John Santall

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John Santall England (Eng)

Batting style	Right-handed batsman
Bowling type	Right arm medium
First-class record
Matches	8
Runs scored	117
Batting average	9.75
100s/50s	0/0
Top score	36*
Balls bowled	180
Wickets	2
Bowling average	62.00
5 wickets in innings	0
10 wickets in match	0
Best Bowling	2-29
Catches/Stumpings	2/0
First class debut: 7 June 1930 Last first class game: 8 July 1930 Source: CricInfo

John Frank Eden Santall, sometimes known as Jack Santall (3 December 1907 - 24 May 1986) was an English cricketer who played eight first-class matches for Worcestershire, all in the space of just over a month in 1930.

Santall was never a conspicuous success with the county: in 13 innings he only thrice reached double figures (his best being the unbeaten 36 he hit against Lancashire), and with the ball he never added to the 2-29 he took in the first innings of his debut against Essex; the first of his two victims was Stan Nichols and the other Joe Hipkin.

After such a failure, Santall walked away from cricket, instead turning his attentions to ice-skating, in which sport he proved good enough to turn professional; he also worked as a skating instructor.^[1]

Santall was born in King's Heath, Birmingham; he died at the age of 78 in Bournemouth.

Two of John's relations had long careers with Warwickshire: his father Sydney took more than 1,200 wickets before the First World War, coaching the club and acting as county historian^[1], while his brother Frederick scored more than 17,000 runs for them between the wars.