John Mason (born 6 March 1974) is an English
cricket
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er. Mason is a right-handed
batsman
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who bowls right-arm slow wobblers
Seam bowling
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Seam bowling is generally classed ...
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John Mason CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
Mason made his debut for
Cumberland County Cricket Club
Cumbria County Cricket Club (formerly Cumberland County Cricket Club) is one of twenty minor county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales. Originally, it represented the historic counties of Cumberland and Westmorla ...
in the 2001
Minor Counties Championship against
Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire (abbreviated Lincs.) is a Counties of England, county in the East Midlands of England, with a long coastline on the North Sea to the east. It borders Norfolk to the south-east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south-we ...
, scoring 56. He played three further Minor Counties Championship matches for Cumberland in 2002. In his time with Cumberland, Mason played two
List A matches against the
Warwickshire Cricket Board
The Warwickshire Cricket Board is the governing body for all recreational cricket in the historic county of Warwickshire
Warwickshire (; abbreviated Warks) is a county in the West Midlands region of England. The county town is Warwick, and ...
the 1st round of the
2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was held in 2001, and against the
Nottinghamshire Cricket Board
The Nottinghamshire Cricket Board is the governing body for all recreational cricket in the historic county of Nottinghamshire.
From 1999 to 2003 the Board fielded a team in the English domestic one-day tournament, matches which had List-A stat ...
in the 1st round of the
2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy
The 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy was an English county cricket tournament, held between 29 August 2002 and 30 August 2003. The competition was won by Gloucestershire who beat Worcestershire by 7 wickets at Lord's.
Format
The eighteen f ...
which was held in 2002. In his two List A matches, he scored 16 runs at a
batting average
Batting average is a statistic in cricket, baseball, and softball that measures the performance of batters. The development of the baseball statistic was influenced by the cricket statistic.
Cricket
In cricket, a player's batting average is ...
of 16.00, with a high score of 14. With the ball, his only List A wicket was Warwickshire Cricket Board captain
Naheem Sajjad.
Outside of his List A efforts. Mason was a prolific club cricketer both on and off the field.
References
External links
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mason, John
1984 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Barrow-in-Furness
English cricketers
Cumberland cricketers