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{{short description|English cricketer}} |
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nationality = English | |
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country = England | |
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country abbrev = ENG | |
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| batting = Right-handed |
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picture = Cricket_no_pic.png | |
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| bowling = Right-arm medium |
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| columns = 2 |
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bowling style = Right-arm medium | |
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| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]] |
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FCs = 215 | |
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| matches1 = 215 |
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FC runs = 2787 | |
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| runs1 = 2,787 |
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| bat avg1 = 13.52 |
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| 100s/50s1 = 0/6 |
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FC top score = 79 | |
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| top score1 = 79 |
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FC balls = 34322 | |
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| deliveries1 = 34,322 |
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FC wickets = 554 | |
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| wickets1 = 554 |
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| bowl avg1 = 26.39 |
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FC 5s = 21 | |
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| fivefor1 = 21 |
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FC 10s = 1 | |
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| tenfor1 = 1 |
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| best bowling1 = 6/19 |
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| catches/stumpings1= 75/– |
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List As = 192 | |
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| column2 = [[List A cricket|List A]] |
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List A runs = 454 | |
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| matches2 = 192 |
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List A bat avg = 8.90 | |
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| runs2 = 454 |
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List A 100s/50s = -/- | |
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| bat avg2 = 8.90 |
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List A top score = 35 | |
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| 100s/50s2 = 0/0 |
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List A balls = 9262 | |
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| top score2 = 35 |
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List A wickets = 228 | |
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| deliveries2 = 9262 |
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| wickets2 = 228 |
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List A 5s = - | |
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List A 10s = - | |
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| fivefor2 = 0 |
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List A best bowling = 4-16 | |
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| tenfor2 = 0 |
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| best bowling2 = 4/16 |
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debut date = | |
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debut year = 1969 | |
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last date = | |
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| date = 6 December |
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last year = 1980 | |
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| year = 2022 |
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'''John Spencer''' (born |
'''John Spencer''' (born 6 October 1949) is a former English [[first-class cricket]]er. A fast bowler, he played for [[Cambridge University Cricket Club|Cambridge University]] and [[Sussex County Cricket Club|Sussex]] and was named the Sussex Cricket Society's Player of the Year in 1975. |
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He played for Sussex from 1969 to 1980, and for Cambridge University from 1970 to 1972, taking 554 wickets at 26.39. |
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==External links== |
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*[http://hcs.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/32/32957/32957.html Cricket Archive] |
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His most successful match was for Cambridge University against the Pakistanis in 1971, when he took 6 for 40 and 5 for 58 to help the university to a 10-wicket victory, its first win against a touring side since 1927.<ref>''[[Wisden Cricketers' Almanack|Wisden]]'' 1972, pp. 303-304.</ref> |
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A geography graduate of [[Queens' College, Cambridge]], John Spencer became a master at Brighton College, where he also was in charge of cricket. Amongst the pupils he coached were [[Matt Prior]], later the England wicket-keeper, and [[Holly Colvin]] and [[Sarah Taylor (cricketer)|Sarah Taylor]], both later England cricketers and who played on equal terms with the schoolboys. |
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==References== |
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*{{cite web |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929231144/http://hcs.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/32/32957/32957.html |archivedate=29 September 2007 |url=http://hcs.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/32/32957/32957.html |title=John Spencer |publisher=CricketArchive}} |
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{{refend}} |
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[[Category:Cambridge University cricketers]] |
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[[Category:Oxford and Cambridge Universities cricketers]] |
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[[Category:Alumni of Queens' College, Cambridge]] |
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[[Category:Schoolteachers from Sussex]] |
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[[Category:Place of birth missing (living people)]] |
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[[Category:20th-century English sportsmen]] |
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John Spencer (born 6 October 1949) is a former English first-class cricketer. A fast bowler, he played for Cambridge University and Sussex and was named the Sussex Cricket Society's Player of the Year in 1975.
He played for Sussex from 1969 to 1980, and for Cambridge University from 1970 to 1972, taking 554 wickets at 26.39.
His most successful match was for Cambridge University against the Pakistanis in 1971, when he took 6 for 40 and 5 for 58 to help the university to a 10-wicket victory, its first win against a touring side since 1927.[1]
A geography graduate of Queens' College, Cambridge, John Spencer became a master at Brighton College, where he also was in charge of cricket. Amongst the pupils he coached were Matt Prior, later the England wicket-keeper, and Holly Colvin and Sarah Taylor, both later England cricketers and who played on equal terms with the schoolboys.
References
[edit]- "John Spencer". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 29 September 2007.