John Waring

John Shaw Waring (1 October 1942 – 1 October 2023) was an English professional cricketer who played for Yorkshire County Cricket Club from 1963 to 1966. He also played one match for Warwickshire in 1967. He was born in Ripon.

For the English architect, see John Burley Waring. For the English footballer of the 1930s, see Jack Waring (footballer). For the English rugby league player of the 1930s and 1940s, see Jack Waring.

John Waring
Personal information
Full name
John Shaw Waring
Born(1942-10-01)1 October 1942
Ripon, North Riding of Yorkshire, England
Died1 October 2023(2023-10-01) (aged 81)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight arm fast medium
RoleBowler
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1963–1966Yorkshire
1967Warwickshire
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A
Matches 29 1
Runs scored 152 1
Batting average 10.85 –
100s/50s 0/0 0/0
Top score 26 1*
Balls bowled 2,762 24
Wickets 55 0
Bowling average 22.74 –
5 wickets in innings 2 –
10 wickets in match 1 –
Best bowling 7/40 –
Catches/stumpings 17/0 0/0
Source: ESPN cricinfo, 3 September 2022

Waring was a right-arm fast-medium bowler who took 55 wickets in 29 first-class matches at an average of 22.74 runs per wicket. He took five wickets in an innings twice with best figures of 7/40 against Lancashire at Headingley in 1966. He achieved ten wickets in a match once, by taking 10/63 in the same match against Lancashire. A right-handed tail-end batsman, he scored 152 career runs with a highest score of 26. He was generally an outfielder and completed 17 catches.

Cricket career

Born in Ripon on 1 October 1942,[1] John Waring played in 28 first-class matches for Yorkshire County Cricket Club from 1963 to 1966,[2] and one match for Warwickshire in 1967. He also played in one Gillette Cup match for Yorkshire in 1965. In other matches, he played for the Yorkshire Second XI from 1961 to 1966, the Minor Counties in 1966, Cumberland from 1970 to 1973, and for both the Nottinghamshire Second XI and the Surrey Second XI in 1967.[3] A right-arm fast-medium bowler, Waring took 55 wickets at 22.74, with a best return of 7 for 40 against Lancashire in a 1966 Roses Match at Headingley; his match return of 10/63 was the only time he achieved ten wickets in a match.[4] He scored 152 runs with a highest score of 26, at an average of 10.85. He held 17 catches in the field. He did not take a wicket in one-day cricket.[5]

Waring sometimes opened the Yorkshire bowling in combination with Fred Trueman. Journalist Chris Waters wrote a biography of Trueman and, as part of his research, calculated that Trueman had opened Yorkshire's bowling in 802 innings with 28 "new ball partners". Waring is fourteenth in this list with eight; the leaders are Tony Nicholson (188), Mel Ryan (126) and Bob Appleyard (101).[6]

Death

John Waring died on 1 October 2023, at the age of 81.[7]

References
  1. "John Waring". Wisden Online. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
  2. Warner, David (2011). The Yorkshire County Cricket Club: 2011 Yearbook (113th ed.). Ilkley: Great Northern Books. p. 381. ISBN 978-1-9050-8085-4.
  3. "Teams John Waring played for". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
  4. "Yorkshire v Lancashire, 1966". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
  5. "John Waring". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
  6. Waters, p. 156.
  7. Gascoyne, Sam (3 October 2023). "John Waring, former Yorkshire fast bowler - obituary". Yorkshireccc.com. Retrieved 7 October 2023.

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