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Full name Frederick John Titmus
Born November 24, 1932, Kentish Town, London
Current age 75 years 270 days
Major teams England,Middlesex,Orange Free State,Surrey
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
53
76
11
1449
84*
22.29
0
10
3
35
0
ODIs
2
1
0
11
11
11.00
32
34.37
0
0
1
0
1
0
First-class
792
1142
208
21588
137*
23.11
6
105
473
0
List A
149
109
32
1038
41
13.48
0
0
34
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
53
90
15118
4931
153
7/79
9/162
32.22
1.95
98.8
9
7
0
ODIs
2
1
56
53
3
3/53
3/53
17.66
5.67
18.6
0
0
0
First-class
792
173489
63315
2830
9/52
22.37
2.18
61.3
168
26
List A
149
7126
4081
159
5/25
5/25
25.66
3.43
44.8
4
3
0
Career statistics
Test debut
England v South Africa at Lord's, Jun 23-27, 1955 scorecard
Last Test
Australia v England at Adelaide, Jan 25-30, 1975 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
New Zealand v England at Dunedin, Mar 8, 1975 scorecard
Last ODI
New Zealand v England at Wellington, Mar 9, 1975 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span
1949 - 1982
List A span
1963 - 1976
Profile
Fred Titmus, one of cricket's great survivors, was a St Pancras-born Cockney who walked like Charlie Chaplin and wisecracked like Groucho Marx. Despite the rivalry of three other top-class offspinners in Ray Illingworth, John Mortimore and David Allen, he won 53 Test caps over 19 years and played county cricket in five decades, between 1949 and 1982. He even came back after a horrific boating accident in the West indies cost him four toes. His artistry as a slow and flighty bowler contrasted with a highly developed practical streak that made him a fine judge of a player. "Too intelligent for his ability," was his appraisal of one; of another, a youngster who scored a dashing hundred against Middlesex at Lord's, he commented: "I like to see someone make a bad 'undred before I make my mind up." He made three tours of Australia, and justified his selection each time. But his favourite memory of the country, he claimed, was "The sight of a ground emptying an hour before the close of play."
John Thicknesse
