Trevor Bailey

Trevor Bailey

Personal information
Full name	Trevor Edward Bailey
Born	(1923-12-03)3 December 1923 Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, England
Died	10 February 2011(2011-02-10) (aged 87) Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, England
Nickname	Barnacle, The Boyle
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm fast-medium
Role	All-rounder
International information
National side	England
Test debut (cap 342)	11 June 1949 v New Zealand
Last Test	13 February 1959 v Australia
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1946–1967	Essex
1947–1948	Cambridge University
1949–1964	Marylebone Cricket Club
Career statistics
Competition Test FC LA Matches 61 682 7 Runs scored 2,290 28,641 93 Batting average 29.74 33.42 15.50 100s/50s 1/10 28/150 0/0 Top score 134* 205 38 Balls bowled 9,712 116,665 504 Wickets 132 2,082 11 Bowling average 29.21 23.13 26.36 5 wickets in innings 5 110 0 10 wickets in match 1 13 0 Best bowling 7/34 10/90 4/37 Catches/stumpings 32/– 426/– 3/–
Source: CricketArchive, 14 December 2008

Trevor Edward Bailey CBE (3 December 1923 – 10 February 2011)^[1][2] was an England Test cricketer, cricket writer and broadcaster.

An all-rounder, Bailey was known for his skilful but unspectacular batting. As the BBC reflected in his obituary: "His stubborn refusal to be out normally brought more pleasure to the team than to the spectators."^[1] This defensive style of play brought him the first of his nicknames, "Barnacle Bailey",^[3] but he was a good enough cricketer to be judged retrospectively as the leading all-rounder in the world for most of his international career.

In later life, Bailey wrote a number of books and commentated on the game. He was particularly known for the 26 years he spent working for the BBC on the Test Match Special radio programme.