Famous Cricketers No 95 - P.A.Perrin

SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct County Championship 22 36 4 1114 114 34.81 3 6 14 Other Essex matches 3 4 1 187 105 62.33 1 - 3 Season 25 40 5 1301 114 37.17 4 6 17 Career 448 775 72 26462 343* 37.64 63 133 248 Bowling O M R W BB Ave County Championship 1 0 2 0 - - Other Essex matches 7 0 19 0 - - Season (6b) 8 0 21 0 - - Career (6b) 185.2 36 } 749 16 3-13 46.81 (5b) 33 5 1923 Essex won seven matches in all, five in August, but fell back to the lower half of the Championship table. Wisden said Perrin ‘retained his ability almost unimpaired’, and added that ‘his steadiness often saved the side from complete disaster.’ He batted fifth in the order almost throughout the season and reached the thousand runs target during the August Bank Holiday match at Worcester. His innings there of 122, playing ‘exceptionally well’, was obtained in a fourth wicket partnership of 256 with C.A.G Russell. It was only the fourth 250 partnership of Perrin’s career. His 79* in 150 minutes against Gloucestershire in early May; his 55* in 110 minutes against Worcestershire at the Whitsun Bank Holiday, facing Fred Root bowling leg-theory; and his 102* in 260 minutes against Lancashire in July, were all sheet anchor affairs. He did not bat in the second innings after his 122 at Worcester and thereafter found runs hard to come by. Against Cambridge University at Colchester, Perrin was involved in a dispute early in his innings and facing a University total of 332, he failed to ‘walk’ when, with the umpire unsighted, he was clearly caught at gully: he went on to make 70. When he was tackled about the incident some years later, he replied, according to E.W.Swanton, ‘Oh yes, that: I shouldn’t have done it against the varsity’. Perrin was always more Spartan than Corinthian. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 449. Essex v Sussex, Leyton, May 9, 10, 11 (Sussex won by 290 runs) [5] lbw b A.E.R.Gilligan 2 175 282 [5] c G.B.Street b A.E.R.Gilligan 3 135 318 1 450. Essex v Gloucestershire, Leyton, May 12, 14, 15 (Match drawn) [5] not out 79† 198 204 2 did not bat - 7-0 184 1 451. Essex v Worcestershire, Leyton, May 19, 21 (Worcestershire won by an innings and 11 runs) [4] c J.C.Smith b C.F.Root 0 97 259 [5] not out 55† 151 452. Essex v Middlesex, Lord’s, May 23, 24, 25 (Match drawn) [4] c H.W.Lee b F.J.Durston 0 93 338-7d 1 [5] c and b H.J.Wenyon 36 244-5 453. Essex v Derbyshire, Chesterfield, May 26, (28), 29 (Match drawn) [5] c W.Carter b H.Storer 41† 101 172-7d 1 did not bat - 27-2 454. Essex v Sussex, Hove, May 30, 31, June 1 (Sussex won by 125 runs) [5] lbw b E.H.Bowley 14 115 100 [5] b A.E.R.Gilligan 26 110 250 455. Essex v Kent, Leyton, June 6, 7, 8 (Kent won by 242 runs) [5] c W.H.Ashdown b F.E.Woolley 18 263 401-3d [5] c C.J.Capes b F.E.Woolley 9 104 208-5d 61