John Pember

John Pember
Personal information
Full name John Devereaux Dubricious Pember
Born (1940-06-08)8 June 1940
Creaton, Northamptonshire, England
Died 25 January 2007(2007-01-25) (aged 66)
Batting style Left-handed
Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A
Matches 24 10
Runs scored 271 20
Batting average 18.06 3.33
100s/50s –/1 –/–
Top score 53 9
Balls bowled 2696 360
Wickets 43 8
Bowling average 31.86 31.87
5 wickets in innings 1 –
10 wickets in match – n/a
Best bowling 5/45 2/19
Catches/stumpings 11/– 3/–
Source: Cricinfo, 25 March 2014

John Devereaux Dubricious Pember (8 June 1940 – 25 January 2007) was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1968 to 1971.

He was born in Creaton, Northamptonshire, and attended Wellingborough School, where he played in the first eleven.[1] A club cricketer and landowner in Northamptonshire,[2] he joined Leicestershire and made his first-class debut in 1968 at the age of 28. He appeared intermittently for the county over the next three years, playing 24 first-class matches and 10 one-day matches as a left-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium.

His highest score was 53, batting at number 11 against Northamptonshire in 1970,[3] and his best bowling figures were 5 for 45 (followed by 2 for 45 in the second innings) in an innings victory over Somerset in 1968.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Wisden 1958, p. 798.
  2. ↑ Wisden 2008, p. 1577.
  3. ↑ Leicestershire v Northamptonshire 1970
  4. ↑ Somerset v Leicestershire 1968

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