Joe Humphries

Joe Humphries
Personal information
Full name Joseph Humphries
Born (1876-05-19)19 May 1876
Stonebroom, Derbyshire, England
Died 7 May 1946(1946-05-07) (aged 69)
Chesterfield, England
Batting style Right-handed batsman
Role wicket-keeper
International information
National side
Test debut 1 January 1908 v Australia
Last Test 7 February 1908 v Australia
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1899–1914 Derbyshire
1904-1914 MCC
Career statistics
Competition Tests First-class
Matches 3 302
Runs scored 44 5,464
Batting average 8.80 14.19
100s/50s 0/0 0/0
Top score 16 68
Balls bowled 0 61
Wickets 0 3
Bowling average n/a 14.33
5 wickets in innings 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0
Best bowling n/a 1/5
Catches/stumpings 7/0 564/111
Source: , 26 April 2010

Joseph ("Joe") Humphries (19 May 1876 – 7 May 1946) was an English cricketer who played three Test matches for England on their tour to Australia in 1907-08 and for Derbyshire County Cricket Club and the Marylebone Cricket Club between 1899 and 1914.

Humphries was born in Stonebroom, Derbyshire,the son of John Thomas Humphries and his wife Eliza. His father was a coal miner.[1]

Humphries was a wicket-keeper, who made his first-class debut for Derbyshire in the 1899 season. However with William Storer in place, he did not earn a regular place in the Derbyshire side until the 1902 season. Humphries was party to a dramatic finish in the second Test in Melbourne in January 1908, when as tailender he put on 34, and England won by 1 wicket to avoid a tie.[2] His career ended with the start of the First World War.

Humphries died in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, at the age of nearly 70.

References

  1. ↑ British Census 1881
  2. ↑ BBC - Classic Test Matches
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