Famous Cricketers No 95 - P.A.Perrin

284. Essex v Yorkshire, Leyton, June 9, (10), 11 (Essex won by ten wickets) [3] b J.T.Newstead 10 277 152 1 did not bat - 6-0 130 285. East of England v West of England, Arms Park, Cardiff, June 20, 21, 22 (West of England won by four wickets) [3] c C.G.C.Elers b E.Robson 50 295 199 [3] c C.G.C.Elers b E.Robson 1 112 210-6 286. Essex v Lancashire, Leyton, June 23, 24, 25 (Match drawn) [4] c J.T.Tyldesley b H.Dean 95† 180 73-0 287. Essex v Kent, Gravesend, June 27, 28 (Kent won by an innings and 81 runs) absent ill - 109 299 absent ill - 109 288. Essex v Derbyshire, Derby, August 1, 2, 3 (Essex won by 271 runs) [3] lbw b A.Morton 5 226 106 1 [3] c L.Oliver b A.Warren 50 217-7d 66 1 289. Essex v Nottinghamshire, Leyton, August 4, 5, 6 (Nottinghamshire won by three wickets) [3] c T.W.Oates b C.C.Clifton 0 212 163 [3] b J.Iremonger 6 58 108-7 2 290. Essex v Middlesex, Lord’s, August 8, 9, 10 (Middlesex won by two wickets) [2] c E.Mignon b F.A.Tarrant 39† 110 104 [2] b F.A.Tarrant 39 235 243-8 291. Essex v Nottinghamshire, Trent Bridge, August 15, 16, 17 (Nottinghamshire won by 301 runs) [2] lbw b A.O.Jones 10 250 315 [2] b J.Iremonger 6 44 280-5d 1 292. Essex v Yorkshire, Harrogate, August 18, 19, 20 (Match drawn) [capt] [6] c D.Denton b M.W.Booth 71 272 233 did not bat - 26-2 293. Essex v Sussex, Hove, August 22, 23, 24 (Match drawn) [4] c H.R.Butt b R.R.Relf 5 203 282 [4] b R.R.Relf 7 129-5 294. Essex v Worcestershire, Leyton, August 25, 26, 27 (Worcestershire won by one wicket) [4] c E.W.Bale b J.A.Cuffe 4 129 236 [4] b J.A.Cuffe 26 190 85-9 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct County Championship 13 21 0 529 95 25.19 - 4 7 Other Essex match 1 1 0 144 144 144.00 1 - - Other matches 2 4 0 74 50 18.50 - 1 1 Season 16 26 0 747 144 28.73 1 5 8 Career 294 511 47 17783 343* 38.32 44 87 150 1911 This was one of the warmest and driest seasons of Perrin’s career, particularly in Eastern England. Essex, now captained by J.W.H.T.Douglas, won eight of their eighteen matches, five of them at Leyton, and finished sixth in the Championship. The county was among the stronger batting sides in the Championship. Attendances at the county’s home matches were better than in the previous three years and this lessened the County’s financial worries. Because of his disappointment at not being awarded the captaincy, Perrin declined to play in the first two games of the season. He also stood down from the Surrey match at Leyton in late July when his place was taken by F.H.Gillingham. In twenty-seven innings, all at number three, he passed fifty on ten occasions and converted six into centuries, including one on return from his protest absence. He 46