John Turner (Minor Counties cricketer)

John Bernard Turner (2 January 1949 – 13 September 2012) was an English cricketer. Turner was a right-handed batsman who bowled slow left-arm orthodox. He was born at Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire.

John Turner
Personal information
Full nameJohn Bernard Turner
Born(1949-01-02)2 January 1949
Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire, England
Died13 September 2012(2012-09-13) (aged 63)
Calne, Wiltshire, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingSlow left-arm orthodox
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1976Minor Counties West
1974Minor Counties
1972–1975Minor Counties South
1968–1983Buckinghamshire
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A
Matches 1 20
Runs scored 127 398
Batting average 63.50 19.90
100s/50s 1/– –/4
Top score 106 88
Balls bowled
Wickets
Bowling average
5 wickets in innings
10 wickets in match
Best bowling
Catches/stumpings 1/– 9/–
Source: Cricinfo, 8 May 2011

Turner made his debut for Buckinghamshire in the 1968 Minor Counties Championship against Berkshire. Turner played Minor counties cricket for Buckinghamshire from 1968 to 1983, which included 151 Minor Counties Championship matches[1] and a single MCCA Knockout Trophy match.[2] In 1969, he made his List A debut for Buckinghamshire against Middlesex in the Gillette Cup. He played eight further List A matches for the county, the last coming against Suffolk in the 1979 Gillette Cup.[3] In his nine List A appearances for the county, he scored 254 runs at a batting average of 31.75, with three half centuries and a high score of 88.[4] This came against Kent in the 1972 Gillette Cup.[5]

He played the majority of his List A matches not for Buckinghamshire, but for the Minor Counties South and Minor Counties West teams, making eight and four appearances respectively.[3] For Minor Counties South, he scored 126 runs at an average of 15.75, with a single half century high score of 56.[5] In his career, Turner also made a single first-class appearance for a combined Minor Counties cricket team against the touring Pakistanis in 1974.[6] In this match, he scored 21 runs in the Minor Counties first-innings before being dismissed by Asif Masood, while in their second-innings he scored a century, making 106 runs before being dismissed by the same bowler.[7] This left him with a first-class batting average of 63.50.[8]

He died at Calne, Wiltshire, on 13 September 2012.[9]

References

  1. "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by John Turner". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 May 2011.
  2. "Minor Counties Trophy Matches played by John Turner". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 May 2011.
  3. "List A Matches played by John Turner". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 May 2011.
  4. "List A Batting and Fielding For Each Team by John Turner". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 May 2011.
  5. "Kent v Buckinghamshire, 1972 Gillette Cup". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 May 2011.
  6. "First-Class Matches played by John Turner". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 May 2011.
  7. "Minor Counties v Pakistanis, 1974". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 May 2011.
  8. "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by John Turner". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 May 2011.
  9. "Obituaries – John Turner". Professional Cricketers' Association. Archived from the original on 31 January 2018. Retrieved 30 September 2012.
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