The competition lasted over three English seasons with the final not played until 1958.
This earned him the record for the most number of tries in an English Rugby season.
Clear, bright winter mornings and stormy dark summer skies, the very opposite of English seasons.
When he did bowl, he was still effective, claiming 59 wickets at an average of 13.13, his best during an English season.
I think there is some resentment, also, about this English season in New York.
Before that he was also a contestant on the second English season of the show where he made the top 24.
He holds the record for the most catches in an English season, with 96 in 1960.
It is the last instance of a batsman scoring 3000 in an English season.
However, due to injury, he missed a large portion of his debut English season.
He finished the year with 1,370 first-class runs at an average of over 39, by some margin his highest in any English season.