Giles Toogood

Giles Toogood

Personal information
Full name	Giles John Toogood
Born	19 November 1961 West Bromwich, Staffordshire, England
Batting style	Right-handed
Bowling style	Right-arm medium Right-arm off-break
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1995	Cambridgeshire
1991–1992	Shropshire
1982–1989	Oxford University
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A Matches 34 16 Runs scored 1,403 91 Batting average 27.50 5.68 100s/50s 2/6 0/0 Top score 149 18 Balls bowled 2,125 240 Wickets 26 7 Bowling average 45.46 27.14 5 wickets in innings 1 1 10 wickets in match 1 N/A Best bowling 8/52 6/47 Catches/stumpings 11/0 0/0
Source: CricketArchive, 15 March 2009

Giles John Toogood (born 19 November 1961 in West Bromwich) is a former English cricketer: a right-handed batsman and right-arm medium-pace and off-break bowler who played first-class and List A cricket for Oxford University between 1982 and 1989. Later, he played minor counties cricket for Shropshire and, briefly, Cambridgeshire, appearing at List A level in the NatWest Trophy for both teams.

In 1985, playing in the Varsity Match against Cambridge University at Lord's, Toogood took 8/52 in the first innings (adding another two wickets in the second).^[1] This was the best first-class innings return by an Oxford bowler for 61 years, Tom Raikes having claimed 9/38 against the Army in 1924. As of March 2009, Toogood's feat remains the only example of an Oxford player taking seven or more wickets in a first-class innings since Giles Ridley's 7/110 against Gloucestershire in 1965.^[2]

Notes

1. "Oxford University v Cambridge University in 1985". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 March 2009.
2. "Most Wickets in an Innings for Oxford University". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 March 2009.

References

• Player profile: Giles Toogood from CricketArchive
• Player profile: Giles Toogood from ESPNcricinfo