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Tony Pearson (cricketer)

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Tony Pearson
Personal information
Full name
Anthony John Grayhurst Pearson
Born(1941-12-30)30 December 1941
Pinner, Middlesex, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast-medium
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1961–1963Somerset
1961–1963Cambridge University
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 42
Runs scored 355
Batting average 8.87
100s/50s 0/0
Top score 30
Balls bowled 8847
Wickets 139
Bowling average 28.18
5 wickets in innings 2
10 wickets in match 1
Best bowling 10/78
Catches/stumpings 29/0
Source: Cricinfo, 9 March 2014

Anthony John Grayhurst Pearson (born 30 December 1941 in Pinner, Middlesex) is a former English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Cambridge University and Somerset between 1961 and 1963.

Pearson took 10/78 for Cambridge versus Leicestershire at Loughborough in July 1961.[1] Only Sammy Woods (who performed the feat in 1890) has also taken all ten wickets in an innings for Cambridge.[2] He later qualified as a doctor.

Notes

  1. ^ "Leicestershire v Cambridge University in 1961". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 March 2009.
  2. ^ "Most Wickets in an Innings for Cambridge University". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 March 2009.

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