| Personal information | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Giles John Toogood | |||
| Born | 19 November 1961 West Bromwich, England |
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| Batting style | Right-handed | |||
| Bowling style | Right-arm medium / off-break | |||
| Domestic team information | ||||
| Years | Team | |||
| 1995 | Cambridgeshire | |||
| 1991–1992 | Shropshire | |||
| 1982–1989 | Oxford University | |||
| Career statistics | ||||
| Competition | First-class | LA | ||
| Matches | 34 | 16 | ||
| Runs scored | 1,403 | 91 | ||
| Batting average | 27.50 | 5.68 | ||
| 100s/50s | 2/6 | 0/0 | ||
| Top score | 149 | 18 | ||
| Balls bowled | 2,125 | 240 | ||
| Wickets | 26 | 7 | ||
| Bowling average | 45.46 | 27.14 | ||
| 5 wickets in innings | 1 | 1 | ||
| 10 wickets in match | 1 | N/A | ||
| Best bowling | 8/52 | 6/47 | ||
| Catches/stumpings | 11/0 | 0/0 | ||
| Source: CricketArchive, 15 March 2009 | ||||
Giles John Toogood (born 19 November 1961 in West Bromwich) is a former English cricketer: a right-handed batsman and right-arm medium-pace and off-break bowler who played first-class and List A cricket for Oxford University between 1982 and 1989. Later, he played minor counties cricket for Shropshire and, briefly, Cambridgeshire, appearing at List A level in the NatWest Trophy for both teams.
In 1985, playing in the Varsity Match against Cambridge University at Lord's, Toogood took 8/52 in the first innings (adding another two wickets in the second).[1] This was the best first-class innings return by an Oxford bowler for 61 years, Tom Raikes having claimed 9/38 against the Army in 1924. As of March 2009, Toogood's feat remains the only example of an Oxford player taking seven or more wickets in a first-class innings since Giles Ridley's 7/110 against Gloucestershire in 1965.[2]
Following his cricket career Giles Toogood went on to study a BA in drama and dance.