Colin Cowdrey was a superb player and and without a doubt one of the nicest blokes to play cricket. Love hearing stories about his deeds
It was Tunbridge Wells week and Kent had played Worcestershire in the first game completing victory by an innings in just one day. The second game of the week was against Sussex and Cowdrey instructed the groundsman to prepare two wickets. He then gave the Sussex captain a choice of which wicket they preferred added the option to bat or field. Sussex chose to bat and at lunch were 60 odd for 9 wickets and were all out shortly after lunch. By the close Kent were well over 200 for not very many with Cowdrey over a 100 not out in partnership with a young Brian Luckhurst who was not out having scored a half century. Feature of Cowdrey's innings was the way that he stroked the ball through a packed off side field with unerring accuracy whereas Luckhurst hit the fielders almost every time.
It was Tunbridge Wells week and Kent had played Worcestershire in the first game completing victory by an innings in just one day. The second game of the week was against Sussex and Cowdrey instructed the groundsman to prepare two wickets. He then gave the Sussex captain a choice of which wicket they preferred added the option to bat or field. Sussex chose to bat and at lunch were 60 odd for 9 wickets and were all out shortly after lunch. By the close Kent were well over 200 for not very many with Cowdrey over a 100 not out in partnership with a young Brian Luckhurst who was not out having scored a half century. Feature of Cowdrey's innings was the way that he stroked the ball through a packed off side field with unerring accuracy whereas Luckhurst hit the fielders almost every time.