Evelyn Wellings

Lyn Wellings
Personal information
Full name Evelyn Maitland Wellings
Born (1909-04-06)6 April 1909
Sidi Gaber, Alexandria, Egypt
Died 10 September 1992(1992-09-10) (aged 83)
Basingstoke, Hampshire, England
Batting Right-handed
Bowling Right-arm off-spin
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1928 – 1931 Oxford University
1931 Surrey
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 36
Runs scored 836
Batting average 20.39
100s/50s 1/4
Top score 125
Balls bowled 7226
Wickets 108
Bowling average 30.14
5 wickets in innings 5
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 6/75
Catches/stumpings 10/–
Source: Cricinfo, 25 January 2017

Evelyn Maitland "Lyn" Wellings (6 April 1909 – 10 September 1992) was an Egyptian-born English cricketer and journalist, who played for Oxford University and Surrey.[1]

Usually writing as E. M. Wellings, he became a trenchant cricket correspondent later in his career, writing for the Daily Mirror and the London Evening News, the latter between 1938 and 1973.[2] Ian Wooldridge once said that Wellings "dipped his pen in vitriol", with Wellings attacking one-day cricket, overseas players, the isolation of South Africa and later anything to do with the Test and County Cricket Board.[2]

Books

  • No Ashes for England 1951
  • Meet the Australians 1953
  • The Ashes Retained 1955
  • The Ashes Thrown Away: The M.C.C. Tour of Australia 1958-59 1959
  • Dexter versus Benaud: M.C.C. Tour of Australia 1962-3 1963
  • Simpson's Australians: The England Tour 1964 1964
  • A History of County Cricket: Middlesex 1972
  • Vintage Cricketers 1983

References

  1. ↑ "Evelyn Wellings". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 February 2010.
  2. 1 2 "Obituaries in 1992". Wisden Cricketers' Almanack. John Wisden & Co. 1993. Retrieved 16 February 2010.
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