Full Name

John Scholes Savage

Born

March 03, 1929, Ramsbottom, Lancashire

Died

July 14, 2008, Rochdale, (aged 79y 133d)

Batting Style

Right hand Bat

Bowling Style

Right arm Offbreak

Other

Coach

The offspinner John Savage played the majority of his first-class career at Leicestershire (1953-1966), before coming to Lancashire in 1967. With the emergence of Jack Simmons, opportunities in Lancashire's first team were limited, but Lancashire saw in Savage strong leadership qualities and asked him to take on the role of Player Coach for the club's up and coming talent. So in 1969, and until the end of his playing career in 1978, Savage remained in this role and nurtured the future stars of Lancashire with great success. In 2001, he was elected a Vice-President of Lancashire County Cricket Club. He died in 2008 after a short illness.
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John Savage Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAve100s50s4s6sCtSt
FC3474601612154337.2000--960
List A110222.00000000

Bowling

FormatMatBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
FC34758199237779658/50-24.632.4560.3-467
List A1485444/544/5413.506.7512.0100

Debut/Last Matches of John Savage

FC Matches

Span
1953 - 1969

List A Matches

Span
1963 - 1963

Recent Matches of John Savage

MatchBatBowlDateGroundFormat
Lancashire vs Australians--0/315-May-1968ManchesterFC
Lancashire vs Pakistanis0*3/5230-Aug-1967ManchesterFC
Lancashire vs Indians1* & 6*5/37 & 4/3803-Jun-1967SouthportFC
Leics vs Australians4*1/10408-Jul-1964LeicesterFC
Leics vs West Indians02/44 & 0/1313-Jul-1963LeicesterFC