John Wake (born 13 February 1953) was an English

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er. He was a right-handed batsman and right-arm off-break bowler who played for

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. He was born in

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. Attended Bothal CS School and Ashington GS and played cricket for Ashington CC & Northumberland U19’s. Wake also represented Northumberland at Football whilst at school. Wake, who played a single match for Glamorgan Second XI in 1977, played for Bedfordshire in the Minor Counties Championship between 1983 and 1992. Was captain for 4 years between 1989 and 1992 He made two List A appearances for the side, the first in 1985, in which he scored 37 runs, and took figures of 12-3-47-1 against Gloucestershire CCC and the second in 1991, in which he scored 4 runs against Worcestershire in the Nat West Trophy. John Wake
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, Jos Buttler,

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and Liam Livingstone were all selected by Wake.He toured South Africa as Team Manager with England U16 in 2006. He was Master I/C Cricket at Oundle School for 24 years between 1992 and 2015. Graeme Swann (Northants/Notts & England) picked Wake as one his top ten best all-time spinners. Swann attributes to Wake his attacking mindset and fielding strategies employed as his mentor.

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