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Full name | John Edward Abraham Mocatta | ||||||||||||||
Born | St John's Wood, London, England | 6 May 1936||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
Bowling | Leg break | ||||||||||||||
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1958 | Oxford University | ||||||||||||||
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Source:Cricinfo,16 June 2020 |
John Edward Abraham Mocatta (born 6 May 1936) is an English former first-class cricketer.
Mocatta was born at St John's Wood in May 1936. He was educated at Clifton College,before going up to New College,Oxford. [1] While studying at Oxford,he made four appearances in first-class cricket for Oxford University against Gloucestershire,Yorkshire,Derbyshire,and the Free Foresters. [2] He scored 106 runs in his four matches,at an average of 13.25 and a high score of 37. [3]
He later co-founded the Polack's House Educational Trust at Clifton College. [4]
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