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Full name John Brian Mortimore
Born May 14, 1933, Southmead, Bristol
Current age 75 years 152 days
Major teams England,Gloucestershire
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
100
50
6s
Ct
St
Tests
9
12
2
243
73*
24.30
0
1
4
3
0
First-class
640
989
121
15891
149
18.30
4
65
345
0
List A
93
68
21
494
36
10.51
0
0
26
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
9
15
2162
733
13
3/36
3/60
56.38
2.03
166.3
0
0
0
First-class
640
113417
41904
1807
8/59
23.18
2.21
62.7
75
8
List A
93
3612
2273
78
4/12
4/12
29.14
3.77
46.3
1
0
0
Career statistics
Test debut
Australia v England at Melbourne, Feb 13-18, 1959 scorecard
Last Test
England v Australia at Manchester, Jul 23-28, 1964 scorecard
Test statistics
First-class span
1950 - 1975
List A span
1963 - 1974
Profile
Gloucestershire and England allrounder John Mortimore never really cracked it in nine appearances at Test level. He averaged 24 with the bat and 58 with the ball, but was more effective in county cricket, where he and fellow offspinner David Allen formed an outstanding partnership. Mortimore took four wickets in five balls against Lancashire at Cheltenham in 1962, and captained Gloucester between 1965 and 1967. He was also bowling when Lancashire's David Hughes launched his famous twilight assault - 24 off an over - in the Gillette Cup semi-final of 1971 at Old Trafford.
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