John Steele (cricketer, born 1905)

John Steele

Personal information
Full name	John William Jackson Steele
Born	30 July 1905 Wistaston, Crewe, Cheshire, England
Died	29 March 1990 (aged 84) Powderham, Devon, England
Batting style	Right-handed
Bowling style	Right-arm medium
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1938–1939	Hampshire
1938–1939	Army
Career statistics
Competition FC Matches 19 Runs scored 434 Batting average 16.69 100s/50s –/– Top score 44 Balls bowled 3,672 Wickets 66 Bowling average 25.90 5 wickets in innings 3 10 wickets in match – Best bowling 6/62 Catches/stumpings 9/–
Source: Cricinfo, 23 December 2009

John William Jackson Steele (30 July 1905 – 29 March 1990) was an English cricketer. Steele was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace.

Steele first represented Hampshire while staying in Winchester as an Army Chaplain, having made a name playing for the Army cricket team. Steele made his first-class debut against Gloucestershire, a match in which he scored his highest first-class score of 44. During the same year Steele played for Hampshire against the touring Australians, who featured the great Don Bradman.

Steele would represent Hampshire in seventeen first-class matches until July 1939, with his final first-class match coming against Northamptonshire. Steele was a handy lower order batsman, scoring 406 runs at an average of 16.91. With his medium pace Steele took 57 wickets at an average of 26.64 with best bowling figures of 6-62.

Steele also represented the Army in two first-class matches against Oxford University in 1938 and Cambridge University in 1939.

With the onset of the Second World War first-class cricket was stopped, bringing an end to Steele's career.

External links

• John Steele at Cricinfo
• John Steele at CricketArchive
• Matches and detailed statistics for John Steele