Famous Cricketers No 97 - Eddie Paynter

336. ENGLAND v WEST INDIES, Old Trafford, July 22, 24, 25 (Match drawn) c J.E.D.Sealy b C.B.Clarke 9 164-7d 133 c G.E.Gomez b E.A.Martindale 0 128-6d 43-4 337. Lancashire v Northamptonshire, Blackpool, July 26, 27, (28) (Match drawn) b E.J.Herbert 4 198-9 9 0 35 0 368 338. Lancashire v Gloucestershire, Old Trafford, July (29), 31, August (1) (Match drawn) 14-1 339. Lancashire v Warwickshire, Old Trafford, August 2, (3), 4 (Match drawn) lbw b R.E.S.Wyatt 22 98-4 135 1 340. Lancashire v Yorkshire, Headingley, August 5, 7, 8 (Yorkshire won by five wickets) c A.Wood b E.P.Robinson 23 217 163 st A.Wood b E.P.Robinson 25 92 147-5 1 341. Lancashire v Essex, Old Trafford, August 9, (10), 11 (Match drawn) c T.H.Wade b M.S.Nichols 4 83-2 2 0 8 0 289-8d 1 342. Lancashire v Nottinghamshire, Trent Bridge, August 12, 14, 15 (Lancashire won by six wickets) lbw b H.J.Butler 41 149 237 1 c J.Hardstaff b R.J.Giles 154 323-4 234 1 343. Lancashire v Glamorgan, Preston, August 16, 17, 18 (Lancashire won by ten wickets) c H.G.Davies b A.D.G.Matthews 12 284 - - - - 176 2 not out 31 32-0 5 2 10 0 139 1 344. Lancashire v Kent, Old Trafford, August 19, 21, 22 (Lancashire won by four wickets) c B.H.Valentine b L.J.Todd 14 252 - - - - 215 b L.J.Todd 12 218-6 4 1 10 0 254 345. Lancashire v Northamptonshire, Northampton, August 23, 24, 25 (Lancashire won by 95 runs) c W.E.Merritt b R.P.Nelson 41 195 156 c sub b J.E.Timms 22 188 132 346. Lancashire v Kent, Dover, August 26, 28, 29 (Kent won by five wickets) b D.V.P.Wright 22 262 - - - - 182 lbw b D.V.P.Wright 56 301-9d 5 0 30 0 382-5 347. Lancashire v Surrey, Old Trafford, August 30, 31 (Match drawn) c G.S.Mobey b E.A.Watts 7 211 350-8d 2 212 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Test Matches 2 4 1 75 34 25.00 - - - Players v Gentlemen 1 2 0 22 18 11.00 - - 1 Championship 26 41 3 1776 222 46.73 4 7 14 Other Lancs matches 2 3 0 80 40 26.66 - - 1 Season 31 50 4 1953 222 42.45 4 7 16 Career 347 526 56 19578 322 41.69 43 94 155 Bowling O M R W BB Ave Championship (8b) 40 5 136 2 2-20 68.00 Career (6b) 414.3 72 } 1349 29 3-13 41.65 (8b) 74.2 12 1945 Paynter played his last first-class match for Lancashire this season in a friendly game arranged for the dependants of Hedley Verity, who had so tragically died in a prisoner of war camp in Italy from wounds received in the battle for Sicily in 1943. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 348. Lancashire v Yorkshire, Bradford, August 13, 14, 15 (Match drawn) c A.Wood b W.E.Bowes 10 239 259 not out 47 107-3 30