Clifford Jack Andrews (6 August 1912 — 11 December 1973) was an English first-class cricketer and rugby union player.
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| Full name | Clifford Jack Andrews | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 6 August 1912 Swindon, Wiltshire, England | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 11 December 1973 (aged 61) Eastleigh, Hampshire, England | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
| Role | Wicket-keeper | ||||||||||||||
| Relations | Bill Andrews (brother) | ||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
| 1938–1948 | Hampshire | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 23 December 2009 | |||||||||||||||
Andrews was born at Swindon in August 1912. In Swindon, his father was a publican, but the family moved to Weston-super-Mare in 1921. There he was educated at Weston Grammar School and played club cricket for Weston-super-Mare Cricket Club.[1] Andrews made his debut in first-class cricket for Hampshire prior to the Second World War, playing against Cambridge University at Southampton in 1938.[2] During the war, he served as a police officer with the Southampton City Police and was known to play exhibition matches for their cricket team.[3] Following the war, he returned to play first-class cricket for Hampshire, typically as cover for regular wicket-keeper Neil McCorkell.[3] In total, he made seven first-class appearances for Hampshire to 1948.[2] In these, he scored 127 runs at an average of 14.11, with a highest score of 29. As wicket-keeper, he took six catches and made a single stumping.[4] Outside of cricket, Andrews played rugby union for the Hampshire representative rugby union team,[5] having played rugby for Hampshire since 1933.[6] He was the younger brother of the Somerset all-rounder Bill Andrews, and was known in his family as "Jack". Andrews died at his home in Eastleigh in December 1973.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "Obituary: Mr J Andrews". Bristol Evening Post. 12 December 1973. p. 3. Retrieved 26 July 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ a b "First-Class Matches played by Clifford Andrews". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 July 2011.
- ^ a b "A–Z (A7)". www.hampshirecrickethistory.wordpress.com. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
- ^ "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Clifford Andrews". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 July 2011.
- ^ Turner, Herbert Kyle (1950). The world's all sports who's who for 1950. Wex Press. p. 69.
- ^ "A Somerset sportsman". Taunton Courier and Western Advertiser. 13 December 1933. p. 2. Retrieved 26 July 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.