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Raman Subba Row
Personal information
Full name
Raman Subba Row
Born (1932-01-29) 29 January 1932 (age 92)
Streatham, Surrey, England
BattingLeft-handed opening or middle order batsman
BowlingLeg-break and googly
RoleBatsman
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 390)24 July 1958 v New Zealand
Last Test22 August 1961 v Australia
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1951–53Cambridge University
1953–54Surrey
1955–61Northamptonshire
Career statistics
Competition Test First-class
Matches 13 260
Runs scored 984 14,182
Batting average 46.85 41.46
100s/50s 3/4 30/73
Top score 137 300
Balls bowled 6 6,243
Wickets 0 87
Bowling average – 38.65
5 wickets in innings – 2
10 wickets in match – 0
Best bowling 0/2 5/21
Catches/stumpings 5/– 176/–
Source: Cricinfo, 13 January 2009

Raman Subba Row CBE (born 29 January 1932)[1] is a former cricketer who played for England, Cambridge University, Surrey and Northamptonshire.[1]

Life and career

Born in Streatham, Surrey, England to an Indian father Panguluri Venkata Subba Rao, of Bapatla, Andhra Pradesh and English mother,[2] Subba Row was educated at Whitgift School and Cambridge University. He was a left-handed batsman and occasional leg-spin and googly bowler. Subba Row was a member of the powerful Cambridge side of the early 1950s and played a few games for Surrey before joining Northamptonshire. Taking over as captain in 1958, he led the side for four seasons and achieved considerable success as a batsman, scoring the county's highest ever innings, 260 not out, in 1955 and then bettering it with 300 against Surrey, the County Champions, at the Oval in 1958, when he shared a record sixth wicket stand of 376 with Albert Lightfoot.

Subba Row played in thirteen Test matches for England, opening the batting regularly from 1959 to 1961.[1] He scored centuries in his first Test against the Australians in 1961, and in his last match against them at the Oval.

He was one of the Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 1961.

At the end of the 1961 season, he retired rather abruptly and prematurely from first-class cricket to go into the public relations business.[1] In later years, he was Chairman of Surrey (1974–78) and an influential figure at Lord's. He also served as Chairman of the TCCB, and as an ICC match referee.[1]

There is a conference room named after him in Whitgift School.

He was appointed CBE in the 1991 New Year Honours.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Bateman, Colin (1993). If The Cap Fits. Tony Williams Publications. p. 163. ISBN 1-869833-21-X. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  2. ^ "'Misconduct deserves match penalty'". Rediff. 18 January 2005.
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