Cyril Washbrook

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Cyril Washbrook
Batsman
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 299)14 August 1937 v New Zealand
Last Test28 August 1956 v Australia
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1933–1964Lancashire
Career statistics
Competition Test First-class
Matches 37 592
Runs scored 2,569 34,101
Batting average 42.81 42.67
100s/50s 6/12 76/176
Top score 195 251*
Balls bowled 36 474
Wickets 1 7
Bowling average 33.00 44.14
5 wickets in innings 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0
Best bowling 1/25 2/8
Catches/stumpings 12/– 212/–
Source: CricketArchive, 15 August 2022

Cyril Washbrook

England. He had a long career, split by World War II, and ending when he was aged 44. Washbrook, who is most famous for opening the batting for England with Len Hutton, which he did 51 times, played a total of 592 first-class cricket matches, of which 37 were Tests. Washbrook was named one of the five Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 1947.[1]

Career

Washbrook was born in

New Zealand at The Oval.[1]
However, he could only make 9 and 8 not out, and was not selected for the Australian Tests the next year.

The war then interrupted his career, with Washbrook becoming a physical training instructor in the

Australia
. Hutton and Washbrook made three consecutive century stands, as Washbrook, with his cricket cap cocked in a jaunty style, became a familiar figure to cricket fans in Australia and England.

Washbrook was a strong leg side player, noted for his hooks and pulls, and was at his greatest in the late 1940s. He was made one of the Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 1947, and was awarded a benefit by Lancashire in 1948, which raised £14,000.

He was an accomplished fielder at cover, and was adored by the Old Trafford faithful.[1]

During the tour of South Africa in 1948/9 Washbrook scored 542 runs in 5 Test matches, including his highest Test score of 195 made in the second Test at Johannesburg. He shared in a 359 run partnership with Hutton which was the first wicket record at the time,[2] and remains the first wicket record for England.[3]

He was a reluctant tourist in the

New Zealand, he was dropped from the Test side,[1]
reputedly against the wishes of his batting partner, Hutton. His average partnership with Hutton in Tests was 60.

In 1954, Washbrook was appointed Lancashire's first ever professional

Old Trafford, in which Jim Laker took his record-breaking 19 wickets as England went two-one up. The Fifth Test at The Oval saw Washbrook's last Test innings, a duck, but with the game drawn, England had won the Ashes.[1]

From 1989 to 1990, Washbrook was president of Lancashire.[1] He was appointed CBE in the 1991 Birthday Honours.

Washbrook died in Sale, Greater Manchester, at the age of 84.

References

  1. ^
    ISBN 1-869833-21-X
    .
  2. ^ Test matches – Highest partnership for the first wicket. Stats.cricinfo.com. Retrieved 2018-07-08.
  3. ^ Test matches – Highest partnerships by wicket for England. Stats.cricinfo.com. Retrieved 2018-07-08.

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