Famous Cricketers No 95 - P.A.Perrin

thus finished the season fourth in the national averages, behind C.B.Fry, C.P.Mead and R.H.Spooner, his best ever return by that measure. Despite missing three matches, he scored more runs than any other Essex player. He performed particularly strongly in the middle part of the season: in one period in the course of six matches, he scored 716 runs at an average of 71.60, including, at Trent Bridge, a century in each innings, the third time he had achieved this. Wisden said ‘Perrin had indeed a splendid season’, although Cricket magazine several times referred to his play being dull or slow. Now thirty-five, he was not selected for either of the two Test trials, the first of which occurred only shortly after his two match ‘protest’ at Douglas’ selection as Essex captain. Assuming he did not refuse an invitation, he was unlucky not to play for the Gentlemen against the Players at Lord’s, in spite of his excellent form at that stage of the season. I.P.F Campbell, the Oxford University freshman who batted third for the Gentlemen in that match, scored a pair. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 295. Essex v Middlesex, Leyton, May 29, 30, 31 (Match drawn) [3] st H.R.Murrell b J.W.Hearne 2 226 498 2 [3] c and b R.Anson 114† 341-6 296. Essex v Derbyshire, Leyton, June 5, 6, 7 (Essex won by nine wickets) [3] b S.W.A.Cadman 46 470 287 1 [3] not out 7 71-1 253 297. Essex v Sussex, Eastbourne, June 8, 9, 10 (Sussex won by 119 runs) [3] b R.R.Relf 21 342 269 [3] c H.R.Butt b R.R.Relf 0 125 317 298. Essex v Kent, Tonbridge, June 12, 13, 14 (Essex won by 256 runs) [3] c A.Fielder b F.E.Woolley 79† 293 203 [3] c K.L.Hutchings b W.J.Fairservice 10 304-7d 138 1 299. Essex v Worcestershire, Leyton, June 19, 20, 21 (Essex won by six wickets) [3] c W.B.Burns b J.A.Cuffe 101† 289 123 [3] b R.D.Burrows 21 149-4 312 1 300. Essex v Sussex, Leyton, June 22, 23, 24 (Sussex won by four wickets) [3] c H.R.Butt b E.H.Killick 52 271 167 1 [3] b R.R.Relf 10 89 195-6 301. Essex v Nottinghamshire, Trent Bridge, July 12, 13, 14 (Match drawn) [3] b T.G.Wass 112 367 261 1 [3] not out 100† 260-3d 168-2 302. Essex v Yorkshire, Bramall Lane, Sheffield, July 17, 18, 19 (Match drawn) [3] st A.Dolphin b S.Haigh 81† 392 270 did not bat - 78-2 333-7d 303. Essex v Lancashire, Leyton, July 24, 25, 26 (Match drawn) [3] b R.Whitehead 110 315 181 [3] b H.Dean 40† 149-5 412-5d 304. Essex v Middlesex, Lord’s, July 27, 28, 29 (Middlesex won by an innings and 211 runs) [3] b J.W.Hearne 20† 78 440-9d [3] lbw b F.A.Tarrant 22 151 305. Essex v Worcestershire, Stourbridge, July 31, August 1, 2 (Essex won by an innings and 228 runs) [3] c E.G.Arnold b R.D.Burrows 29 505 165 112 306. Essex v Derbyshire, Derby, August 7, 8, 9 (Essex won by seven wickets) [3] c E.Needham b A.Morton 57† 239 178 [3] b A.G.Slater 31 97-3 157 1 307. Essex v Nottinghamshire, Leyton, August 10, 11 (Essex won by an innings and 26 runs) [3] c G.M.Lee b J.Iremonger 43 326 154 1 146 1 308. Essex v Lancashire, Old Trafford, August 21, 22 (Lancashire won by an innings and 64 runs) [3] lbw b H.Dean 27† 104 274 1 [3] b P.M.Fairclough 26† 106 47