John Spencer (cricketer, born 1949)

John Spencer (born 6 October 1949 in Brighton) is a former English first-class cricketer. A fast bowler, he played for Cambridge University and Sussex and was named the Sussex Cricket Society's Player of the Year in 1975.

For the Wiltshire cricketer, see John Spencer (cricketer, born 1954).

John Spencer

Cricket information
Batting	Right-handed batsman
Bowling	Right-arm medium
International information
National side	English
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A Matches 215 192 Runs scored 2787 454 Batting average 13.52 8.90 100s/50s 0/6 -/- Top score 79 35 Balls bowled 34322 9262 Wickets 554 228 Bowling average 26.39 23.33 5 wickets in innings 21 - 10 wickets in match 1 N/A Best bowling 6-19 4-16 Catches/stumpings 75/- 42/-
Source: CricketArchive

He played for Sussex from 1969 to 1980, and for Cambridge University from 1970 to 1972, taking 554 wickets at 26.39.

His most successful match was for Cambridge University against the Pakistanis in 1971, when he took 6 for 40 and 5 for 58 to help the university to a 10-wicket victory, its first win against a touring side since 1927.[1]

A geography graduate of Queens' College, Cambridge, John Spencer became a master at Brighton College, where he also was in charge of cricket. Amongst the pupils he coached were Matt Prior, later the England wicket-keeper, and Holly Colvin and Sarah Taylor, both later England cricketers and who played on equal terms with the schoolboys.

References

• "John Spencer". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 29 September 2007.

1. Wisden 1972, pp. 303-304.