John Waring
CountryEngland
FullnameJohn Shaw Waring
Birth date1 October 1942
Birth placeRipon, North Riding of Yorkshire, England
Death date1 October 2023 (aged 81)
Death placeHarrogate, North Yorkshire, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight arm fast medium
RoleBowler
Club 1Yorkshire
Year 11963–1966
Club 2Warwickshire
Year 21967
Club 3Cumberland
Year 31970–1973
Columns2
Column 1First-class
Matches 129
Runs 1152
Bat avg 110.85
100s/50s 10/0
Top score 126
Deliveries 12,762
Wickets 155
Bowl avg 122.74
Fivefor 12
Tenfor 11
Best bowling 17/40
Catches/stumpings 117/–
Column 2List A
Matches 21
Runs 21
Bat avg 2
100s/50s 20/0
Top score 21*
Deliveries 224
Wickets 20
Bowl avg 2
Fivefor 2
Tenfor 2
Best bowling 2
Catches/stumpings 20/–
Date3 September
Year2022
Sourcehttps://www.espncricinfo.com/player/john-waring-22745 ESPN cricinfo

John Shaw Waring (1 October 1942 – 1 October 2023) was an English professional cricketer who played for Yorkshire County Cricket Club from 1963 to 1966. He also played one match for Warwickshire in 1967. He was born in Ripon.

Cricket career

Born in Ripon on 1 October 1942,[1] John Waring was a right-arm fast-medium bowler who played in 28 first-class matches for Yorkshire County Cricket Club from 1963 to 1966,[2] and one match for Warwickshire in 1967. He also played in one Gillette Cup match for Yorkshire in 1965. In other matches, he played for the Yorkshire Second XI from 1961 to 1966, the Minor Counties in 1966, Cumberland from 1970 to 1973, and for both the Nottinghamshire Second XI and the Surrey Second XI in 1967.[3]

Waring took 55 first-class wickets at 22.74, with a best return of 7 for 40 against Lancashire in a 1966 Roses Match at Headingley; his match return of 10/63 was the only time he achieved ten wickets in a match.[4] He scored 152 runs with a highest score of 26, at an average of 10.85. Generally an outfielder, he held 17 catches in the field. He did not take a wicket in one-day cricket.[5]

Waring sometimes opened the Yorkshire bowling in combination with Fred Trueman. Journalist Chris Waters wrote a biography of Trueman and, as part of his research, calculated that Trueman had opened Yorkshire's bowling in 802 innings with 28 "new ball partners". Waring is fourteenth in this list with eight innings; the leaders are Tony Nicholson (188), Mel Ryan (126) and Bob Appleyard (101).[6]

Death

Waring died on 1 October 2023, at the age of 81.[7]

References

  1. ^ "John Waring". Wisden Online. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
  2. ^ Warner, David (2011). The Yorkshire County Cricket Club: 2011 Yearbook. 113th ed. Ilkley: Great Northern Books. p. 381. ISBN 978-1-9050-8085-4.
  3. ^ "Teams John Waring played for". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
  4. ^ "Yorkshire v Lancashire, 1966". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
  5. ^ "John Waring". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
  6. ^ Waters, p. 156.
  7. ^ Gascoyne, Sam (3 October 2023). "John Waring, former Yorkshire fast bowler - obituary". Yorkshireccc.com. Retrieved 7 October 2023.

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