John Josephs

John Josephs

Personal information
Full name	John Michael Josephs
Born	16 January 1924 Hendon, Middlesex, England
Died	25 December 2012 (aged 88)[1]
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Batting style	Right-handed
Bowling style	Slow left-arm orthodox
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1946–1953	Leicestershire
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 9 Runs scored 166 Batting average 9.66 100s/50s –/– Top score 25* Balls bowled 144 Wickets 1 Bowling average 86.00 5 wickets in innings – 10 wickets in match – Best bowling 1/21 Catches/stumpings 1/–
Source: Cricinfo, 26 February 2012

John Michael Josephs (16 January 1924 – 25 December 2012) was an English cricketer. Josephs was a right-handed batsman who bowled slow left-arm orthodox. He was born at Hendon, Middlesex, and was educated at Clifton College.

Josephs made his first-class debut for Leicestershire against Oxford University in 1946. He made eight further first-class appearances for the county, the last of which came against Northamptonshire in the 1953 County Championship.^[2] In his nine first-class appearances, Josephs scored 116 runs at an average of 9.66, with a high score of 25 not out.^[3] With the ball, he took just a single wicket at an overall cost of 86 runs.^[4] Josephs died peacefully at home on Christmas Day 2012.

References

1. Published in the Harborough Mail on 3 January 2013 (2013-01-03). "John Michael Josephs : Obituary - In Memoriam". Harborough Mail. Retrieved 2013-01-18.
2. "First-Class Matches played by John Josephs". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
3. "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by John Josephs". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
4. "First-class Bowling For Each Team by John Josephs". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 February 2012.

External links

• John Josephs at Leicestershire CCC
• John Josephs at ESPNcricinfo
• John Josephs at CricketArchive