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Full name | John William Southern | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | King's Cross, London, England | 2 September 1952|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Slow left-arm orthodox | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1975–1983 | Hampshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:Cricinfo,21 October 2009 |
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