Lives in Cricet No 33 - Jack Robertson and Syd Brown

135 Note: Robertson’s innings ended as follows: caught 502 times (56%), bowled 178 (20%), lbw 118 (13%), stumped 34 (4%), run out 19 (2%), not out 46 (5%). The following bowlers dismissed him most frequently: D.V.P.Wright 18 times; D.Shackleton 15; A.V.Bedser 14; H.L.Jackson 12; C.Gladwin, J.B.Statham 11; T.E.Bailey, W.E.Hollies, A.Jepson, G.E.E.Lambert, R.Tattersall, J.H.Wardle 10. First-class innings of 150 or more (12) Score For Opponent Venue Season 154 Middlesex 1 Warwickshire Lord’s 1939 164 MCC 2 Yorkshire Lord’s 1947 229 Middlesex 1 Hampshire Lord’s 1947 183 Middlesex 1 Nottinghamshire Lord’s 1947 154 MCC 2 Surrey Lord’s 1948 159 Middlesex 1 Lancashire Old Trafford 1949 331* Middlesex 1 Worcestershire Worcester 1949 172 Middlesex 1 Glamorgan Lord’s 1951 201* Middlesex 2 Somerset Taunton 1951 183 MCC 1 East Zone Jamshedpur 1951/52 162 Middlesex 1 Leicestershire Leicester (Grace Road) 1952 201* Middlesex 1 Essex Lord’s 1957 Note: The superscript 1 or 2 above in this and following tables denotes first or second innings. Test cricket: Bowling O M R W BB Ave 1951/52 (v India) 23 4 58 2 2-17 29.00 First-class cricket: Bowling O M R W BB Ave 1938 134 30 373 13 2-12 28.69 1939 87 18 274 4 1-12 68.50 1946 42.3 7 121 3 1-9 40.33 1947 88.5 23 271 7 3-53 38.71 1947/48 (West Indies) 15 3 47 0 - - 1948 15 1 48 0 - - 1949 7 3 14 0 - - 1950 19 4 51 3 3-38 17.00 1951 32 7 87 4 2-23 21.75 1951/52 (India) 51 14 114 8 3-9 14.25 1951/52 (Pakistan) 43 16 102 4 2-36 25.50 1951/52 (Ceylon) 12 0 47 2 2-27 23.50 1952 135 45 356 10 4-86 35.60 1953 12 3 43 0 - - 1954 116.4 37 270 7 2-15 38.57 1955 64 12 190 4 4-37 47.50 1956 19.5 7 59 2 1-21 29.50 1957 6 0 17 1 1-17 17.00 1958 14.4 4 41 1 1-12 41.00 Career Statistics