Famous Cricketers No 97 - Eddie Paynter

232. Lancashire v Kent, Canterbury, August 5, 6, 7 (Lancashire won by five wickets) c F.E.Woolley b L.J.Todd 4 232 275 st W.H.V.Levett b A.E.Watt 52 241-5 197-7d 233. Lancashire v Nottinghamshire, Trent Bridge, August 8, 10, 11 (Match drawn) lbw b W.Voce 84 252 344-7d not out 123 204-1 234. Lancashire v Glamorgan, Old Trafford, August 12, 13, 14 (Lancashire won by an innings and 56 runs) c J.Mercer b G.Lavis 177 435-5d 129 1 250 235. Lancashire v Northamptonshire, Old Trafford, August 15, 17, 18 (Lancashire won by eight wickets) c K.C.Jones b E.W.Clark 119 345 154 1 not out 32 52-2 240 1 236. Lancashire v Middlesex, Lord’s, August 19, 20, 21 (Lancashire won by ten wickets) c H.J.Enthoven b J.M.Sims 71 396-7d 129 not out 13 38-0 304 237. Lancashire v Warwickshire, Old Trafford, August 22, 24, 25 (Warwickshire won by 118 runs) c J.S.Ord b G.A.E.Paine 31 199 209 1 b G.A.E.Paine 28 147 255 238. Lancashire v Leicestershire, Old Trafford, August 26, 27, 28 (Lancashire won by an innings and 1 run) b A.W.Shipman 89 422-8d 282 139 239. Lancashire v Somerset, Taunton, August 29, 31, September 1 (Match drawn) c W.T.Luckes b A.W.Wellard 12 423 253 385-7 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Championship 30 49 9 1930 177 48.25 4 12 17 Other Lancs matches 3 5 1 86 34 21.50 - - 2 Season 33 54 10 2016 177 45.81 4 12 19 Career 239 352 42 10958 208* 35.34 21 54 105 Bowling O M R W BB Ave Championship 18 4 32 0 - - Other Lancs matches 9 1 23 0 - - Season (6b) 27 5 55 0 - - Career (6b) 383.3 68 } 1088 27 3-13 40.29 (8b) 32.2 7 1937 Paynter had his best season to date and scored nearly three thousand runs at an average of over fifty three per innings. Undoubtedly the highlight of his summer was a truly magnificent innings of 322, all made on the same day against Sussex at Hove in late July. Altogether he hit three sixes and thirty nine fours and put on 268 runs with Cyril Washbrook in 162 minutes, He also added 271 runs in a third wicket partnership with Norman Oldfield. This was Paynter’s only triple century in first-class cricket. His score was at the time the highest by a Lancashire professional. Lancashire made 640 runs on the first day of the match. He also played another high scoring innings of 266 against Essex at Old Trafford, hitting four sixes and twenty fours. His excellent form this year regained him a place in the Test side against the visiting New Zealanders and he acquitted himself quite favourably making 74 in his only innings at Lord’s and scoring 33 and 7 on his home ground of Old Trafford. He also appeared for Players v Gentlemen at Lord’s. 22