John William Stratton (31 August 1875 – 29 October 1919) was an English cricketer. Stratton was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast. He was born in Turweston, Buckinghamshire and educated at Cheltenham College, where he represented the college cricket team, and Keble College, Oxford.[1]
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| Full name | John William Stratton | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 31 August 1875 Turweston, Buckinghamshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 29 October 1919 (aged 44) Repton, Derbyshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm fast | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | Henry Tubb (brother-in-law) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1896 | Oxford University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1895–1901 | Buckinghamshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 11 May 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stratton made his debut for Buckinghamshire in the 1895 Minor Counties Championship against Oxfordshire. He played Minor counties cricket for Buckinghamshire from 1895 to 1901, making 27 appearances.[2] He made his only first-class appearance in 1896 for Oxford University against the Marylebone Cricket Club.[3] He took 3 wickets in the MCC first-innings for the cost of 93 runs. His wickets were those of: Frank Phillips, Billy Murdoch and George Brann. With the bat he scored a single run in the university's first-innings, before being dismissed by Albert Trott. Oxford followed on in their second-innings, and he scored 7 runs before being dismissed by George Bean.[4]
He died in Repton, Derbyshire on 29 October 1919.
References
edit- ^ "Teams John Stratton played for". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 May 2011.
- ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by John Stratton". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 May 2011.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by John Stratton". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 May 2011.
- ^ "Marylebone Cricket Club v Oxford University, 1896". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 May 2011.
External links
edit- John Stratton at ESPNcricinfo
- John Stratton at CricketArchive