Tony Pearson | |
Fullname: | Anthony John Grayhurst Pearson |
Birth Date: | 30 December 1941 |
Birth Place: | Pinner, Middlesex, England |
Batting: | Right-handed |
Bowling: | Right-arm fast-medium |
Club1: | Somerset |
Year1: | 1961–1963 |
Club2: | Cambridge University |
Year2: | 1961–1963 |
Columns: | 1 |
Column1: | First-class |
Matches1: | 42 |
Runs1: | 355 |
Bat Avg1: | 8.87 |
100S/50S1: | 0/0 |
Top Score1: | 30 |
Deliveries1: | 8847 |
Wickets1: | 139 |
Bowl Avg1: | 28.18 |
Fivefor1: | 2 |
Tenfor1: | 1 |
Best Bowling1: | 10/78 |
Catches/Stumpings1: | 29/0 |
Date: | 9 March |
Year: | 2014 |
Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/18482.html Cricinfo |
Anthony John Grayhurst Pearson (born 30 December 1941 in Pinner, Middlesex) is a former English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Cambridge University and Somerset between 1961 and 1963.
Tony Pearson was educated at Downside School and Jesus College, Cambridge.[1] He took 10 for 78 for Cambridge versus Leicestershire at Loughborough in July 1961.[2] Only Sammy Woods (who performed the feat in 1890) has also taken all ten wickets in an innings for Cambridge.[3]
He later qualified as a doctor.[4]