John Eyre (cricketer, born 1944)
John Richard Eyre (born 13 June 1944) is a former English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire from 1963 to 1967.
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| Full name | John Richard Eyre | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 13 June 1944 Glossop, Derbyshire, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed batsman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium pace bowler | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | Damian Eyre | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1983–1967 | Derbyshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First-class debut | 22 June 1963 Derbyshire v Leicestershire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last First-class | 8 July 1967 Derbyshire v Yorkshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| List A debut | 21 May 1966 Derbyshire v Essex | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last List A | 25 May 1968 Derbyshire v Sussex | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Eyre was born in Glossop. He started playing for Derbyshire juniors in 1959 and was in the Derbyshire Second XI by 1961. His first-class cricketing career began in 1963, but in three innings in two matches in mid season he made only three runs, and when he reappeared in a single match at the end of the season he did not bat at all. He played just one match in the 1964 season, but was a fairly regular first-team choice in the 1965 season and the 1966 season. However his batting average was less than 16 runs per innings and he passed fifty only once in each season.[1]
In 1967, he made the only century of his county career in the match against Lancashire at Old Trafford, but a month later he was out of the team, and he did not regain his place.[2] He continued in the Second XI until 1968 when he also turned out in the Gillette Cup.
Eyre was a right-handed batsman and played 84 innings in 48 matches with an average of 14.92 and a top score of 106. He also played two innings in two one day matches and made a top score of 38. He was an occasional right-arm medium-pace bowler and took one first-class wicket at the cost of 248 runs.[3]
Eyre's son, Damian Eyre, played Second XI cricket for Derbyshire between 1983 and 1990 and later played List A cricket for the Lancashire Cricket Board.
References
- "First-class Batting and Fielding in each Season by John Eyre". www.cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 28 December 2008.
- "Lancashire v Derbyshire". www.cricketarchive.com. 10 June 1967. Retrieved 28 December 2008.
- John Eyre at Cricket Archive