Lives in Cricket No 6 - Bill Copson

Appendix Some Statistics Test cricket: Batting and Fielding M I NO R HS Ave 100 50 Ct 1939 WI 2 - - - - - - - 1 1947 SA 1 1 0 6 6 6.00 - - - Total 3 1 0 6 6 6.00 - - 1 Test cricket: Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m 1939 WI 52.4 7 185 12 5-85 15.41 1 - 1947 SA 57 24 112 3 3-46 37.33 - - Total (6b) 57 24 } 297 15 5-85 19.80 1 - (8b) 52.4 7 Note: There were eight balls in an over in 1939 and six in 1947. First-Class cricket: Batting and Fielding M I NO R HS Ave 100 50 Ct 1932 Eng 18 22 9 65 15 5.00 - - 3 1933 Eng 26 33 7 172 43 6.61 - - 9 1934 Eng 22 29 9 118 18 5.90 - - 13 1935 Eng 18 23 9 134 22* 9.57 - - 5 1936 Eng 31 34 15 135 24 7.10 - - 17 1936/37 Aus/NZ 8 10 5 52 12 10.40 - - 4 1937 Eng 17 22 10 135 30* 11.25 - - 6 1938 Eng 24 29 8 68 12 3.23 - - 8 1939 Eng 31 39 9 229 26 7.63 - - 7 1946 Eng 25 35 11 99 18* 4.12 - - 10 1947 Eng 21 31 6 210 38* 8.40 - - 11 1948 Eng 10 9 1 82 19 10.25 - - 7 1949 Eng 27 41 8 211 28 6.39 - - 4 1950 Eng 1 2 1 1 1 1.00 - - - Total 279 359 108 1711 43 6.81 - - 104 Notes: Copson was dismissed 123 times bowled (49%); 95 times caught (38%); 17 times stumped (7%); ten times run out, and six times lbw. His highest score was 43, ct G.Duckworth b F.M.Sibbles, in Derbyshire’s first innings against Lancashire at Stanley Park, Blackpool in 1933. He had five other scores of 25 or more. T.W.J.Goddard and P.F.Jackson both took his wicket eight times, more than any other bowlers. 89