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Full name | John Frederick Steele | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Brown Edge, Staffordshire, England | 23 July 1946|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Slow left-arm orthodox | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Relations | David Steele (brother) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1965–1969 | Staffordshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1970–1983 | Leicestershire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1973/74–1977/78 | Natal | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1984–1986 | Glamorgan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:CricketArchive,11 September 2013 |
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His elder brother David played Test cricket for England.
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