David Penn Toft (born 1 March 1945) is an
English former first-class
cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...
er.
Toft was born at
Tunbridge Wells in March 1945. He was educated at
Tonbridge School, before going up to
University College, Oxford. While studying at Oxford, he played
first-class cricket for
Oxford University, making his debut against
Northamptonshire at
Oxford in 1965. He played first-class cricket for Oxford until 1967, making 27 appearances.
In his 27 first-class matches, Toft scored 1,222 runs at an
average of 27.77 and a high score of 145. This score, which was his only first-class century, came
opening the batting against
Cambridge University in
The University Match of 1967,
which was also his final appearance in first-class cricket.
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1945 births
Living people
Cricketers from Royal Tunbridge Wells
People educated at Tonbridge School
Alumni of University College, Oxford
English cricketers
Oxford University cricketers