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| Full name | Philip Frederick Saunders | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 28 April 1929 Adelaide, South Australia, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Leg break Right-arm fast | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Domestic team information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1951–1952 | Leicestershire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:Cricinfo,9 February 2013 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Philip Frederick Saunders (born 28 April 1929) is an Australian-born cricketer whose career in first-class cricket was spent entirely playing in England. Saunders was a right-handed batsman who bowled both leg break and right-arm fast. He was born at Adelaide,South Australia.
Saunders was recruited for Leicestershire in English cricket alongside another young South Australian club cricketer,Murray Sargent,by the captain and secretary Charles Palmer;Leicestershire already had two prominent Australian cricketers in Jack Walsh and Vic Jackson. [1] Saunders made his first-class debut for Leicestershire against Oxford University at the University Parks in 1951,in what was his only appearance in that season. [2] He made eight appearances the following season,the last of which came against Derbyshire in the 1952 County Championship. [2] He made a total of nine first-class appearances for Leicestershire,scoring 93 runs at an average of 13.28,with a high score of 30. [3] With the ball,he took 6 wickets at a bowling average of 31.66,with best figures of 3/57. [4]
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