John Steele (cricketer, born 1946)

John Frederick Steele (born 23 July 1946) is a former English first-class cricketer for Leicestershire and Glamorgan. An allrounder who bowled left-arm spin, he made 15,054 runs and took 584 wickets in his career which started in 1970 and ended in 1986.

John Steele

Personal information
Full name	John Frederick Steele
Born	(1946-07-23) 23 July 1946 Brown Edge, Staffordshire, England
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Slow left-arm orthodox
Relations	David Steele (brother)
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1965–1969	Staffordshire
1970–1983	Leicestershire
1973/74–1977/78	Natal
1984–1986	Glamorgan
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A Matches 379 302 Runs scored 15,054 3,532 Batting average 28.95 20.89 100s/50s 21/70 1/14 Top score 195 108* Balls bowled 39,292 12,434 Wickets 584 293 Bowling average 27.04 25.54 5 wickets in innings 16 4 10 wickets in match 0 0 Best bowling 7/29 5/11 Catches/stumpings 414/– 146/–
Source: CricketArchive, 11 September 2013

His elder brother David played Test cricket for England.

Steele was one of ten members of Leicestershire's first County Championship winning team in 1975 to have a road in Leicester named after him by the city council. Chris Balderstone, Peter Booth, Brian Davison, Barry Dudleston, Ken Higgs, David Humphries, Ray Illingworth, Norman McVicker and Roger Tolchard were the others.

External links

• John Steele at ESPNcricinfo