Full Name

Neville Montague Ford

Born

November 18, 1906, Repton, Derbyshire

Died

June 15, 2000, Bembridge, Isle of Wight, (aged 93y 210d)

Batting Style

Right hand Bat

RELATIONS

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Neville Montague Ford, who died on June 15 at Bembridge, Isle of Wight aged 93, was a talented right-hand batsman who captained Harrow in 1925 and 1926 and then went to Oriel College, Oxford where he won his blue in each season from 1928-30. Starting in 1926 Ford also played 31 matches for Derbyshire, for whom he was qualified by birth - his father was headmaster at Repton School - and in 1932 he made a single appearance for Middlesex. He was one of the few remaining first-class cricketers from the 1920s. In a career total of 75 matches Ford scored 2,925 runs at an average of 26.11, including five centuries, the highest being 183 for Oxford University against the Free Foresters at Oxford in 1930. It was an innings lasting just over three hours in which he hit two sixes and 21 fours, 'driving in his best style', according to Wisden. In 1930 he scored 1,096 runs but after leaving Oxford played only rarely. In business, Ford was sales director with Wiggins-Teape and counted dancing among his pastimes. He was from a cricketing family. His uncle F.G.J. Ford appeared for Cambridge University and Middlesex and played five times for England on Stoddart's Australian tour of 1894-95. Two other uncles, A.F.J. and W.J. Ford also played for Middlesex and Cambridge, while grandfather W.A. Ford turned out for MCC.
Robert Brooke, The Cricketer

Neville Ford Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAve100s50sCtSt
FC751219292518326.11513150

Bowling

FormatMatRunsWktsBBIAve5w10w
FC7511711/19117.0000

Debut/Last Matches of Neville Ford

FC Matches

Span
1926 - 1935

Recent Matches of Neville Ford

MatchBatDateGroundFormat
F Foresters vs Cambridge U708-Jun-1935CambridgeFC
F Foresters vs Oxford Uni26 & 3503-Jun-1933OxfordFC

Photos of Neville Ford

Neville Ford