Bernard Bosanquet (cricketer)
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| Batting style | Right-handed batsman (RHB) | |
| Bowling type | Legbreak googly | |
| Tests | First-class | |
| Matches | 7 | 235 |
| Runs scored | 147 | 11,696 |
| Batting average | 13.36 | 33.41 |
| 100s/50s | 0/0 | 21/63 |
| Top score | 27 | 214 |
| Balls bowled | 970 | 26,559 |
| Wickets | 25 | 629 |
| Bowling average | 24.16 | 23.80 |
| 5 wickets in innings | 2 | 45 |
| 10 wickets in match | 0 | 11 |
| Best bowling | 8/107 | 9/31 |
| Catches/stumpings | 9/0 | 190/0 |
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Test debut: 11 December 1903 |
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Bernard James Tindal Bosanquet (October 13, 1877 - October 12, 1936) was an English cricketer, perhaps most renowned as the inventor of the googly (sometimes called the Bosie or, in Australia, the Wrong'un ).
Bosanquet was born in Bull's Cross, Enfield, Middlesex, represented Uxbridge Cricket Club and made 120 for Eton v Harrow before becoming an undergraduate at Oriel College, Oxford in 1896. He gained three Blues as a batsman for Oxford University Cricket Club and went on to play for Middlesex County Cricket Club. He played seven Test matches for England between 1903/04 and 1905, his 6-51 in the second innings of The Ashes in 1903/4 put England 3-1 up to win. He was named as a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1904. In 1905 at Trent Bridge his 8-107 secured one of the two England wins which held the trophy.
Bosanquet died in Wykehurst, Ewhurst, Surrey, aged 58. His son, Reginald Bosanquet, was a well known ITN newsreader.
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