{{short description|English cricketer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2016}} {{Use British English|date=March 2016}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = | image = | country = England | international = | fullname = Timothy Jon Bostock | nickname = Bozzy | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1962|1|21|df=yes}} | birth_place = Widnes, Lancashire, England | heightft = | heightinch = | batting = Right-handed | bowling = Right-arm off break | role = | family = | club1 = Cheshire | year1 = 1992–1996 | clubnumber1 = | columns = 1 | column1 = List A | matches1 = 4 | runs1 = 57 | bat avg1 = 14.25 | 100s/50s1 = –/– | top score1 = 42 | deliveries1 = 66 | wickets1 = – | bowl avg1 = – | fivefor1 = – | tenfor1 = – | best bowling1 = – | catches/stumpings1 = –/– | date = 13 April | year = 2011 | source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/9428.html Cricinfo }}
'''Timothy Jon Bostock''' (born 21 January 1962) is a former English cricketer. Bostock was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born in Widnes, Lancashire.
He was educated at Merchant Taylors' School, Crosby in Liverpool on a scholarship, excelling at both cricket and rugby union whilst there.
His rugby career continued post school at Waterloo as a member of the successful Colts side captained by Mike Dixon.
He also played for Widnes Rugby Club for many years.
Bostock made his debut for Cheshire in the 1992 Minor Counties Championship against Cornwall. Bostock played Minor counties cricket for Cheshire from 1992 to 1996, including 16 Minor Counties Championship matches<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/17/17606/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html|title=Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Timothy Bostock|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=13 April 2011}}</ref> and 8 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/17/17606/Minor_Counties_Trophy_Matches.html|title=Minor Counties Trophy Matches played by Timothy Bostock|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=13 April 2011}}</ref> In 1992, he made his List A debut against Gloucestershire in the NatWest Trophy. He played three further List A matches for Cheshire, the last coming against Northamptonshire in the 1996 NatWest Trophy.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/17/17606/List_A_Matches.html|title=List A Matches played by Timothy Bostock|website=CricketArchive|accessdate=13 April 2011}}</ref> In his four List A matches, he scored 57 runs at a batting average of 14.25, with a high score of 42.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/17/17606/a_Batting_by_Team.html|title=List A Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Timothy Bostock|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=13 April 2011}}</ref> His highest score came against Essex in the 1995 NatWest Trophy.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/60/60718.html|title=Cheshire v Essex, 1995 NatWest Trophy|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=13 April 2011}}</ref> With the ball he bowled 11 wicket-less overs.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/17/17606/a_Bowling_by_Team.html|title=List A Bowling For Each Team by Timothy Bostock|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=13 April 2011}}</ref>
Following his retirement from playing, he became involved in cricket administration. He is currently the chief executive of Durham County Cricket Club.<ref>[https://www.durhamcricket.co.uk/news-and-media/a-message-from-tim-bostock-ceo/ A message from Tim Bostock, CEO]</ref> Under his stewardship, Durham returned to the 1st Division in 2023, for the first time since 2016.
An accomplished golfer over five decades, playing off 2 at Blackwell Golf Club in Worcestershire, he is Captain of the ten man team that contests the John Harrison Trophy once a year against the OOM from Formby Golf Club.
In June 2023 he became Seniors Club Champion and followed it up a year later by becoming Club Champion.
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *[http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/9428.html Timothy Bostock] at ESPNcricinfo *[https://web.archive.org/web/20130103153200/https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/17/17606/17606.html Timothy Bostock] at CricketArchive
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bostock, Timothy}} Category:1962 births Category:Living people Category:Sportspeople from Widnes Category:People educated at Merchant Taylors' Boys' School, Crosby Category:English cricketers Category:Cheshire cricketers Category:20th-century English sportsmen