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Full name John Thomas Murray
Born April 1, 1935, North Kensington, London
Current age 74 years 236 days
Major teams England, Middlesex
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Fielding position Wicketkeeper
Batting | Bowling | Career statistics | Profile | Notes | Latest Articles | Latest Photos
| Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | 50 | 6s | Ct | St | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tests | 21 | 28 | 5 | 506 | 112 | 22.00 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 52 | 3 |
| First-class | 635 | 936 | 136 | 18872 | 142 | 23.59 | 16 | 84 | 1268 | 259 | |
| List A | 149 | 136 | 19 | 2281 | 75* | 19.49 | 0 | 8 | 164 | 33 |
| Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tests | 21 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| First-class | 635 | 341 | 243 | 6 | 2/10 | 40.50 | 4.27 | 56.8 | 0 | 0 | |||
| List A | 149 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Test debut | England v Australia at Birmingham, Jun 8-13, 1961 scorecard |
| Last Test | England v Pakistan at Lord's, Jul 27-Aug 1, 1967 scorecard |
| Test statistics | |
| First-class span | 1952 - 1975 |
| List A span | 1963 - 1975 |
John Murray was one of cricket's greatest stylists - a wicketkeeper whose gloves, palms uppermost before each ball, traced flowing semi-circles, one the mirror image of the other; and a batsman who it sometimes seemed would rather lose his wicket than make an ugly stroke. But appearances were deceptive. Murray, a talkative west Londoner, not only made spectacular catches standing back, but after Harold Stephenson of Somerset brought off more stumpings than any keeper since the war, including a high number of leg-side ones from Fred Titmus's offbreaks. His world record of 1527 wicketkeeping dismissals stood for a decade until Bob Taylor surpassed it. As a batsman "JT" specialised in elegant thirties. But against West Indies at The Oval in 1966, his 112 (from No. 8) enabled England, trailing 3-0 in the series, to save face with an innings win. John Thicknesse
Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1967
- Model keeper (Jun 17, 2008)
- (Jul 14, 1995)
- John Murray (1967)
Mar 21, 2004
John Murray
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1975
The Middlesex squad in 1975
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1975
John Murray
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