John Warr
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| Batting style | Right-hand bat | |
| Bowling type | Right-arm fast-medium | |
| Tests | First-class | |
| Matches | 2 | 344 |
| Runs scored | 4 | 3838 |
| Batting average | 1.00 | 11.45 |
| 100s/50s | -/- | -/3 |
| Top score | 4 | 54* |
| Balls bowled | 584 | 53012 |
| Wickets | 1 | 956 |
| Bowling average | 281.00 | 22.79 |
| 5 wickets in innings | - | 35 |
| 10 wickets in match | - | 5 |
| Best bowling | 1/76 | 9/65 |
| Catches/stumpings | -/- | 118/- |
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Test debut: 5 January 1951 |
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John James Warr (born July 16, 1927) is a former English cricketer.
He was born in Ealing, Middlesex and played for Middlesex CCC as a right-arm fast-medium bowler in 260 first-class matches between 1949 and 1960. He took 703 wickets for the county at an average of 20.75, with a personal best of 9/65. He captained the county in 1959 and 1960. After taking 87 wickets in the 1950 season, which ranked him 32nd on the list of wicket-takers in the first class season,[1] Warr was selected for the 1950–51 Ashes tour. He played in two of the five Test matches, but went wicketless through his three first innings, and in the fourth he took the wicket of Australia's number seven, Ian Johnson, caught behind. In those four innings, he conceded 281 runs, and as of 2006 his bowling average remains the worst of any England Test player.[2] According to the 1952 Wisden Cricketer's Almanack Warr "tried hard and cheerfully, but he could not be regarded as Test class."[3] However, he did take 100 first-class wickets twice - in 1956 and 1959, and played a total of 15 matches for the Gentlemen of England.
After retirement, he became a leading figure at the Jockey Club and was President of the MCC in 1987-8. He is a popular after dinner speaker.
[edit] References and notes
- ^ First-class Bowling in England for 1950 (Ordered by Wickets), from CricketArchive, retrieved 6 September 2006
- ^ Career Bowling for England in Test Matches (Ordered by Average) from CricketArchive, retrieved 6 September 2006
- ^ Wisden - 1952 - M.C.C. team in Australia and New Zealand, 1950-51, from Cricinfo, retrieved 6 September 2006
