William John "Bill" Edrich was a distinguished cricketer who played for Middlesex, MCC, Norfolk and England. A cricketer is a term used to refer to a person who plays cricket. ... Middlesex County Cricket Club is a first-class cricket club in England, named after the historic county of Middlesex which their home ground, Lords Cricket Ground in London, is located. ... Lords 2005 The Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), founded in 1787, is a private members club and was the original governing body of cricket in England and across the world. ... The English cricket team is a national cricket team which nominally represents England and Wales, but is a de facto United Kingdom team. ...

He was born in Lingwood, Norfolk on 26 March 1916. His three brothers Brian, Eric and Geoff and his cousin John all played first-class cricket, and locally in Norfolk the Edriches were able to raise a full team of 11. Norfolk (pronounced NOR-fk) is a low-lying county in East Anglia in the east of southern England. ... March 26 is the 85th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (86th in leap years). ... 1916 (MCMXVI) is a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar) // Events January-February January 1 -The first successful blood transfusion using blood that had been stored and cooled. ... John Hugh Edrich (born 21 June 1937) in Blofield, Norfolk, is a former English cricketer who played for Surrey and England. ...

Bill Edrich was an attacking right-handed batsman and right-arm fast bowler. Playing first for Norfolk in the Minor Counties at the age of 16, he qualified for Middlesex in 1937 and was an instant success, scoring more than 2,000 runs in his first full season. The following year, 1938, he scored 1,000 runs before the end of May and made the first of 39 Test match appearances, though with little success. In fact, Edrich achieved almost nothing in Tests until the final "timeless" Test of the 1938-39 tour to South Africa at Durban, where his 219 not out enabled England to reach 654 for five wickets, at which point the Test was left drawn to enable the tourists to catch their ship home. The minor counties are the cricketing counties of England that are not afforded first class status. ... Test cricket is the longest form of the sport of cricket. ... Central area of Durban Durban is a city in KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa. ...

Having finally achieved Test match success, Edrich was promptly dropped for the 1939 series against the West Indians, but when cricket resumed after the Second World War, he quickly became a regular in the team, batting at No 3 and sometimes opening the bowling. He scored centuries against Australia in 1946-47, two against the South Africans in 1947, another against Australia in 1948 and a final one against New Zealand in 1949. 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... For more coverage of cricket, go to the Cricket portal. ... Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ...

The postwar years were Edrich's heyday and in 1947, he broke Tom Hayward's record, scoring 3,539 runs in the season and not being much overshadowed by Denis Compton, who scored 3,816. Compton's and Edrich's aggregates remain the highest ever in an English cricket season and with the reduction in the number of first-class matches seem likely never to be overtaken. In addition to his runs, Edrich also took 67 wickets in the same season. Thomas Walter Hayward (29 March 1871 - 19 July 1939) was an English cricketer, one of the finest batsmen of the years around the turn of the 20th century and noted especially for the quality his off drive. ... Denis Charles Scott Compton CBE (23 May 1918 - 23 April 1997) was an English cricketer and footballer. ... First-class cricket matches are those of at least three days length in which both teams have two innings each, and which involve either international teams or the highest division of domestic competition. ...

Edrich's Test career continued until 1954, but he played less regularly after 1950, when he appeared to have little answer to the West Indian spinners Sonny Ramadhin and Alf Valentine. Alfred Louis Valentine (born 28 April 1930 in Kingston, Jamaica, died 11 May 2004 in Orlando, Florida) was a West Indian cricketer in the 1950s and 1960s. ...

All told, Edrich played in 571 first-class matches between 1934 and 1958, scoring 36,985 runs, with a highest score of 267 not out. His run total puts him 29th on the all-time lists. He scored 2,440 runs for England in his 39 Test matches, with the 219 not out at Durban his best. A professional before the Second World War, he turned amateur afterwards and captained Middlesex jointly with Compton in 1951 and 1952, then remaining in sole charge from 1953 to 1957. After retiring from Middlesex, he returned to Norfolk and played Minor County cricket until he was 56, captaining the county until 1971. He was a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1940. Wikimedia Commons has media related to: England Travel guide to England from Wikitravel English language English law English (people) List of monarchs of England – Kings of England family tree List of English people Angeln (region in northern Germany, presumably the origin of the Angles for whom England is named) UK... The Wisden Cricketers of the Year award is made annually in the pages of the Wisden Cricketers Almanack yearbook. ...

Edrich played association football as an amateur for Norwich City and Tottenham Hotspur during the 1930s. Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Confederation of African Football (CAF) Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL) Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) The Current Laws of the Game (LOTG) The Rec. ... Norwich City Football Club is a football club based in Norwich, England. ... Tottenham Hotspur Football Club is a North London football club. ...

In a distinguished Second World War career flying bombers with the Royal Air Force, he rose to become a squadron leader and a holder of the DFC. The Royal Air Force (often abbreviated to RAF) is the air force branch of the British Armed Forces. ... A Squadron Leaders sleeve/shoulder insignia Squadron Leader is a commissioned rank in some air forces. ... The Distinguished Flying Cross (D.F.C.) is a decoration for courage shown in air combat. ...

A famously convivial man, Edrich was married five times and had two sons, Jasper and Justin. He died following a fall at his Chesham home on 24 April 1986, aged 70. The MCC named the twin stands at the Nursery End at Lord's Cricket Ground, in his and Denis Compton's honour. Chesham is a small town in the Chiltern Hills, Buckinghamshire, and is situated in the Chess Valley. ... April 24 is the 114th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (115th in leap years). ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Mound Stand The Grand Stand Match in progress The Media Centre at Lords Cricket Ground This memorial stone to Lord Harris is in the Harris Garden at Lords There is a small practice ground behind the media centre at the Nursery End. ...