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He had trails for Lancashire before his native county claimed him. In his younger days he bowled well for [[Oldham]] and took 35 wickets at 7 runs each for Lascelles Hall in 1948 again acting as professional in 1949. In 1950 he was professional at Littleborough. |
He had trails for Lancashire before his native county claimed him. In his younger days he bowled well for [[Oldham]] and took 35 wickets at 7 runs each for Lascelles Hall in 1948 again acting as professional in 1949. In 1950 he was professional at Littleborough. |
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Afterwards he was a lecturer at Southampton University. |
Afterwards he was a lecturer at Southampton University. |
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He was born on 3 September 1925 in [[Uppermill]], |
He was born on 3 September 1925 in [[Uppermill]], [[Saddleworth]], [[Yorkshire]] and died on 15 August 2000 in [[Southampton]], [[Hampshire]]. |
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Revision as of 16:43, 8 June 2011
John Parkin Whitehead was a first class cricketer who played 37 first class games for Yorkshire County Cricket Club from 1946 to 1951, 33 for Worcestershire CCC in 1953 and 1955 and 4 for the Combined Services in 1947. He also played for Yorkshire Second XI (1946-1951), Lancashire (1945), Army (1947), Yorkshire Present (1951) and Worcestershire Second XI (1955).
A right arm fast medium bowler, he took 147 wickets at 29.23 with a best of 5 for 10 for the Combined Services against Worcestershire, one of 4 hauls of 5 wickets in an innings. He scored 1,246 first class runs at 19.16 with a highest score of 71, which he made twice, once for Worcestershire and once for the Combined Services. He took 25 catches in the field.
He had trails for Lancashire before his native county claimed him. In his younger days he bowled well for Oldham and took 35 wickets at 7 runs each for Lascelles Hall in 1948 again acting as professional in 1949. In 1950 he was professional at Littleborough. Afterwards he was a lecturer at Southampton University. He was born on 3 September 1925 in Uppermill, Saddleworth, Yorkshire and died on 15 August 2000 in Southampton, Hampshire.