Sonny Avery

Alfred Victor "Sonny" Avery (19 December 1914 – 12 May 1997) was an English cricketer. He played for Essex between 1935 and 1954.[1]

Sonny Avery
Personal information
Full nameAlfred Victor Avery
Born(1914-12-19)19 December 1914
New Beckton, Essex, England
Died12 May 1997(1997-05-12) (aged 82)
Monmouth, Wales
BattingRight-handed
RoleBatsman
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1935–1954Essex
Career statistics
Competition FC
Matches 269
Runs scored 14137
Batting average 33.65
100s/50s 25/66
Top score 224
Balls bowled 1279
Wickets 9
Bowling average 69.66
5 wickets in innings -
10 wickets in match -
Best bowling 1/11
Catches/stumpings 119
Source: Cricinfo, 6 November 2013

Sonny Avery was a right-handed opening batsman, "a good player of in-swing and a powerful cutter who held the bat low down and often suffered injured hands as a result".[2] He and Dickie Dodds formed a strong opening partnership for Essex in the seasons after the Second World War.[2] He played in a Test trial match in 1946 when England were looking for new players, top-scoring with 79 in the first innings of the Rest of England team, but was never selected for the national team.[3]

A few days before the Test trial he had scored 210 for Essex against Surrey at The Oval. Surrey had been dismissed for 162 on the first afternoon, and by stumps Essex were 235 for no wicket, Avery on 140 not out. Essex went on to win by an innings.[4][3]

Avery made 1000 runs in a season seven times.[5] His 25 centuries included four double-centuries, with a highest score of 224 against Northamptonshire in 1952.[6]

After his playing career ended he coached Gloucestershire and at Monmouth School.[2]

References
  1. "Sonny Avery". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
  2. Wisden 1998, p. 1421.
  3. Stephen Chalke, A Long Half Hour: Six Cricketers Remembered, Fairfield Books, Bath, 2015, p. 104.
  4. "Surrey v Essex 1946". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
  5. "First-class Batting and Fielding in Each Season by Sonny Avery". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
  6. "Northamptonshire v Essex 1952". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
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