1950 English cricket season
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Honours
- County Championship - Lancashire and Surrey shared the title
- Minor Counties Championship - Surrey II
- Wisden Cricketers of the Year from 1951 edition of WisdenWisdenThe Wisden Group was a group of companies formed by John Wisden & Co Ltd, publishers of Wisden Cricketers' Almanack. As well as John Wisden & Co, the group included the The Wisden Cricketer magazine, Cricinfo – the world's highest traffic cricket website – and the Hawk-Eye computerised...
for deeds in the 1950 season – Godfrey EvansGodfrey EvansThomas Godfrey Evans CBE was an English cricketer who played for Kent and England.Described by Wisden as 'arguably the best wicket-keeper the game has ever seen', Evans collected 219 dismissals in 91 Test match appearances between 1946 and 1959 and a total of 1066 in all first-class matches...
, Sonny RamadhinSonny RamadhinSonny Ramadhin was a West Indian cricketer, and a dominant bowler of the 1950s. He was the first West Indian cricketers of Indian origin, and was one of the five Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 1951.- Biography and career :...
, Alf ValentineAlf ValentineAlfred Louis Valentine, April 28, 1930–11 May 2004 , was a West Indian cricketer in the 1950s and 1960s. He is most famous for his performance in the West Indies' 1950 tour of England, which was immortalised in the Victory Calypso.-The 1950 tour:...
, Everton WeekesEverton WeekesSir Everton DeCourcy Weekes, KCMG, GCM, OBE is a leading former West Indian cricketer. Along with Frank Worrell and Clyde Walcott, he formed what was known as "The Three Ws" of West Indian cricket.-Youth and early career:...
, Frank WorrellFrank WorrellSir Frank Mortimer Maglinne Worrell is sometimes referred to by his nickname of Tae and was a West Indies cricketer and Jamaican senator...
County Championship Table
| Position | Team | Played | Won | Lost | Drawn | Tied | No Dec | 1st inn lead match L |
1st inn lead match D |
Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pts | – | – | 12 | – | – | 4 | – | 4 | 4 | – |
| =1 | Lancashire Lancashire County Cricket Club Lancashire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Lancashire in cricket's County Championship. The club was founded in 1864 as a successor to Manchester Cricket Club and has played at Old Trafford since then... |
28 | 16 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 220 |
| =1 | Surrey Surrey County Cricket Club Surrey County Cricket Club is one of the 18 professional county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Surrey. Its limited overs team is called the Surrey Lions... |
28 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 220 |
| 3 | Yorkshire Yorkshire County Cricket Club Yorkshire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Yorkshire as one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure.... |
28 | 14 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 200 |
| 4 | Warwickshire Warwickshire County Cricket Club Warwickshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Warwickshire. Its limited overs team is called the Warwickshire Bears. Their kit colours are black and gold and the shirt sponsor... |
28 | 8 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 132 |
| 5 | Derbyshire Derbyshire County Cricket Club Derbyshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the England and Wales domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Derbyshire... |
28 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 124 |
| 6 | Worcestershire Worcestershire County Cricket Club Worcestershire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Worcestershire... |
28 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 114 |
| =7 | Gloucestershire Gloucestershire County Cricket Club Gloucestershire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Gloucestershire. Its limited overs team is called the Gloucestershire Gladiators.... |
28 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 112 |
| =7 | Somerset Somerset County Cricket Club Somerset County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Somerset... |
28 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 112 |
| 9 | Kent Kent County Cricket Club Kent County Cricket Club is one of the 18 first class county county cricket clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the county of Kent... |
28 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 108 |
| 10 | Northamptonshire Northamptonshire County Cricket Club Northamptonshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Northamptonshire. Its limited overs team is called the Northants Steelbacks. The traditional club colour is Maroon. During the... |
28 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 104 |
| 11 | Glamorgan Glamorgan County Cricket Club Glamorgan County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Glamorgan aka Glamorganshire . Glamorgan CCC is the only Welsh first-class cricket club. Glamorgan CCC have won the English County... |
28 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 100 |
| 12 | Hampshire Hampshire County Cricket Club Hampshire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Hampshire in cricket's County Championship. The club was founded in 1863 as a successor to the Hampshire county cricket teams and has played at the Antelope Ground from then until 1885, before moving to the County Ground where it... |
28 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 96 |
