# Michael Bushby

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{{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](/source/Macclesfield), Cheshire
|          death_date = {{death date and age|2020|2|8|1931|7|29|df=yes}}
|         death_place = [Maidstone](/source/Maidstone), [Kent](/source/Kent), England
|             batting = Right-handed
|             bowling = 
|                role = 
|               club1 = [Cambridge University](/source/Cambridge_University_Cricket_Club)
|               year1 = {{nowrap|1952–1954}}
|             columns = 1
|             column1 = [First-class](/source/First-class_cricket)
|            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 [cricket](/source/cricket)er. He played 43 [first-class](/source/first-class_cricket) matches for [Cambridge University Cricket Club](/source/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](/source/Wisden_Cricketers'_Almanack)'' 1955, p. 607.</ref> His highest score was 113 against [Lancashire](/source/Lancashire_County_Cricket_Club) 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](/source/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](/source/Wisden_Cricketers'_Almanack)'' 2021, pp. 228–29.</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{cricinfo|id=10210}}

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Category:English cricketers
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Category:Alumni of Queens' College, Cambridge
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Category:Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers
Category:Schoolteachers from Cheshire
Category:20th-century English sportsmen

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