John Bucknell

Not to be confused with John Mucknell.

John Bucknell, known as Jack Bucknell, (7 June 1872 – 5 March 1925) was an English cricket player who played first-class cricket for Somerset between 1895 and 1905. He was born at Bedminster, Bristol and died at Darlington, Co Durham.

Jack Bucknell

Personal information
Full name	John Bucknell
Born	(1872-06-07)7 June 1872 Bedminster, Bristol, England
Died	5 March 1925(1925-03-05) (aged 52) Darlington, Co Durham, England
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium-pace, leg-break
Role	Bowler
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1895–1905	Somerset
First-class debut	13 May 1895 Somerset v Cambridge University
Last First-class	7 July 1905 Somerset v Yorkshire
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 10 Runs scored 144 Batting average 12.00 100s/50s –/– Top score 33 Balls bowled 943 Wickets 10 Bowling average 61.70 5 wickets in innings – 10 wickets in match – Best bowling 3/93 Catches/stumpings 3/–
Source: CricketArchive, 27 February 2011

Bucknell was a right-handed lower-order batsman and a right-arm medium pace or leg-break bowler. His first-class cricket career was spasmodic, with three matches in each of the 1895, 1899 and 1905 seasons and a single game in 1904. His best bowling and batting performances were both achieved in his first season, 1895. In his first game, against Cambridge University, he took three Cambridge wickets for 93 runs. Then a week later, in the match against Oxford University he made 33, batting at No 10.

His brother Arthur played Minor Counties cricket for Durham.