John Shaw Waring (1 October 1942 – 1 October 2023) was an English professional cricketer who played for
Yorkshire County Cricket Club from 1963 to 1966. He also played one match for
Warwickshire in 1967. He was born in
Ripon.
Cricket career
Born in
Ripon on 1 October 1942, John Waring was a right-arm
fast-medium bowler who played in 28
first-class matches for
Yorkshire County Cricket Club from 1963 to 1966,
and one match for
Warwickshire in 1967. He also played in one
Gillette Cup match for Yorkshire in 1965. In other matches, he played for the Yorkshire Second XI from 1961 to 1966, the
Minor Counties in 1966,
Cumberland
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from 1970 to 1973, and for both the
Nottinghamshire Second XI and the
Surrey Second XI in 1967.
Waring took 55 first-class wickets at 22.74, with a best return of 7 for 40 against
Lancashire in a 1966
Roses Match at
Headingley; his match return of 10/63 was the only time he achieved
ten wickets in a match. He scored 152
run
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s with a highest score of 26, at an average of 10.85. Generally an
outfielder, he held 17
catches in the
field. He did not take a wicket in
one-day cricket.
Waring sometimes opened the Yorkshire bowling in combination with
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(126) and
Bob Appleyard (101).
Death
Waring died on 1 October 2023, at the age of 81.
References
Sources
* ''
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack'', 101st edition, editor
Norman Preston, Sporting Handbooks Ltd, 1964
* ''
Playfair Cricket Annual'', 17th to 21st editions, editor
Gordon Ross, Playfair Books, 1964–1968
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External links
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1942 births
2023 deaths
Cricketers from Ripon
Cumberland cricketers
English cricketers
Warwickshire cricketers
Yorkshire cricketers