David Penn Toft (born 1 March 1945) is an English former first-class cricketer.
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| Full name | David Penn Toft | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 1 March 1945 Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
| 1965–1967 | Oxford University | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 7 April 2020 | |||||||||||||||
Toft was born at Tunbridge Wells in March 1945. He was educated at Tonbridge School,[1] before going up to University College, Oxford.[2] While studying at Oxford, he played first-class cricket for Oxford University, making his debut against Northamptonshire at Oxford in 1965. He played first-class cricket for Oxford until 1967, making 27 appearances.[3] In his 27 first-class matches, Toft scored 1,222 runs at an average of 27.77 and a high score of 145.[4] This score, which was his only first-class century, came opening the batting against Cambridge University in The University Match of 1967,[5] which was also his final appearance in first-class cricket.[3]
References
edit- ^ Knott, Charles Harold (1966). The Register of Tonbridge School from 1900 to 1965. Old Tonbridgian Society. p. 301.
- ^ "Player profile: David Toft". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
- ^ a b "First-Class Matches played by David Toft". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
- ^ "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by David Toft". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
- ^ "Oxford University v Cambridge University, 1967". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 April 2020.