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Full name | John Clark | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland | 9 December 1943|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm fast-medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1969–1982 | Scotland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:Cricinfo,16 July 2022 |
John Clark (born 9 December 1943) is a Scottish former first-class cricketer.
Clark was born at Greenock in December 1943. He was educated at the Greenock Academy,before going up to Glasgow College of Technology. A club cricketer for Greenock Cricket Club,he made his debut for Scotland in a first-class cricket match against the touring New Zealanders at Glasgow in 1969. He played first-class cricket for Scotland until 1982,making thirteen appearances;ten of these came in the annual match versus Ireland,with Clark also playing against Warwickshire and the touring Sri Lankans. [1] Playing as a right-arm fast-medium bowler in the Scottish side,Clark took 43 wickets at an average of 18.60,with best figures of 4 for 10. [2] As a tailend batsman,he scored 104 runs across his thirteen matches,with a highest score of 29. [3]
In addition to playing first-class cricket for Scotland,Clark also played List A one-day cricket,making his one-day debut against Derbyshire in the 1980 Benson &Hedges Cup. He played one-day cricket for Scotland until 1982,making nine appearances in the Benson &Hedges Cup. [4] He was less effective as a bowler in one-day cricket,taking 4 wickets at an expensive average of exactly 46 runs per wicket. [5] Clark was a passenger in a car driven by fellow cricketer Tom Black when it was involved in a car crash in 1979,with him escaping with minor injuries. [6] Outside of cricket,he worked as a scientific officer in a medical laboratory.
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