Michael Bushby

{{Short description|English cricketer (1931–2020)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2017}} {{Use British English|date=April 2017}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Michael Bushby | image = | country = | fullname = Michael Howard Bushby | birth_date = {{birth date|1931|7|29|df=yes}} | birth_place = Macclesfield, Cheshire | death_date = {{death date and age|2020|2|8|1931|7|29|df=yes}} | death_place = Maidstone, Kent, England | batting = Right-handed | bowling = | role = | club1 = Cambridge University | year1 = {{nowrap|1952–1954}} | columns = 1 | column1 = First-class | matches1 = 46 | runs1 = 1,919 | bat avg1 = 24.92 | 100s/50s1 = 3/6 | top score1 = 113 | deliveries1 = 16 | wickets1 = 1 | bowl avg1 = 11.00 | fivefor1 = 0 | tenfor1 = 0 | best bowling1 = 1/7 | catches/stumpings1 = 12/– | date = 14 February | year = 2020 | source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/10210.html Cricinfo }} '''Michael Howard Bushby''' (29 July 1931 – 8 February 2020) was an English cricketer. He played 43 first-class matches for Cambridge University Cricket Club between 1952 and 1954.<ref name="Bio">{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/10210.html |title=Michael Bushby |accessdate=11 April 2017 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Mike Bushby |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/28/28350/28350.html |website=CricketArchive |accessdate=14 February 2020}}</ref>

An opening batsman, Mike Bushby captained Cambridge University in 1954.<ref>''Wisden'' 1955, p. 607.</ref> His highest score was 113 against Lancashire in 1954.<ref>{{cite web |title=Cambridge University v Lancashire 1954 |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/21/21040.html |website=CricketArchive |accessdate=14 February 2020}}</ref>

Bushby spent his working life as a teacher at Tonbridge School, where he taught history. He ran the school's cricket from 1956 to 1972. He retired in 1991, and moved to a house 200 yards from the school.<ref>''Wisden'' 2021, pp. 228–29.</ref>

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