Country: | England |
Fullname: | John Michael Josephs |
Birth Date: | 16 January 1924 |
Birth Place: | Hendon, Middlesex, England |
Death Date: | [1] |
Heightft: | 5 |
Heightinch: | 11 |
Batting: | Right-handed |
Bowling: | Slow left-arm orthodox |
Club1: | Leicestershire |
Year1: | 1946–1953 |
Columns: | 1 |
Column1: | First-class |
Matches1: | 9 |
Runs1: | 166 |
Bat Avg1: | 9.66 |
100S/50S1: | - / - |
Top Score1: | 25 |
Deliveries1: | 144 |
Wickets1: | 1 |
Bowl Avg1: | 86.00 |
Fivefor1: | - |
Tenfor1: | - |
Best Bowling1: | 1/21 |
Catches/Stumpings1: | 1/ - |
Date: | 26 February |
Year: | 2012 |
Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/15743.html Cricinfo |
John Michael Josephs (16 January 1924 – 25 December 2012) was an English cricketer. Josephs was a right-handed batsman who bowled slow left-arm orthodox. He was born at Hendon, Middlesex, and was educated at Clifton College.[2]
Josephs made his first-class debut for Leicestershire against Oxford University in 1946. He made eight further first-class appearances for the county, the last of which came against Northamptonshire in the 1953 County Championship.[3] In his nine first-class appearances, Josephs scored 116 runs at an average of 9.66, with a high score of 25 not out.[4] With the ball, he took just a single wicket at an overall cost of 86 runs.[5] Josephs died peacefully at home on Christmas Day 2012.