{{Short description|English cricketer}} {{EngvarB|date=August 2013}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = | country = England | fullname = Maxwell Nicholas Field | nickname = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1950|3|23|df=yes}} | birth_place = Coventry, Warwickshire, England | heightft = | heightinch = | heightm = | batting = Right-handed | bowling = Right-arm medium | role = | family = | club1 = Warwickshire | year1 = 1974–1975 | clubnumber1 = | club2 = Cambridge University | year2 = 1974 | clubnumber2 = | columns = 2 | column1 = First-class | matches1 = 11 | runs1 = 122 | bat avg1 = 12.20 | 100s/50s1 = –/– | top score1 = 39* | deliveries1 = 1,684 | wickets1 = 24 | bowl avg1 = 37.33 | fivefor1 = – | tenfor1 = – | best bowling1 = 4/76 | catches/stumpings1 = 1/– | column2 = List A | matches2 = 8 | runs2 = 15 | bat avg2 = 7.50 | 100s/50s2 = –/– | top score2 = 13* | deliveries2 = 382 | wickets2 = 4 | bowl avg2 = 47.75 | fivefor2 = – | tenfor2 = – | best bowling2 = 2/31 | catches/stumpings2 = –/– | date = 28 September | year = 2011 | source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/13042.html Cricinfo }}
'''Maxwell Nicholas Field''' (born 23 March 1950) is a former English cricketer. Field was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born in Coventry, Warwickshire.
==Playing career== While studying for his degree at Cambridge University, Field made his first-class debut for Cambridge University Cricket Club against Yorkshire in 1974. He made seven further first-class appearances for the university in 1974, the last of which came against Oxford University.<ref name="FCM">{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/29/29388/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Max Field|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=28 September 2011}}</ref> In his eight first-class appearances for Cambridge, Field scored 121 runs at an average of 12.10, with a high score of 39 not out.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/29/29388/f_Batting_by_Team.html|title=First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Max Field|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=28 September 2011}}</ref> With the ball, he took 24 wickets at a bowling average of 32.58, with best figures of 4/76.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/29/29388/f_Bowling_by_Team.html|title=First-class Bowling For Each Team by Max Field|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=28 September 2011}}</ref> In that same season, Field also made his List A debut for Cambridge University against Kent in the 1974 Benson & Hedges Cup. He made two further List A appearances for the university in that competition, against Essex and Surrey.<ref name="LAM">{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/29/29388/List_A_Matches.html|title=List A Matches played by Max Field|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=28 September 2011}}</ref> He took 2 wickets in his three matches, which came at an average of 30.00, with best figures of 2/31.<ref name="LABOWL">{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/29/29388/a_Bowling_by_Team.html|title=List A Bowling For Each Team by Max Field|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=28 September 2011}}</ref>
Field also made his debut for Warwickshire in the 1974 season. His first appearance for the county came in a first-class match against the touring Pakistanis. He made just two further first-class appearances for Warwickshire, which came against Surrey in the 1974 County Championship and Worcestershire in the 1975 County Championship.<ref name="FCM"/> His first limited-overs appearances for the county also came in 1974, in the John Player League against Worcestershire. He made five further List A appearances for the county, the last of which came against Glamorgan in that same competition.<ref name="LAM"/> His six List A appearances for Warwickshire yielded just 2 wickets, which came at an average of 65.50, with best figures of 1/24.<ref name="LABOWL"/>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/13042.html Max Field] at ESPNcricinfo *[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/29/29388/29388.html Max Field] at CricketArchive
{{DEFAULTSORT:Field, Max}} Category:1950 births Category:Living people Category:Cricketers from Coventry Category:Alumni of the University of Cambridge Category:English cricketers Category:Cambridge University cricketers Category:Warwickshire cricketers Category:20th-century English sportsmen