Richard Pearsall (cricketer)

Richard Pearsall
Personal information
Full name
Richard Devenish Pearsall
Born(1921-01-15)15 January 1921
Kenilworth, Warwickshire, England
Died18 March 2013(2013-03-18) (aged 92)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium-pace
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1947–1948Cambridge University
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 15
Runs scored 230
Batting average 15.33
100s/50s 0/1
Top score 80*
Balls bowled 2,142
Wickets 27
Bowling average 36.37
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 4/51
Catches/stumpings 12/–
Source: Cricinfo, 28 January 2019

Richard Devenish Pearsall (15 January 1921 – 18 March 2013) was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Cambridge University in 1947 and 1948.[1][2]

Pearsall attended Oundle School and King's College, Cambridge. A medium-pace bowler and lower-order batsman, he played several matches in two seasons after the war for Cambridge University without gaining a Blue.

Pearsall's best bowling figures were 4 for 51 against Free Foresters in 1947,[3] and his highest score was 80 not out against Middlesex in 1948, when he and Barry Pryer added an unbeaten 149 in 90 minutes for the ninth wicket.[4]

References

  1. ^ Annual Report 2014, King's College, p. 248.
  2. ^ "Richard Pearsall". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
  3. ^ "Cambridge University v Free Foresters 1947". Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
  4. ^ Wisden 1949, p. 592.