Joseph Rogers (English cricketer) explained

Joseph Rogers
Birth Date:1 February 1908
Birth Place:Oxford
Death Place:Bath, Somerset
Batting:Right-handed
Bowling:Right-arm fast
Club1:Gloucestershire
Year1:1929–1933
Source:http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/19801.html CricInfo
Date:6 December
Year:2022

Joseph Alfred Rogers (1 February 1908 – 28 August 1968) was an English cricketer from Bath, Somerset who played for Gloucestershire between 1929 and 1933. A right-handed bat and right-arm fast bowler, Rogers made 46 first-class appearances, taking 45 wickets at a bowling average of 36.53 runs per wicket. His batting yielded 461 runs with one half-century.[1] He also played minor county cricket for Oxfordshire County Cricket Club.[2] His great-grandfather Charles Rogers played for the Marylebone Cricket Club, and Charles' five sons and grandsons also played first-class cricket.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Player Profile: Joseph Rogers . ESPNcricinfo . 18 June 2014.
  2. Web site: Player Profile: Joseph Rogers . Cricket Archive . 18 June 2014.
  3. Web site: Player Profile: Charles Rogers . Cricket Archive . 18 June 2014.