Trevor Bailey

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Trevor Bailey
INTL CAREER: 1949 - 1959
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Full Name

Trevor Edward Bailey

Born

December 03, 1923, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex

Died

February 10, 2011, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, (aged 87y 69d)

Nicknames

Barnacle, The Boil

Batting Style

Right hand Bat

Bowling Style

Right arm Fast medium

Education

Dulwich College; Cambridge University

Other

Commentator, Journalist, Author

Trevor Bailey was one of the hardest, most doughty opponents you would wish to meet. An outstanding fast-medium bowler, brilliant fielder and generally dull batsman, whose resolute defence, rescued England from many a fix and earned him the nickname "Barnacle".

A precocious schoolboy cricketer at Dulwich, he played for England at Lord's in 1944 and after a spell in national service, became a regular in the Essex side and won Blues in 1947 and 1948 at Cambridge. He made his Test debut in 1949, and for a decade, during which time England were the leading side in the world, he was at the heart of the team.

He thrived in a crisis and in 1953, when England regained the Ashes after 19 years, their success owed much to him. At Lord's he batted for four-and-a-half hours in a famous last-day stand with Willie Watson, and at Headingely he bowled negative leg theory to put the skids on Australia's push for victory. That winter he took 7 for 34 against a powerful West Indies. He bowed out after England's wretched Ashes series in 1958-59, during which he made first-class cricket's slowest half-century, in 357 minutes at Brisbane, one of 14 matches in which he opened.

For many years, Bailey was Essex, acting as club secretary from 1955 to 1967 and captain from 1961 to 1966. He passed 1000 runs 18 times and took 100 wickets on nine occasions. He achieved the double eight times , the most for any post-war player, tied with Fred Titmus. Bailey was also a skilled footballer, winning a Blue as well as an FA Amateur Cup medal with Walthamstow Avenue.

After retiring he wrote books and for newspapers, and became a popular member of the Test Match Special team on the BBC.
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Trevor Bailey Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAve100s50s6sCtSt
Tests6191142290134*29.741102320
FC68210722152864120533.4228150-4260
List A771933815.5000-30

Bowling

FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
Tests6195971238561327/3411/9829.212.3873.5551
FC682-11665948170208210/90-23.132.4756.0-11013
List A7-504290114/374/3726.363.4545.8200
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Debut/Last Matches of Trevor Bailey

FC Matches

Span
1946 - 1967

List A Matches

Span
1963 - 1967

Recent Matches of Trevor Bailey

MatchBatBowlDateGroundFormat
Essex vs WORCS22/5222-Jun-1966WorcesterList A
Essex vs Derbyshire380/3021-May-1966ChesterfieldList A
Essex vs Derbyshire21/4728-Apr-1965BrentwoodList A
Essex vs Australians22 & 151/37 & 0/3022-Aug-1964Southend-on-SeaFC
Essex vs Glamorgan100/4027-May-1964NeathList A

Photos of Trevor Bailey

Trevor Bailey on tour with England
Trevor Bailey exercises while wearing a high-grade plastic sweatsuit designed to help him reduce weight
Trevor Bailey leads Essex out at Colchester in 1957
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Trevor Bailey in the nets at Chelmsford