| 13 | Sussex Sussex County Cricket Club Sussex County Cricket Club is the oldest of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Sussex. The club was founded as a successor to Brighton Cricket Club which was a representative of the county of Sussex as a... |
28 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 92 |
| 14 | Middlesex Middlesex County Cricket Club Middlesex County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Middlesex. It was announced in February 2009 that Middlesex changed their limited overs name from the Middlesex Crusaders, to the... |
28 | 5 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 84 |
| 15 | Nottinghamshire Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Nottinghamshire, and the current county champions. Its limited overs team is called the Nottinghamshire Outlaws... |
28 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 68 |
| 16 | Leicestershire Leicestershire County Cricket Club Leicestershire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Leicestershire. It has also been representative of the county of Rutland.... |
28 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 64 |
| 17 | Essex Essex County Cricket Club Essex County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Essex. Its limited overs team is called the Essex Eagles, their team colours this season are blue.The club plays most of its home games... |
28 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 60 |
Hampshire and Gloucestershire records include eight points each for win on first innings in match reduced by weather to one day. Hampshire v Kent at Southampton ended as a tie: Hampshire, gaining first innings lead, awarded eight points, Kent four. Worcestershire record includes two points for tie on first innings in match lost. In a damp summer, Glamorgan's record of nine matches where no decision could be made even on first innings is a record.
Test series
England lost the series 3-1 to John GoddardJohn Goddard
John Douglas Claude Goddard was a cricketer and one-time captain of the West Indies Test side.Goddard was born in Fontabelle, St Michael, Barbados. He captained the West Indian team through several tours, including West Indies' maiden tours of India and New Zealand. His first stretch as a...
's West Indies who claimed four places in the Wisden Five Cricketers of the Year (see above). Not only was this the first time that West Indies had won a series in England, but they had never previously won a Test in the country. Ramadhin had match figures of 11-152 at Lord's, and his "spin twin" Valentine had figures of 11-204 at Old Trafford and 10-160 at The Oval.
Leading batsmen
| 1950 English cricket season – leading batsmen by average | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Innings | Runs | Highest | Average | 100s | |
| Everton Weekes Everton Weekes Sir Everton DeCourcy Weekes, KCMG, GCM, OBE is a leading former West Indian cricketer. Along with Frank Worrell and Clyde Walcott, he formed what was known as "The Three Ws" of West Indian cricket.-Youth and early career:... |
33 | 2310 | 304* | 79.65 | 7 | |
| Willie Watson | 12 | 684 | 132 | 68.40 | 3 | |
| Frank Worrell Frank Worrell Sir Frank Mortimer Maglinne Worrell is sometimes referred to by his nickname of Tae and was a West Indies cricketer and Jamaican senator... |
31 | 1775 | 261 | 68.26 | 6 | |
| Reg Simpson Reg Simpson Reginald Thomas Simpson is an English former cricketer, who played in twentry seven Tests from 1948 to 1955.-Life and career:... |
47 | 2576 | 243* | 62.82 | 8 | |
| John Dewes John Dewes John Dewes is a former English cricketer, who played for Cambridge University and Middlesex, and was chosen for five Tests between 1948 and 1950.-Life and career:... |
45 | 2432 | 212 | 59.31 | 9 | |
| Leonard Hutton | 40 | 2128 | 202* | 57.51 | 6 | |
| Murray Hofmeyr | 21 | 1063 | 161 | 55.94 | 4 | |
| 1950 English cricket season – leading batsmen by aggregate | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Innings | Runs | Highest | Average | 100s | |
| Reg Simpson Reg Simpson Reginald Thomas Simpson is an English former cricketer, who played in twentry seven Tests from 1948 to 1955.-Life and career:... |
47 | 2576 | 243* | 62.82 | 8 | |
| John Dewes John Dewes John Dewes is a former English cricketer, who played for Cambridge University and Middlesex, and was chosen for five Tests between 1948 and 1950.-Life and career:... |
45 | 2432 | 212 | 59.31 | 9 | |
| Laurie Fishlock Laurie Fishlock Laurence Barnard "Laurie" Fishlock was an English cricketer, who played in four Tests from 1936 to 1947. A specialist batsman, he achieved little in those four matches, but might have had a much more substantial Test career, had he not lost six of what should have been his best years to World War... |
59 | 2417 | 147 | 44.75 | 6 | |
| John Langridge John Langridge John George Langridge was a cricketer who played for Sussex. His obituary in Wisden called him "one of the best English cricketers of the 20th century never to play a Test match".... |
65 | 2412 | 241 | 40.20 | 5 | |
| George Cox junior George Cox junior George Cox was an English cricketer who played for Sussex. He was generally known as George Cox junior in order to distinguish him from his father George Cox senior, who was also a successful player for the same county.Cox was primarily an attacking right-handed batsman and also an occasional... |
55 | 2369 | 165* | 49.35 | 6 | |
Watson missed a lot of the season because he was in the England football team that contested the 1950 World Cup in Brazil.
