MCC tour of Australia in 1970–71
Tour First Class Averages
source Due to his broken arm Geoff Boycott fell 18 runs short of matching Wally Hammond's record for the most runs on an MCC tour of Australia.

MCC tour of Australia in 1970–71

Section Title: Tour First Class Averages
Table Section Text: source Due to his broken arm Geoff Boycott fell 18 runs short of matching Wally Hammond's record for the most runs on an MCC tour of Australia.

Tour Batting Averages

Player	County	Type	Matches	Innings	Not Out	Runs	Highest Score	Average	100s	50s	Ct	St

G. Boycott	Yorkshire	Right-Handed Opening Batsman	12	22	6	1535	173	95.93	6	7	6

J.H. Edrich	Surrey	Left-Handed Opening Batsman	12	21	5	1097	130	68.56	3	7	6

B.W. Luckhurst	Kent	Right-Handed Opening Batsman	9	16	2	886	135	63.28	4	3	9

B.L. d'Oliveira	Worcestershire	Right-Handed Top Order Batsman	11	17	3	707	162*	50.50	3	2	6

R. Illingworth (c)	Leicestershire	Right-Handed Middle Order Batsman	12	18	4	479	53	34.21	1	4

A.P.E. Knott (wk)	Kent	Right-Handed Middle Order Batsman	11	15	5	342	73	34.20	1	24	4

K.W.R. Fletcher	Essex	Right-Handed Top Order Batsman	11	19	1	596	80	33.11	5	7

J.H. Hampshire	Yorkshire	Right-Handed Top Order Batsman	8	13	2	363	156*	33.00	1	2	5

M.C. Cowdrey (vc)	Kent	Right-Handed Top Order Batsman	10	16	1	412	101	27.46	1	2	3

R.G.D. Willis	Surrey	Right-Handed Lower Order Batsman	8	6	3	64	27	21.33	4

R.W. Taylor (wk)	Derbyshire	Right-Handed Middle Order Batsman	4	5	94	31	18.80	12	4

J.A. Snow	Sussex	Right-Handed Lower Order Batsman	10	10	1	150	38	16.66	2

D. Wilson	Yorkshire	Right-Handed Lower Order Batsman	5	2	30	19	15.00	3

K. Shuttleworth	Lancashire	Right-Handed Lower Order Batsman	7	7	2	72	24	14.40	3

P. Lever	Lancashire	Right-Handed Lower Order Batsman	11	10	1	120	36	13.33	6

A. Ward	Derbyshire	Right-Handed Lower Order Batsman	2	3	1	15	8*	7.50

D.L. Underwood	Kent	Right-Handed Lower Order Batsman	11	11	4	32	13*	4.57	8

Sentence(s)

Boycott was 173 not out in the MCC tour of Australia in 1970–71.

final_sentence: Boycott was 173 not out in the MCC tour of Australia in 1970–71.