Country: | England |
Fullname: | John William Stratton |
Birth Date: | 31 August 1875 |
Birth Place: | Turweston, Buckinghamshire, England |
Death Place: | Repton, Derbyshire, England |
Batting: | Right-handed |
Bowling: | Right-arm fast |
Family: | Henry Tubb (brother-in-law) |
Club1: | Oxford University |
Year1: | 1896 |
Club2: | Buckinghamshire |
Year2: | 1895 - 1901 |
Columns: | 1 |
Column1: | First-class |
Matches1: | 1 |
Runs1: | 8 |
Bat Avg1: | 4.00 |
100S/50S1: | - / - |
Top Score1: | 7 |
Deliveries1: | 120 |
Wickets1: | 3 |
Bowl Avg1: | 31.00 |
Fivefor1: | - |
Tenfor1: | - |
Best Bowling1: | 3/93 |
Catches/Stumpings1: | 1/ - |
Date: | 11 May |
Year: | 2011 |
Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/21075.html Cricinfo |
John William Stratton (31 August 1875 - 29 October 1919) was an English cricketer. Stratton was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast. He was born in Turweston, Buckinghamshire and educated at Cheltenham College, where he represented the college cricket team, and Keble College, Oxford.[1]
Stratton made his debut for Buckinghamshire in the 1895 Minor Counties Championship against Oxfordshire. He played Minor counties cricket for Buckinghamshire from 1895 to 1901, making 27 appearances.[2] He made his only first-class appearance in 1896 for Oxford University against the Marylebone Cricket Club.[3] He took 3 wickets in the MCC first-innings for the cost of 93 runs. His wickets were those of: Frank Phillips, Billy Murdoch and George Brann. With the bat he scored a single run in the university's first-innings, before being dismissed by Albert Trott. Oxford followed on in their second-innings, and he scored 7 runs before being dismissed by George Bean.[4]
He died in Repton, Derbyshire on 29 October 1919.