Leading bowlers
| 1950 English cricket season – leading bowlers by average | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Balls | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Average | |
| Roy Tattersall Roy Tattersall Roy Tattersall is an English former Lancashire cricketer, who played sixteen Tests for England as a specialist off spin bowler.... |
8428 | 501 | 2623 | 193 | 13.59 | |
| Sonny Ramadhin Sonny Ramadhin Sonny Ramadhin was a West Indian cricketer, and a dominant bowler of the 1950s. He was the first West Indian cricketers of Indian origin, and was one of the five Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 1951.- Biography and career :... |
6262 | 398 | 2009 | 135 | 14.88 | |
| Jim Laker Jim Laker James "Jim" Charles Laker was a cricketer who played for England in the 1950s, known for "Laker's match" in 1956 at Old Trafford, when he took nineteen wickets in England's victory against Australia... |
8399 | 530 | 2544 | 166 | 15.32 | |
| Emrys Davies Emrys Davies David Emrys Davies was a Glamorgan cricketer and in his later years a Test cricket umpire.Davies was born in Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, Wales. His first class career for Glamorgan lasted for thirty one years, from 1924 till 1954... |
2478 | 131 | 923 | 57 | 16.19 | |
| Brian Statham Brian Statham John Brian "George" Statham, CBE was one of the leading English fast bowlers in 20th-century English cricket. Initially a bowler of a brisk fast-medium pace, Statham was able to remodel his action to generate enough speed to become genuinely fast... |
1805 | 82 | 613 | 37 | 16.56 | |
| Johnny Wardle Johnny Wardle Johnny Wardle was an English spin bowler of post-war cricket. His Test bowling average of 20.39, is the lowest in Test cricket by any recognised spin bowler, since World War I.... |
9773 | 743 | 2909 | 174 | 16.71 | |
| 1950 English cricket season – leading bowlers by aggregate | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Balls | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Average | |
| Roy Tattersall Roy Tattersall Roy Tattersall is an English former Lancashire cricketer, who played sixteen Tests for England as a specialist off spin bowler.... |
8428 | 501 | 2623 | 193 | 13.59 | |
| Johnny Wardle Johnny Wardle Johnny Wardle was an English spin bowler of post-war cricket. His Test bowling average of 20.39, is the lowest in Test cricket by any recognised spin bowler, since World War I.... |
9773 | 743 | 2909 | 174 | 16.71 | |
| Jim Laker Jim Laker James "Jim" Charles Laker was a cricketer who played for England in the 1950s, known for "Laker's match" in 1956 at Old Trafford, when he took nineteen wickets in England's victory against Australia... |
8399 | 530 | 2544 | 166 | 15.32 | |
| Doug Wright Doug Wright (cricketer) Douglas Vivian Parson Wright, better known as Doug Wright was an English cricketer. A leg-spinner for Kent and England from 1932 to 1957 he took a record seven hat-tricks in first class cricket. He played for Kent for 25 years and was their first professional captain from late 1953 to 1956... |
5577 | 187 | 3140 | 151 | 20.79 | |
| Eric Hollies Eric Hollies William Eric Hollies was an English cricketer, who is mainly remembered for taking the wicket of Donald Bradman for a duck in Bradman's final Test match innings, in which only four was needed for a Test average of 100... |
7969 | 488 | 2713 | 144 | 18.84 | |
External sources
Annual reviews
- Playfair Cricket AnnualPlayfair Cricket AnnualPlayfair Cricket Annual is a compact annual about cricket that is published in the United Kingdom each April, just before the English cricket season is due to begin. Its main purposes are to review the previous English season and to provide detailed career records and potted biographies of current...
1951 - Wisden Cricketers Almanack 1951