Personal information | ||||
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Born | 4 October 1883 Christchurch, Hampshire, England |
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Died | 24 August 1940 Marylebone, London, England |
(aged 56)|||
Batting style | Right-handed | |||
Bowling style | Right-arm fast | |||
Domestic team information | ||||
Years | Team | |||
1906–1908 | Hampshire | |||
Career statistics | ||||
Competition | FC | |||
Matches | 69 | |||
Runs scored | 1,199 | |||
Batting average | 14.44 | |||
100s/50s | –/2 | |||
Top score | 74 | |||
Balls bowled | 9,157 | |||
Wickets | 212 | |||
Bowling average | 25.53 | |||
5 wickets in innings | 12 | |||
10 wickets in match | 3 | |||
Best bowling | 8/44 | |||
Catches/stumpings | 30/– | |||
Source: Cricinfo, 15 February 2010 |
John Badcock (4 October 1883 – 24 August 1940) was an English cricketer. Badcock was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast.
Badcock made his first-class debut for Hampshire in the 1906 County Championship against Surrey.
Badcock played 63 first-class matches for Hampshire, with his debut season being his most successful with 96 wickets at a bowling average of 24.81, with seven five wicket hauls and best figures of 6/61. Indeed, it can be said that Badcock did not have a single bad season with the ball in the three seasons he represented Hampshire, taking 49 wicket at a bowling average of 26.08 in 1907 and 67 wickets at a bowling average of 26.17, with five five wicket hauls and three ten wickets in a match hauls and career best figures of 8/44 against Sussex.
Badcock's final match for Hampshire came in the 1908 County Championship against Gloucestershire at Dean Park Cricket Ground in Bournemouth. In Badcock's 63 first-class matches for the county he took 212 wickets at a bowling average of 25.53, with twelve five wicket hauls, three ten wicket hauls in a match and best figures of 8/44. Badcock was also a useful lower order batsman, scoring 1,199 runs at a batting average of 14.44, with two half centuries and a high score of 74 against Middlesex in 1907.
Badcock died at Marylebone, London on August 24, 1940. Badcock was not afforded a Wisden Obituary in the 1941 edition.