John Mortimore      

Full name John Brian Mortimore

Born May 14, 1933, Southmead, Bristol

Current age 80 years 9 days

Major teams England, Gloucestershire

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm offbreak

Batting and fielding averages
Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 6s Ct St
Tests 9 12 2 243 73* 24.30 0 1 4 3 0
First-class 640 989 121 15891 149 18.30 4 65 345 0
List A 93 68 21 494 36 10.51 0 0 26 0
Bowling averages
Mat Inns Balls Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave Econ SR 4w 5w 10
Tests 9 15 2162 733 13 3/36 3/60 56.38 2.03 166.3 0 0 0
First-class 640 113417 41904 1807 8/59 23.18 2.21 62.7 75 8
List A 93 3612 2273 78 4/12 4/12 29.14 3.77 46.3 1 0 0
Career statistics
Test debut Australia v England at Melbourne, Feb 13-18, 1959 scorecard
Last Test England v Australia at Manchester, Jul 23-28, 1964 scorecard
Test statistics
First-class span 1950-1975
List A span 1963-1974
Profile

Gloucestershire and England allrounder John Mortimore never really cracked it in nine appearances at Test level. He averaged 24 with the bat and 58 with the ball, but was more effective in county cricket, where he and fellow offspinner David Allen formed an outstanding partnership. Mortimore took four wickets in five balls against Lancashire at Cheltenham in 1962, and captained Gloucester between 1965 and 1967. He was also bowling when Lancashire's David Hughes launched his famous twilight assault - 24 off an over - in the Gillette Cup semi-final of 1971 at Old Trafford.
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Country Fixtures Country Results
Leics v Glamorgan at Leicester - May 21-24
Glamorgan 442/9d Leics 142 & 133/1 (f/o)
Durham v Middlesex at Chester-le-Street - May 22-25
Durham 259 & 37/0 Middlesex 196
Essex v Kent at Chelmsford - May 22-25
Essex 212 Kent 214/5
Sussex v Somerset at Horsham - May 22-23
Sussex won by an innings and 116 runs
Worcs v Gloucs at Worcester - May 22-25
Gloucs 234 Worcs 302/3
Hampshire v Lancashire at Southampton - May 23-26
Lancashire 252/9
Group A: Warwickshire v Notts at Birmingham - May 23
Notts won by 7 wickets (with 9 balls remaining) (D/L method)
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