Jack Durston Explained

Jack Durston
Fullname:Frederick John Durston[1]
Birth Date:11 July 1893
Birth Place:Clophill, England
Death Place:Norwood Green, England
Height:6ft 5in[2]
Batting:Right-handed
Bowling:Right-arm fast, off-break
International:true
Country:England
Testdebutdate:11 June
Testdebutyear:1921
Lasttestdate:11 June
Lasttestyear:1921
Columns:2
Column1:Tests
Column2:First-class
Matches1:1
Matches2:386
Runs1:8
Runs2:3918
Bat Avg1:8.00
Bat Avg2:11.90
100S/50S1:-/-
100S/50S2:-/6
Top Score1:6*
Top Score2:92*
Deliveries1:202
Deliveries2:72124
Wickets1:5
Wickets2:1329
Bowl Avg1:27.19
Bowl Avg2:22.03
Fivefor1:–
Fivefor2:72
Tenfor1:–
Tenfor2:11
Best Bowling1:4/102
Best Bowling2:8/27
Catches/Stumpings1:-/-
Catches/Stumpings2:257/-
Source:http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/11963.html Cricinfo
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Position:Goalkeeper
Years1:1912
Clubs1:Bedford Town
Caps1:5
Goals1:0
Clubs2:Royal Engineers
Clubs3:Queens Park Rangers
Years4:1919–1921
Clubs4:Brentford
Caps4:44
Goals4:0
Clubs5:Northfleet United

Frederick John Durston (11 July 1893 – 8 April 1965) was an English first-class cricketer who played for Middlesex and England.[3] He is a member of the Middlesex Hall of Fame.[4]

Cricket career

A tall fast bowler with the ability to make the ball "break back" after pitching,[5] Durston came to the fore in Middlesex's County Championship-winning seasons of 1920 and 1921, having played only a handful of matches before then. In both years, he took more than 100 wickets and after taking 11 wickets for MCC against the all-conquering 1921 Australian team led by Warwick Armstrong,[6] he was picked for the second Test match on his home ground, Lord's. But though he took five wickets for 136 runs in the match,[7] he was dropped and never played for England again.

Durston played for Middlesex until 1933,[8] turning increasingly to off-spin as he got older and stouter. In all, he took 1,314 wickets. His batting improved with age and in 1927 he shared an unbroken ninth-wicket partnership of 160 – scored in only 80 minutes – with Patsy Hendren against Essex at Leyton that remained as a Middlesex record until 2011.[9] [10]

Durston ran an indoor cricket school at Acton in London from 1924 to 1958.[10]

Football career

Durston also played football as a goalkeeper for Royal Engineers, Queens Park Rangers, Brentford,[11] Northfleet United and Bedford Town.[12] [13]

The Hackney Gazette Newspaper reported that the Brentford registered goalkeeper Corporal Jack Durston made 2 appearances for Clapton Orient during the December holiday period of 1917 both against Chelsea. On Christmas Day at Chelsea in a 4–1 defeat and on Boxing Day a 2–1 defeat at Millfields, Homerton. Source: Neilson N. Kaufman, honorary historian of nearly fifty years to Leyton Orient FC.

Personal life

Durston served with the Royal Engineers during the First World War.

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Joyce, Michael . Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939 . Tony Brown . 2012 . 978-1905891610 . Nottingham . 88.
  2. Book: Haynes, Graham . A-Z Of Bees: Brentford Encyclopaedia . 1998 . Yore Publications . 1-874427-57-7 . Harefield . 69.
  3. Web site: Jack Durston. Cricinfo. 15 October 2015.
  4. Web site: Middlesex County Cricket Club. www.middlesexccc.com. 15 October 2015.
  5. Web site: Wisden – Fred Durston. Cricinfo. 26 January 2006. 15 October 2015.
  6. Web site: The Home of CricketArchive . www.cricketarchive.com . https://web.archive.org/web/20160404081419/http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/10/10076.html . 4 April 2016 . dead . 15 October 2015.
  7. Web site: 2nd Test, Australia tour of England at Lord's, Jun 11-14 1921 . Cricinfo . 28 September 2019.
  8. Web site: The Home of CricketArchive . www.cricketarchive.com . https://web.archive.org/web/20170709105831/http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/0/399/399.html . 9 July 2017 . dead . 15 October 2015.
  9. Web site: Berg and Murtagh put Middlesex on brink. Cricinfo. 15 October 2015.
  10. "'Long Jack' played in only one Test", The Cricketer, 7 May 1965, p. 31.
  11. Book: 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. 1989. 0951526200. White. Eric. 365–366.
  12. Book: Haynes, Graham . A-Z Of Bees: Brentford Encyclopaedia . 1998 . Yore Publications . 1-874427-57-7 . 51–52.
  13. Web site: Player list 1908-38X.xlsx. google.com. 20 October 2015.

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