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Reg Routledge

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Reg Routledge
Personal information
Full name
Reginald Routledge
Born12 June 1920
North Kensington, London, England
Died2011 (aged 91)
Gosport, Hampshire, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1946-1954Middlesex
1947Devon
1951MCC
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 65
Runs scored 1,331
Batting average 16.63
100s/50s 2/5
Top score 121
Balls bowled 3,433
Wickets 38
Bowling average 42.21
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 4/29
Catches/stumpings 38/–
Source: Cricinfo, 26 May 2020

Reginald Routledge (12 June 1920 – 2011) was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace.

Reg Routledge was born in North Kensington, London and made his first-class debut for Middlesex against Somerset in the 1946 County Championship.

He did not play first-class cricket the following season, playing two Minor Counties Championship fixtures for Devon instead,[1] but he played first-class cricket for Middlesex again from 1948 to 1954.[2]

Routledge played a total of 65 first-class matches, including one for the Marylebone Cricket Club in 1951 against Essex.[3] As a batsman at first-class level he was initially a tailender, before developing into a middle-order batsman.[4]

In 64 first-class matches for Middlesex, he scored 1,305 runs at a batting average of 16.51, with five half centuries and two centuries.[5] His highest score of 121 came against Worcestershire in 1953.[6] An occasional bowler, Routledge took 38 wickets with his medium pace at a bowling average of 41.57, with best figures of 4/29.[7] Routledge was also an occasional player for the Middlesex Second XI in the Minor Counties Championship.[1] He was released by the county following a poor 1954 season.

He coached at the City of London School in 1957.

Reg Routledge died in Gosport, Hampshire in 2011 at the age of 91.[8]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Reginald Routledge". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
  2. ^ "First-Class Matches played by Reginald Routledge". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
  3. ^ "Marylebone Cricket Club v Essex, 1951". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
  4. ^ "Player profile: Reginald Routledge". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
  5. ^ "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Reginald Routledge". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
  6. ^ "Worcestershire v Middlesex, 1953 County Championship". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
  7. ^ "First-class Bowling For Each Team by Reginald Routledge". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
  8. ^ Ancestry LifeStory: Reginald Routledge
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