John Edgar Bush (20 August 1928 – 1 June 2015) was an English cricketer in the 1950s.
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| Full name | John Edgar Bush | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 20 August 1928 Oxford, Oxfordshire, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 1 June 2015 (aged 86) Northbourne, Kent, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1950–1952 | Oxford University | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1949–1973 | Oxfordshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Bush was born in Oxford, Oxfordshire. He attended Magdalen College School, Oxford, before going on to Magdalen College at Oxford University.[1] A right-handed batsman, he made his first-class debut for Oxford University against the Free Foresters in 1950. He played 7 further first-class matches for the University, the last coming against Cambridge University in 1952.[2] In his 8 first-class matches, he scored 417 runs at a batting average of 29.78, with a high score of 67.[3] This came against Middlesex in 1952.[4]
Bush made his debut for Oxfordshire before playing for Oxford University, first appearing in the 1949 Minor Counties Championship against Buckinghamshire. Bush played Minor counties cricket for Oxfordshire from 1949 to 1973 which included 139 Minor Counties Championship matches.[5] He made his only List A appearance for Oxfordshire against Cambridgeshire in the 1967 Gillette Cup.[6] In this match he scored 14 runs before being dismissed by Alan Wilson.[7]
He was a schoolmaster at St Lawrence College, Ramsgate, from 1956 until his retirement in 1988.[8]
References
edit- ^ "Obituaries". MCS Oxford. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by John Bush". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 May 2011.
- ^ "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by John Bush". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 May 2011.
- ^ "Oxford University v Middlesex, 1952". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 May 2011.
- ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by John Bush". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 May 2011.
- ^ "List A Matches played by John Bush". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 May 2011.
- ^ "Cambridgeshire v Oxfordshire, 1967 Gillette Cup". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 May 2011.
- ^ "Obituaries", The Old Lawrentian News, 2015-2016, p. 46.
External links
edit- John Bush at ESPNcricinfo
- John Bush at CricketArchive