John George Spanswick (30 September 1933 – 15 October 2016) was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Kent County Cricket Club in the 1950s.[1] Spanswick was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium-fast. He was born at Folkestone in Kent and was educated at Whitgift School.
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| Full name | John George Spanswick | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 30 September 1933 Folkestone, Kent, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 15 October 2016 (aged 83) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium-fast | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1955–1956 | Kent | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricInfo, 5 February 2012 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Spanswick made his first-class debut for Kent against Middlesex in the 1955 County Championship. He made 15 further first-class appearances for the county, the last of which came against Cambridge University in 1956.[2] In his 16 first-class appearances for Kent, he took 36 wickets at an average of 32.63, with best figures of 4/64.[3] He scored a total of 135 runs at an average of 6.42, with a high score of 24.[4]
References
edit- ^ "Wisden Obituaries, 2016". Cricinfo. 20 February 2018.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by John Spanswick". CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 February 2012.
- ^ "First-class Bowling For Each Team by John Spanswick". CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 February 2012.
- ^ "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team John Spanswick". CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 February 2012.
- ^ John George Spanswick
- ^ "John Spanswick". Archived from the original on 22 June 2017. Retrieved 31 October 2016.