Joe Humphries

Joseph Humphries (19 May 1876 – 7 May 1946) was an English cricketer who played three Test matches for England in Australia in 1907–08 and played first-class cricket for Derbyshire and the Marylebone Cricket Club between 1899 and 1914.

Joe Humphries
Personal information
Full name
Joseph Humphries
Born(1876-05-19)19 May 1876
Stonebroom, Derbyshire, England
Died7 May 1946(1946-05-07) (aged 69)
Chesterfield, England
BattingRight-handed
RoleWicket-keeper
International information
National side
Test debut1 January 1908 v Australia
Last Test7 February 1908 v Australia
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
18991914Derbyshire
1904–1914Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC)
Career statistics
Competition Tests First-class
Matches 3 302
Runs scored 44 5,464
Batting average 8.80 14.19
100s/50s 0/0 0/0
Top score 16 68
Balls bowled 0 61
Wickets 0 3
Bowling average n/a 14.33
5 wickets in innings 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0
Best bowling n/a 1/5
Catches/stumpings 7/0 564/111
Source: CricketArchive, 26 April 2010

Humphries was born in Stonebroom, Derbyshire, the son of John Thomas Humphries and his wife Eliza. His father was a coal miner.[1]

Humphries was a wicket-keeper who made his first-class debut for Derbyshire in the 1899 season. However, with William Storer in place, he did not earn a regular place in the Derbyshire side until the 1902 season. Humphries was party to a dramatic finish in the second Test in Melbourne in January 1908, when as tailender he put on 34, and England won by one wicket.[2][3] His career ended with the start of the First World War.

Humphries married Annie Kirk of Nether Langwith at Cuckney in April 1910.[4] He died in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, a few days before his 70th birthday.

References

  1. British Census 1881
  2. BBC – Classic Test Matches
  3. "2nd Test, Melbourne, Jan 1-7 1908, England [Marylebone Cricket Club] tour of Australia". Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  4. Cricket, 21 April 1910, p. 73.
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