Personal information | ||||
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Full name | John Chandless | |||
Born | 21 August 1884 Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales |
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Died | 1 June 1968 Whitchurch, Glamorgan, Wales |
(aged 83)|||
Batting style | Right-handed | |||
Bowling style | Right-arm medium | |||
Domestic team information | ||||
Years | Team | |||
1927 | Glamorgan | |||
1926 | Wales | |||
Career statistics | ||||
Competition | FC | |||
Matches | 2 | |||
Runs scored | 2 | |||
Batting average | 2.00 | |||
100s/50s | –/– | |||
Top score | 2 | |||
Balls bowled | 306 | |||
Wickets | 6 | |||
Bowling average | 15.83 | |||
5 wickets in innings | – | |||
10 wickets in match | – | |||
Best bowling | 3/13 | |||
Catches/stumpings | –/– | |||
Source: Cricinfo, 28 June 2010 |
John Chandless (21 August 1884 - 1 June 1968) was a Welsh cricketer. Chandless was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born at Cardiff, Glamorgan.
Chandless made his debut for Glamorgan in the 1911 Minor Counties Championship against Wiltshire. Chandless played a further 6 Minor Counties Championship matches in 1911, the last of which came against Monmouthshire. Following the First World War he played 3 further Minor Counties matches for the county, the last of which came against the Surrey Second XI,[1] a year before Glamorgan was granted first-class status.
Chandless made his first-class status debut for the Wales national cricket team in 1926 against Ireland. Chandless second and final first-class match came in his only first-class appearance for Glamorgan which came against Somerset in 1927 at Cardiff Arms Park.[2] In his brief first-class career, he took 6 wickets at a bowling average of 15.83, with best figures of 3/13.[3]
Chandless died at Whitchurch, Glamorgan on June 1, 1968.