Personal information | ||||
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Full name | John William Jackson Steele | |||
Born | 30 July 1905 Wistaston, Crewe, Cheshire, England |
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Died | 29 March 1990 Powderham, Devon, England |
(aged 84)|||
Batting style | Right-handed | |||
Bowling style | Right-arm medium | |||
Domestic team information | ||||
Years | Team | |||
1938–1939 | Hampshire | |||
1938–1939 | Army | |||
Career statistics | ||||
Competition | FC | |||
Matches | 19 | |||
Runs scored | 434 | |||
Batting average | 16.69 | |||
100s/50s | –/– | |||
Top score | 44 | |||
Balls bowled | 3,672 | |||
Wickets | 66 | |||
Bowling average | 25.90 | |||
5 wickets in innings | 3 | |||
10 wickets in match | – | |||
Best bowling | 6/62 | |||
Catches/stumpings | 9/– | |||
Source: Cricinfo, 23 December 2009 |
John William Jackson Steele (30 July 1905 – 29 March 1990) was an English cricketer. Steele was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace.
Steele first represented Hampshire while staying in Winchester as an Army Chaplain, having made a name playing for the Army cricket team. Steele made his first-class debut against Gloucestershire, a match in which he scored his highest first-class score of 44. During the same year Steele played for Hampshire against the touring Australians, who featured the great Don Bradman.
Steele would represent Hampshire in seventeen first-class matches until July 1939, with his final first-class match coming against Northamptonshire. Steele was a handy lower order batsman, scoring 406 runs at an average of 16.91. With his medium pace Steele took 57 wickets at an average of 26.64 with best bowling figures of 6-62.
Steele also represented the Army in two first-class matches against Oxford University in 1938 and Cambridge University in 1939.
With the onset of the Second World War first-class cricket was stopped, bringing an end to Steele's career.