John Pember
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| Full name | John Devereaux Dubricious Pember | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
8 June 1940 Creaton, Northamptonshire, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 25 January 2007 (aged 66) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting style | Left-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling style | Right-arm fast-medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source: Cricinfo, 25 March 2014 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
John Devereaux Dubricious Pember (8 June 1940 – 25 January 2007) was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1968 to 1971.
He was born in Creaton, Northamptonshire, and attended Wellingborough School, where he played in the first eleven.[1] A club cricketer and landowner in Northamptonshire,[2] he joined Leicestershire and made his first-class debut in 1968 at the age of 28. He appeared intermittently for the county over the next three years, playing 24 first-class matches and 10 one-day matches as a left-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium.
His highest score was 53, batting at number 11 against Northamptonshire in 1970,[3] and his best bowling figures were 5 for 45 (followed by 2 for 45 in the second innings) in an innings victory over Somerset in 1968.[4]
References
- ↑ Wisden 1958, p. 798.
- ↑ Wisden 2008, p. 1577.
- ↑ Leicestershire v Northamptonshire 1970
- ↑ Somerset v Leicestershire 1968