Famous Cricketers No 95 - P.A.Perrin

95. Essex v Warwickshire, Leyton, August 16, 17, 18 (Match drawn) [5] c S.P.Kinneir b S.Hargreave 8 111 4 2 7 0 505 [3] lbw b S.Hargreave 125† 394-8 96. Essex v Gloucestershire, College Ground, Cheltenham, August 20, 21, 22 (Gloucestershire won by two wickets) [3] not out 134† 248 285 1 [3] c and b G.L.Jessop 0 118 82-8 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct County Championship 20 32 2 1138 205 37.93 4 4 7 Career 96 163 15 5474 205 36.98 15 26 39 Bowling O M R W BB Ave County Championship (6b) 10.1 2 34 0 - - Career (6b) 10.1 2 } 143 2 1-4 71.50 (5b) 33 5 1901 Essex again finished the season tenth out of fifteen in the Championship, although in this season the ‘modest performance’ was attributed to pitches at Leyton being over-prepared. The county drew seven of their eleven Leyton fixtures and Wisden referred to the ‘monotony’ of run getting there. S.H.Pardon’s editorial in the Almanack said that Leyton pitches were now ‘so superlatively good that it was almost impossible to get through four innings in three days.’ Shortly before the start of the season, Perrin had married and moved to a large new house at Muswell Hill. During the winter he had been elected to membership of the MCC. His first match for the club, against Nottinghamshire in early May, was the first time he had played first-class cricket for a side other than Essex since 1896. Wisden records his attendance at the MCC’s Annual General Meeting which was held during this match. For Essex, Perrin was successful, but not outstanding, alongside Carpenter and McGahey. Passing fifty in ten out of 41 innings, he finished the season just outside the top twenty in the national batting averages. His best performance came at Leyton in early August against Nottinghamshire, when Essex were left to score 255 to win in 165 minutes. He and F.L.Fane scored 235 off 66 overs in an unbroken second wicket stand, Perrin’s share being 108. In retrospect this was a year where Perrin, twenty-five during the season, could have progressed to selection for ‘showcase’ matches. Instead preference went to C.P.McGahey, W.G.Quaife and J.T.Tyldesley who were all selected for the Australian tour of 1901-02, and as Cricketers of the Year by Wisden in 1902. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 97. MCC v Nottinghamshire, Lord’s, May 1, 2 (Nottinghamshire won by an innings and 90 runs) [3] run out 7 124 341 2 [3] c J.Carlin b J.Atkinson 35† 127 98. Essex v Sussex, Leyton, May 16, 17, 18 (Essex won by 171 runs) [3] b F.W.Tate 15 214 247 [3] b K.O.Goldie 32 414 210 99. Essex v Warwickshire, Edgbaston, May 20, 21, 22 (Warwickshire won by seven wickets) [3] c A.F.A.Lilley b S.P.Kinneir 43 320 258 [3] b S.P.Kinneir 8 156 219-3 100. Essex v Gloucestershire, Leyton, May 23, 24, 25 (Match drawn) [3] c T.Langdon b H.J.Huggins 51 452 395 1 did not bat - 296-3d 201-5 29