Richard Ingleby Jefferson (born 15 August 1941 in
Frimley Green
Frimley Green is a large village and ward of in the Borough of Surrey Heath in Surrey, England, approximately southwest of central London. It is south of the town of Frimley.
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,
Surrey) was a professional
cricketer who played for
Surrey County Cricket Club.
The son of Brigadier
Julian Jefferson, Jefferson was educated at
Ludgrove School
Ludgrove School is an English independent boys preparatory boarding school. Ludgrove was founded in 1892 at Ludgrove Hall in Middlesex by the Old Etonian sportsman Arthur Dunn. Dunn had been employed as a master at Elstree School, which sent b ...
,
Winchester College
Winchester College is a public school (fee-charging independent day and boarding school) in Winchester, Hampshire, England. It was founded by William of Wykeham in 1382 and has existed in its present location ever since. It is the oldest of ...
and
Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. He won a
blue
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but left after a year. He went on to play a couple of seasons for
Surrey before illness in 1965 curtailed his first-class career. He subsequently played for Norfolk, before taking a Certificate in Education and teaching in a private school.
A right-arm medium-fast bowler and right-handed bat, he was mentioned in a 1981 article by
John Arlott
Leslie Thomas John Arlott, OBE (25 February 1914 – 14 December 1991) was an English journalist, author and cricket commentator for the BBC's ''Test Match Special''. He was also a poet and wine connoisseur. With his poetic phraseology, he be ...
on the best English cricketers never to have played for England. Arlott wrote that "he may well have been the greatest loss to English cricket in the post-war period".
The best who never
' by John Arlott
Leslie Thomas John Arlott, OBE (25 February 1914 – 14 December 1991) was an English journalist, author and cricket commentator for the BBC's ''Test Match Special''. He was also a poet and wine connoisseur. With his poetic phraseology, he be ...
from Cricinfo
He is the father of the cricketer
Will Jefferson
William Ingleby Jefferson (born 25 October 1979) is a former professional cricketer who played for Essex County Cricket Club, Nottinghamshire and Leicestershire in a 12-year career. He retired from the game in 2012 as a result of a chronic h ...
.
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References
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1941 births
Living people
Alumni of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge
Cambridge University cricketers
Cricketers from Frimley
English cricketers
Gentlemen cricketers
International Cavaliers cricketers
Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers
Minor Counties cricketers
Norfolk cricketers
People educated at Winchester College
Surrey cricketers
People educated at Ludgrove School