John Kirby (cricketer)
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Full name | John Edward Weston Kirby | ||||||||||||||
Born | Low Fell, County Durham, England | 4 February 1936||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm medium | ||||||||||||||
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1956 | Oxford University | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 18 June 2020 |
John Edward Weston Kirby (born 4 February 1936) is an English former first-class cricketer.
Kirby was born in February 1936 at Low Fell, County Durham. He was educated at Ampleforth College, before going up to Corpus Christi College, Oxford.[1] While studying at Oxford, he made three appearances in first-class cricket for Oxford University in 1956, against the Free Foresters, Nottinghamshire and Sussex.[2] He scored 78 runs in his three matches, with a high score of 28.[3]
References
- ^ "Player profile: John Kirby". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by John Kirby". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
- ^ "First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by John Kirby". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
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