Famous Cricketers No 97 - Eddie Paynter

87. Lancashire v Somerset, Weston-super-Mare, August 3, 4, 5 (Somerset won by 51 runs) st W.T.Luckes b J.W.Lee 0 102 94 lbw b A.W.Wellard 3 92 151 88. Lancashire v Nottinghamshire, Trent Bridge, August 6, 8, 9 (Nottinghamshire won by 124 runs) b W.Voce 2 221 232 b W.Voce 1 132 245-8d 89. Lancashire v Gloucestershire, Cheltenham, August 10, 11, 12 (Gloucestershire won by 44 runs) b C.W.L.Parker 103 276 6 0 19 0 378 c W.R.Hammond b T.W.J.Goddard 9 223 - - - - 165 2 90. Lancashire v Middlesex, Old Trafford, August 13, 15, 16 (Lancashire won by nine wickets) c H.W.Lee b J.W.Hearne 148 386-5d 223 did not bat - 74-1 236 91. Lancashire v Warwickshire, Edgbaston, August 17, 18, 19 (Match drawn) st J.A.Smart b H. Jarratt 48 375 358 c R.E.S.Wyatt b G.A.E.Paine 32 208-4d 54-4 92. Lancashire v Somerset, Blackpool, August 20, 22 (Lancashire won by an innings and 101 runs) b W.H.R.Andrews 13 346-4d 157 88 93. Lancashire v Gloucestershire, Liverpool, August 24, 25, 26 (Match drawn) b T.W.J.Goddard 88 248 514 lbw b W.R.Hammond 40 157-7 94. Lancashire v Nottinghamshire, Old Trafford, August 27, 29, 30 (Match drawn) lbw b A.Staples 11 295 263 1 b H.Larwood 0 192 95. MCC Australian XI v H.D.G.Leveson-Gower’s XI, Scarborough, September 3, 5, 6 (Match drawn) c E.W.J.Brooks b W.E.Bowes 8 185 200 c G.D.Kemp-Welch b J.Iddon 23 90-4 132-3d 96. Rest of England v Yorkshire (Champion County), Kennington Oval, September 10, 12, 13 (Match drawn) c A.Wood b W.E.Bowes 17 183 376 c A.Wood b H.Fisher 26 109-4 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Test Match 1 2 0 68 54 34.00 - 1 - Players v Gentlemen 1 2 0 58 45 29.00 - - - Championship 26 41 1 1542 159 38.55 4 7 13 Other Lancs matches 3 4 0 288 153 72.00 1 1 1 Other matches 4 6 0 79 26 13.16 - - 1 Season 35 55 1 2035 159 37.68 5 9 15 Career 96 145 11 3931 159 29.33 7 18 40 Bowling O M R W BB Ave Players v Gentlemen 4 1 10 0 - - Championship 46 8 120 2 1-50 60.00 Other Lancs matches 35 8 91 3 2-55 30.33 Other matches 3 2 2 0 - - Season (6b) 88 19 223 5 2-55 44.60 Career (6b) 138.2 30 382 10 3-21 38.20 1932/33 – MCC in Australia and New Zealand Paynter was perhaps a trifle fortunate on his overall first class record to date to be selected for this tour, undoubtedly the most controversial and the most written about of all Test Match series. He will forever be remembered for his courageous batting at Brisbane in the Fourth Test when he returned from a hospital sick bed where he had been suffering from acute tonsillitis to score a most dogged 83 12