Richard Jefferson (cricketer)

Richard Jefferson
Personal information
Full name
Richard Ingleby Jefferson
Born (1941-08-15) 15 August 1941 (age 83)
Frimley Green, Surrey, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium-fast
RelationsJulian Jefferson (father)
Will Jefferson (son)
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1961Cambridge University
1961–1966Surrey
1963Marylebone Cricket Club
1968–1971Norfolk
1969Minor Counties
1972Minor Counties North
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A
Matches 94 12
Runs scored 2,094 112
Batting average 19.75 10.18
100s/50s 2/6 –/1
Top score 136 55
Balls bowled 17,326 798
Wickets 263 13
Bowling average 27.56 33.15
5 wickets in innings 10 –
10 wickets in match 1 –
Best bowling 6/25 3/44
Catches/stumpings 32/– 3/–
Source: Cricinfo, 15 March 2019

Richard Ingleby Jefferson (born 15 August 1941 in Frimley Green, Surrey) is a former professional cricketer who played for Surrey County Cricket Club.

The son of Brigadier Julian Jefferson, Jefferson was educated at Ludgrove School, Winchester College and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.[1][2] He won a blue but left after a year. He went on to play a couple of seasons for Surrey before illness in 1965 curtailed his first-class career. He subsequently played for Norfolk, before taking a Certificate in Education and teaching in a private school. [3]

A right-arm medium-fast bowler and right-handed bat, he was mentioned in a 1981 article by John Arlott on the best English cricketers never to have played for England. Arlott wrote that "he may well have been the greatest loss to English cricket in the post-war period".[4]

He is the father of the cricketer Will Jefferson.

Richard Jefferson at ESPNcricinfo

References

  1. ^ Hughes, Simon, ed. (December 2020). "Ludgrove School". The Cricketer Schools Guide 2021: 134. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
  2. ^ Gauntlett, Michael. "Richard Jefferson - 'The Last of the Great Amateurs'". The Cricket Society. Archived from the original on 18 January 2015. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  3. ^ Winchester College Register
  4. ^ The best who never by John Arlott from Cricinfo