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Full name Philip Arthur Whitcombe
Born April 23, 1923, Kensington, London
Current age 90 years 32 days
Major teams Free Foresters, Marylebone Cricket Club, Middlesex, Oxford University
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium
Education Winchester; Christ Church, Oxford
Relation Father - PS Whitcombe, Uncle - HM Whitcombe
| Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | 50 | Ct | St | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First-class | 37 | 56 | 5 | 956 | 68 | 18.74 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 0 |
| Mat | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | Ave | Econ | SR | 5w | 10 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First-class | 37 | 6417 | 2489 | 112 | 7/51 | 22.22 | 2.32 | 57.2 | 5 | 0 |
| First-class span | 1947-1960 |
A fast bowler who swung the ball away from right-handers, Philip Whitcombe won Blues for Oxford in 1947, 1948 and 1949 but his real claim to fame came in 1948 when playing one of a handful of games for Middlesex. He opened the bowling against the Australians and in his first spell had Bill Brown lbw and then Don Bradman caught at short fine-leg for 6 - and all in front of the King and Queen. A fortnight earlier he had routed Cambridge in the Varisty match, taking 7 for 51 in their first innings as Oxford won by an innings. After leaving university he played for MCC and latterly Free Foresters, becoming their president. He was a captain in the Royal Artillary.
Martin Williamson
May 14, 1948
The Oxford University side against MCC in 1948
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