed for only 4. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 18. Essex v Surrey, Kennington Oval, May 10, 11, 12 (Match drawn) [3] run out 63 316 199 [3] c H.Wood b H.B.Chinnery 13 244-8d 269-7 18. Essex v Warwickshire, Edgbaston, May 17, 18, 19 (Match drawn) [4] c A.C.S.Glover b S.Santall 56 346 281 did not bat - 90-0 271-8d 19. Essex v Yorkshire, Leyton, May 20, 21 (Essex won by three wickets) [3] c J.T.Brown b F.W.Milligan 39 199 154 1 [3] c E.Wainwright b G.H.Hirst 0 132-7 176 20. Essex v MCC, Lord’s, May 24, 25, 26 (MCC won by 111 runs) [3] b J.T.Hearne 23 86 193 1 [3] c and b J.T.Hearne 4 226 230 21. Essex v Sussex, Leyton, May 27, 28, 29 (Match drawn) [3] c H.R.Butt b E.H.Killick 39 190 226 37-4 22. Essex v Leicestershire, Leyton, June 7, 8, (9) (Match drawn) [3] b F.Geeson 46† 149 223 [3] not out 12 77-1 23. Essex v Hampshire, Southampton, June 24, 25 (Essex won by innings and 87 runs) [3] c H.Baldwin b C.Heseltine 36 367 147 1 133 1 24. Essex v Derbyshire, Leyton, June 28, 29, 30 (Essex won by seven wickets) [3] b J.Cross 0 234 216 [3] not out 71† 119-3 136 2 26. Essex v Lancashire, Old Trafford, July 1, 2, 3 (Lancashire won by 66 runs) [3] c and b A.W.Mold 30 210 167 [3] c and b J.Briggs 29 188 297 1 27. Essex v Warwickshire, Leyton, July 15, 16, 17 (Essex won by an innings and 49 runs) [3] st E.J.Diver b H.J.Pallett 153† 489 274 166 28. Essex v Derbyshire, Derby, July 19, 20, 21 (Match drawn) [3] c J.W.Hancock b G.A.Davidson 13 186 4 0 17 0 428 1 [3] run out 58† 213-5 22