Francis Michael Turner
MBE (8 August 1934 – 21 July 2015)
was an English cricketer active from 1954 to 1959 who played for
Leicestershire. He appeared in ten
first-class matches as a right-handed
batsman
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who
bowled
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Second, it is a method of dismissing a batsman, by hitting the wicket with a ball delivered by the bowler. (Th ...
leg break and googly. He scored 196
runs with a highest score of 28
* and took three
wickets with a best performance of three for 56. Turner remained in cricket and worked for Leicestershire in administration. The club awarded him a benefit season in 1985. In 1994 he was awarded the MBE for services to cricket.
Mike Turner at CricketArchive
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References
1934 births
2015 deaths
Members of the Order of the British Empire
English cricketers
Leicestershire cricketers
English cricket administrators
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