John Searby

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John Searby
Personal information
Full nameJohn Epton Searby
Born1 November 1900
Croft, Lincolnshire, England
Died12 October 1956(1956-10-12) (aged 55)
Croft, Lincolnshire, England
BattingRight-handed
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1924–1935 Lincolnshire
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches1
Runs scored17
Batting average 8.50
100s/50s–/–
Top score10
Balls bowled–
Wickets –
Bowling average –
5 wickets in innings –
10 wickets in match–
Best bowling–
Catches/stumpings –/–
Source: Cricinfo, 25 July 2013

John Epton Searby (1 November 1900 – 12 October 1956) was an English cricketer. Born at Croft, Lincolnshire, Searby was a right-handed batsman.

Cricket Team sport played with bats and balls

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a 20-metre (22-yard) pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striking the ball bowled at the wicket with the bat, while the bowling and fielding side tries to prevent this and dismiss each player. Means of dismissal include being bowled, when the ball hits the stumps and dislodges the bails, and by the fielding side catching the ball after it is hit by the bat, but before it hits the ground. When ten players have been dismissed, the innings ends and the teams swap roles. The game is adjudicated by two umpires, aided by a third umpire and match referee in international matches. They communicate with two off-field scorers who record the match's statistical information.

Croft, Lincolnshire village in the United Kingdom

Croft is a small village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. The village is situated approximately 2 miles (3 km) north-east from Wainfleet, and 4 miles (6 km) south-west from Skegness.

Lincolnshire County of England

Lincolnshire is a county in eastern England, with a long coastline on the North Sea to the east. It borders Norfolk to the south east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south west, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire to the west, South Yorkshire to the north west, and the East Riding of Yorkshire to the north. It also borders Northamptonshire in the south for just 20 yards (18 m), England's shortest county boundary. The county town is the city of Lincoln, where the county council has its headquarters.

Searby made his debut in minor counties cricket for Lincolnshire against Staffordshire in the 1924 Minor Counties Championship. He played minor counties cricket for Lincolnshire from 1924 to 1935, making fifty appearances. [1] In 1927 he appeared in a single first-class match, having been selected for an East of England cricket team against the touring New Zealanders at Wisbech Cricket Club Ground. [2] In a match which the New Zealanders won by eight wickets, Searby opened the batting and was dismissed in the East's first-innings by Tom Lowry for 10 runs, while in their second-innings he was dismissed for 7 runs by Herb McGirr. [3]

Lincolnshire County Cricket Club is one of twenty minor county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales. It represents the historic county of Lincolnshire.

Staffordshire County Cricket Club is one of twenty minor county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales. It represents the historic county of Staffordshire. The team is currently a member of the Minor Counties Championship Eastern Division and plays in the MCCA Knockout Trophy. Staffordshire played List A matches occasionally from 1971 until 2005 but is not classified as a List A team per se.

He died at the village of his birth on 12 October 1956. His brother also played minor counties cricket for Lincolnshire.

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References

  1. ↑ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by John Searby". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 July 2013.
  2. ↑ "First-Class Matches played by John Searby". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 July 2013.
  3. ↑ "East v New Zealanders, 1927". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 July 2013.
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