Full Name

Eric Alfred Meads

Born

August 17, 1916, Carrington, Nottingham

Died

June 23, 2006, Park House Nursing Home, Cinderhill, Nottingham, (aged 89y 310d)

Batting Style

Right hand Bat

Fielding Position

Wicketkeeper

Eric Meads was one of those unfortunate players who was on the verge of breaking into county cricket when war broke out. He made his one pre-war appearance in August 1939 when many of the Nottinghamshire squad had left to join the forces and he continued to play for them in their war-time matches. Although he resumed his career and went on to play for several years afterwards, his best years had been lost. A wicketkeeper with few pretensions about batting, he immediately won his place in the Nottinghamshire side in 1946, holding it down with no challenge until 1953 when he lost his place to Edmund Rowe, an even worse batsman.
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Eric Meads Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAve100s50sCtSt
FC20524090147556*9.830236483

Bowling

FormatMatBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
FC2051250---2.50-000

Debut/Last Matches of Eric Meads

FC Matches

Span
1939 - 1953

Recent Matches of Eric Meads

MatchBatWktDateGroundFormat
Notts vs Australians3*2c/0s30-May-1953NottinghamFC
Notts vs Indians10c/0s & 0c/0s05-Jul-1952NottinghamFC
Notts vs Surrey0*1c/0s04-Aug-1951The OvalFC
Notts vs Sth Africans03c/0s & 1c/1s26-May-1951NottinghamFC
Notts vs Yorkshire--3c/0s & 1c/1s25-Jun-1949SheffieldFC