Lives in Cricket No 52 - Schooled in Cricket (2nd edition)

83 wife and I thought going down to Somerset would build Miles up. Also the change would do all the family good. So I wrote to Somerset and told them I had changed my mind and would like to play for them. They were very pleased and I got a lot of publicity.” Thus Johnny has for a second time – and perhaps with even greater sadness than the first time as it more nearly came about this time round – wrenched himself away from playing for the Yorkshire team he had esteemed since earliest childhood. Johnny was a successful all-rounder but we should always think of him – both in his first class career and throughout as a ‘bowler/all-rounder’. His career first-class batting average was a useful 20.5 and he was always the kind of player who would play whatever role was needed for the team rather than for his average. Though his instincts were that of a quick-scoring batsman, who because of his A first class career with Somerset Somerset in 1946. Back row: Harold Gimblett, Frank Lee, Arthur Wellard, Reg Trump (scorer), Bill Andrews, Bertie Buse, Johnny Lawrence. Front: Wally Luckes, Trevor Jones, Mandy Mitchell-Innes, Bunty Longrigg, John Harwell, George Langdale.